BMP 2303 Human Resource Management
BMP 2303 Human Resource Management
| BMP 2304 | |
| BMP 2305 |
This program aims at giving students an overview of the most important theories within the area of human resource management.
This program aims at increasing the students' interest for work in the field of Human Resources.
This program should provide an increased understanding of the importance of human capital in contemporary organizations.
The program should teach typical HR skills relevant for recruitment, learning/development, and for health, environment and safety issues.
The subject areas and lectures are organized in the following five parts: The first part is Strategic Human Resource Management, the second is Competence and Performance, the third is Social Dynamics and Relations, the fourth is Change and Restructuring and the fifth deals with the Leadership Role and its importance in implementing knowledge in human resource management.
Part 1. STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (28 hours)
·Strategic approaches to human resource management - overview
·Strategy and personnel policies
·The new personnel responsibility of the leader
·Common HR strategies and systems
Part 2. RESEARCH METHOD AND THESIS WORK (21 timer)
Research and roads to knowledge
Design of studies
Research question and hypotheses
Data collection and analysis
Writing the thesis
Part 3. STRATEGIC COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT (21 hours)
·Personnel planning and competence analysis
·Mobilization of competence resources
·Learning and development of new competence
·Acquisition, recruitment and selection
·Selection methods
·Evaluation and follow-up of competence measures
Part 4. CHANGE PROCESSES AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (21 hours)
·Job redesign and technology
·Organizational culture and change
·Models for organizational change
·Mergers and downsizing
·Organizational learning
Part 5. SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND RELATIONSHIPS (21 hours)
·Perception of self and others
·The individual in the group
·Team and team building
·Psychosocial work environment
·Organizational culture
Part 6. HEALTH AND SAFETY, EMPLOYMENT LAWS, AND WORK ETHICS (14 hours)
·Health and safety work
·Tools for health and safety work
·Work contracts, work environment, rights
·Employment ethics
·Ethics and HRM
Part 7. LEADER ROLES AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (21 hours)
·Leader roles and leader functions
·Competence and performance management
·Human relations leadership
·Leadership for change
·Strategic leadership
The course is based on classroom activities including lectures, group work, group presentations, as well as supervision related to theterm paper.
At the beginning of the program each student has to choose a topic for his/her term paper. This can be based on a problem in his/her own organization or on an in-depth study of a theoretical problem. As part of the teaching, students have to hand in a 5 page thesis outline, including research problem and prosedure for data collection.
The term paper may be written indiviually or in groups of up to three students. The written examination will be based on all the subject areas included in the program.
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
No prerequisites are required, but students ought to have basic knowledge in the area of organizational behaviour and leadership.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 60 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 3) Duration: 2 Semester(s) Exam code: BMP 23031 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 40 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 5 Hour(s) Exam code: BMP 23032 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 30 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 800 hours.