APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015

BST 1410 Human Resource Management

Responsible for the course
Cathrine Filstad, Øyvind Martinsen

Department
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
15

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction
The course will, in collaboration with BTH 1411 Bachelor Thesis – Human Resource Management, 15 credits constitute a specialisation of 30 credits that will be testified as specialisation on the academic transcript. This applies to students undertaking a bachelor degree in Marketing or Business Administration. Other students have can choose the course as an elective in their third year of study.

Human resource Management (HRM) is a core subject in the study area of organisation and organisation culture. The subject will teach the student how organisations can gain advantages by exploiting skills, abilities and knowledge from their employees. The course also focuses on how organisations have the opportunity to facilitate learning, knowledge sharing, motivation, optimising work condition and job satisfaction. Applying HRM theory in an organisation will create optimal conditions for profitability, productivity and prosperity in all types of businesses. Evidence-based HRM are one of the strongest success-factors in competing business markets, and thus provides expertise for future oriented managers, HR managers and HR employees.

Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge

• Students will gain insight of the most important theories in the area of Human Resource Management (HRM)
• Students acquire necessary knowledge from the psychological area of study that is required when applying HR in competitive markets
• Students acquire founding knowledge of Norwegian employment law that is required when applying HR in competitive markets.

• Students will develop skills in planning and facilitating HR initiatives
• Students will develop skills in typical HR activities such as recruitment, training, learning, knowledge development and safety at the work place.

• The HRM specialisation intends to increase student’s interest in working in the HR field.
• A HRM Specialisation provides students with necessary understanding of “human capital” and its impact on value creation in modern organisations.
• Students will, through the HRM specialisation achieve the necessary basis for critical reflection on HR practices.

• HRM as a discipline – an introduction
• Relationship between strategy and HR strategy
• Key HR strategies and systems

• HR planning and skills analysis
• Mobilisation of expertise in motivation and job satisfaction
• Learning and skills development
• Recruitment and selection. Downsizing.
• Monitoring and evaluation of training measures

• Management and effective leadership
• Groups, teams and teambuilding
• Psychosocial work-environment
• Workplace health and safety

• Organisation culture and change
• Organisational learning and change
• Work contracts, work rights and conditions
• Dismissal