MAN 4097/4197/2270/2271 Strategic Human Resource Management

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Norwegian version

MAN 4097/4197/2270/2271 Strategic Human Resource Management


Responsible for the course
Bård Kuvaas, Anders Dysvik

Department
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
30

Language of instruction
To be decided

Introduction
The program aims to provide the participants with knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to be central players in developing a contemporary leadership style, with a particular emphasis on the inter-personal dimension of the leadership function.

Learning outcome
After having undertaken the course, the participants should:

  • Be familiar with and understand main research findings within micro- and macro HR
  • Have a thorough understanding of best practice HR
  • Understand the concept of evidence based HR
  • Be able to analyze and evaluate an organization's HR pratices against main resarch findings
  • Be able to apply research findings in practice
  • Be able to identify research based knowledge to be used in improving HR in practice
  • Value the importance of evidence based HR
  • Value research based knowledge as an impetus in improving HR practice
  • Increased commitment to apply research based knowledge when making HR-related decisions

Prerequisites
Bachelor degree, corresponding to 180 credits, and 4 years of work experience. Please consult our student regulations.

Compulsory reading
Books:
Ghauri, Pervez N., Kjell Grønhaug. 2010. Research methods in business studies. 4th ed. Financial Times Prentice Hall. 212 s
Greenberg, Jerald. 2011. Behavior in organizations. 10th ed. Pearson. Utvalgte kapitler
Kuvaas, Bård og Anders Dysvik. 2016. Lønnsomhet gjennom menneskelige ressurser : evidensbasert HRM. 3. utg. Fagbokforlaget
Noe, Raymond A ... [et al.]. 2015. Human resource management : gaining a competitive advantage. 9th ed., Global ed. McGraw-Hill Education. Utvalgte kapitler

Articles:
Det gjøres oppmerksom på at en rekke artikler, som vil bli tilgjengelig i elektronisk format, samt enkelte bokkapitler som kopieres, også vil være obligatorisk litteratur.

Recommended reading
Books:
Fields, Dail L. 2002. Taking the measure of work : a guide to validated scales for organizational research and diagnosis. Sage
Hair, Joseph F. ... [et al.]. 2014. Multivariate data analysis. 7th ed. Pearson new international ed. Pearson
Iversen, Ole I. 2015. Rekrutterings- og intervjuteknikk: om bruk av effektive rekrutteringsmetoder. Fagbokforl. 152 sider
Lai, Linda. 2013. Strategisk kompetanseledelse. 3. utg. Fagbokforlaget
Pallant, Julie. 2016. SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill
Tabachnick, Barbara G. and Linda S. Fidell. 2014. Using multivariate statistics. 6th ed. New International ed.. Pearson

Course outline
1st course module - Strategic HR
2nd course module - HR for intrinsic and prosocial motivation
3rd course module - Developmental HR, recruitment, selection, career development, and training and development
4th course module - HR and innovation, incremental innovation and HR trends
5th course module - Leadership and HR

Computer-based tools


Learning process and workload
The programme is conducted through five course modules, a total of 150 lecturing hours.

Project tutorials differ in each Master of Management program. It will consist of personal tutorials and tutorials given in class. Generally the students may expect consulting tutorials, not evaluating tutorials. The total hours of tutorials offered is estimated to two hours pr. students following an ordinary Master of Management program. For students taking the program as their final Master of Management program the tutorials offered are estimated to a total of six hours per term paper.


Examination
The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting for 18 credit hours and an individual written exam, counting for 12 credit hours. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum three persons.

For students taking this program as the final Master of Management Program the following applies:
The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting for 24, credit hours and an individual written exam, counting for 6 credit hours. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum two persons. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.
Examination code(s)
MAN 40971 - Term paper; 18 credits; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 4097.
MAN 41971 - written exam; 12 credits; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 4197.
Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.

For students taking this program as the final Master of Management Program the following applies:
MAN 22701 - Term paper; 24 credits; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 2270.
MAN 22711 - individual written exam; 6 credits; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 2271.
Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.

Examination support materials
None.

Re-sit examination
At the next ordinary exam.

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