GRA 8345 Human Resource Management
GRA 8345 Human Resource Management
HRM is basically about getting things done through people. This course is intended to address how organizations can and do manage human resources in order to create an organizational climate consisting of a highly motivated and committed workforce. The course will expose the participants to the intersection between Human Resource Management (HRM), Organizational Behavior (OB), and strategy. The purpose is not to get into technical details of HRM that are best left to specialists – be it the use of selection tests or the specifics of job evaluation. Rather, the course adopts the perspective of the general manager who addresses human resource topics from a business perspective.
After completion of the course, the students should have obtained an understanding of contemporary research knowledge in HRM and an overview of the most important topics, concepts, and contributions within the field
After completion of the course, the students should be able to analyze the effectiveness of individual HRM practices and HRM systems in organizations and how to implement more effective individual HRM practices and HRM systems in organizations.
After completion of the course, the students should be able to communicate and discuss the implications of the main research findings in the field and have an understanding of the difficulties associated with implementing effective individual HRM practices and an effective HRM system.
- Introduction to HRM
- Evidence-based management/HRM
- Main approaches to HRM
- HRM and organizational performance
- Case: Southwest Airlines
- Motivation and job design
- Compensation management
- Performance management
- Recruitment
- Training and development
- Summing up and drawing conclusions
1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours.
Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 25% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials.
The course is a part of a full Executive MBA programme and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.
In all BI Executive courses and programmes, there is a mutual requirement for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.
Granted admission to the EMBA programme. Please consult our student regulations.
Disclaimer
Changes in exam type can be made until the course starts. In addition, unforeseen events or external conditions may call for deviations in teaching and exams.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: Second Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Group (2 - 6) Duration: 4 Week(s) Comment: Written assignment in groups, counts 100% of the final grade. For each lecture, the groups provide a short presentation on the progress of their project and receive feedback on the way forward. On the last day of the course, each group presents the final project and receives feedback. Based on the presentation and feedback provided, the groups then write a short 7-page assignment. Exam code: GRA 83451 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 24 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 15 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 41 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 3 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 80 hours.
