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4245: Human Resource Management ( efterår 2010 - 10 ECTS )

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• Uddannelsessprog: engelsk
• Niveau:   COURSE LEVEL: Elective MSc course  
• Semester/kvarter:  SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE DESCRIPTION APPLIES: Fall 2010  
• Timer per uge:   NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: 4 hours per week for 12 weeks. 48 lectures  
• Deltagerbegrænsning:
• Undervisningssted: Århus
• Hovedområde: Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
• Udbud ID: 23449

Formål

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Having followed this course the students will be able to:

• describe general and basic topics of Human Resource Management
  (Baron & Kreps, Chapters 1-9)
• describe specific topics in Human Resource Management (Chapters 10-20)
• analyze and argue Human Resource Management problems and apply appropriate solutions
• combine general/basic topics with specific topics
• analyze different contingencies and organizational structures and reflect which Human Resource Management topics are appropriate according to the contingencies and structures

Indhold

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The premise of the course is how traditional companies and companies in the new economy are organized in terms of structure, strategy, technology, culture, staff behavior and external surroundings. The two examples illustrate how a company designs a consistent HR policy in relation to (1) different HR policy elements, (2) the overall organization and (3) external surroundings.

The course primarily emphasizes understanding HR policy as an important element in a company's ability to change and understanding why employees act the way they do. The course introduces different types of HR policies, for example one that maintains a hierarchic organization that separates staff and management, and one that sees staff and management as a team with one single objective: improving the company's performance.

As examples of the latter, the course describes a level of Human Resource Management called High-Commitment Human Resource Management.

Naturally, the course also covers specific HR policy areas like wage determination and policy, and we will look at how large companies can create an in-company labor market. Finally, the course describes recruitment, retention, development and firing policies.

The course aims to develop economic, social and psychological arguments for a company's HR policy and the policy's relation to the overall organization. Another basic idea is that HRM is not only relevant for a company's HRM department, but in principle something that all line managers should be able to handle.

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS:

1. The company's surroundings and their relation to the HR policy
2. The HR policy's internal consistency and relation to the overall organizational system
3. Employment and economy
4. Unions
5. In-company labor market
6. Motivation and incentives to increase staff efficiency
7. The company's wage policy and other compensation systems
8. Job design: job enrichment and job enlargement
9. Recruitment, hiring, retention and firing
10. Training, career considerations and promotions
11. HRM in start-up companies
12. Organization of the company's HRM function

Faglige forudsætninger

Prerequisites: 3235 - Organizational Behavior

Underviser

LECTURER: Henrik B. Sørensen

Undervisnings- og arbejdsform

TEACHING METHOD: Lectures and student presentations

TEACHING LANGUAGE: English

Litteratur

LITERATURE:

James N. Baron & David M. Kreps: Strategic Human Resources. Frameworks for General Managers. Wiley 1999. ISBN: 0-471-07253-2. - App. 600 pages

Studieordning og bedømmelse

Grundfaget i erhvervsøkonomi

• Skriftlig, bedømt efter 7-skala med intern censur

FORM OF ASSESSMENT: 4-hour written examination

EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: None