GRA 2257 Human Resource Management
GRA 2257 Human Resource Management
Management is in its essence about getting things done through people and human resources. This course addresses how organizations can and actually do manage human resources. The course will expose the participants to current trends in research and practice of human resource management by engaging them in both practice-oriented experiential learning as well as evidence-based approach towards HRM.
The students will obtain an understanding of contemporary research evidence-based knowledge in the field of human resource management through the overview of the most important topics, concepts, and contributions within this field.
After completing the course, the students should be able to critically examine theories, studies and practice in human resource management. They should know how research in this field may be conducted, and see how this knowledge may be applied to real life situations. Vice versa, the students shall also be able to construct new knowledge from real life situations that the course will enable them to engage with.
The students should be able to communicate and discuss human resource management concepts, processes, real-life practices in order to construct, communicate and utilize knowledge about people at work.
Topics covered are:
- Overview of the field of HRM, HRM and performance, major trends HRM trends and practice
- Strategic HRM
- Talent management
- Training and development
- Career development
- HRM and work engagement
- International HRM
- HR analytics
- HRM for knowledge work, creativity and innovation
- Performance management and pay-for-performance
- HRM simulation
The course is structured as a combination of lectures, discussions and student presentations, where the latter plays a major role. It requires substantial amount of preparation by the students and active involvement during class.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on itslearning or text book.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component is graded by using points on a scale from 0-100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the examination code (course). Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam elements will get a lower grade or may fail the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades when the course start.
At resit, all exam components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have spesific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
GRA 2205 Organisational Behavior or equivalent
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 70 Grouping: Individual Duration: 1 Semester(s) Comment: The term paper will be based on a case purchased from The Case Centre and the students will have to cover the expences. Exam code: GRA22572 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Class participation Weight: 30 Grouping: Individual Exam code: GRA22572 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.