GRA 8162 Human Resource Management (2018/2019)
GRA 8162 Human Resource Management (2018/2019)
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 prctices 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 difficulites assoicated 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.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component will be graded using points on a scale 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 course. Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam components will get a lower grade or may fail the course. Candidates may be called in for an oral hearing as a verification/control of written assignments.
Specific information regarding the points system and the mapping scale beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class. This information may be relevant for requirements for term papers or other hand-ins, and/or where class participation can be one of several elements of the overall evaluation.
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.
Granted admission to the EMBA programme. Please consult our student regulations.
Granted admission to the EMBA programme.
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Exam category: Activity Form of assessment: Presentation Weight: 40 Grouping: Group Comment: Case presentations in groups count 40% of the total grade. Exam code: GRA 81621 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: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Duration: 2 Semester(s) Comment: Individual written paper/exam counts 60% of the total grade. Exam code: GRA 81621 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 3 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 80 hours.