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Organising Human Resources (M10517)

General information

Type:

 OB

Curs:

 1

Period:

 S semester

ECTS Credits:

 2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: A Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización ENG

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: B Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización ENG

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: C Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización ENG

Prerequisites

None.

Previous Knowledge

None. Although it is understood that students have already finished the Organizational Behavior and Leadership (OBL) course.

Workload distribution

Lectures 25%
In-class discussions 25%
On-line forum 5%
Group project 25%
Individual homework 20%

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

PM is a key task for senior managers. Many, perhaps even most organizations underline the strategic importance of managing people as a source of competitive advantage, and increasingly many firms regard their human resources as key strategic variables. For these reasons, it is logical that PM courses have gained increasing attention and prominence in the MBA Programs of major Business Schools in recent years.

This course aims at providing participants with a systematic and strategic framework to address the main PM issues and activities likely to be encountered in any organization. It is thus not the intention of the course to develop human resources specialists, but rather to approach PM issues from the perspective and concerns of general management.

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of the course participants will be able to
- Understand the challenges raised by an effective and social responsible management of people
- Know how to translate their understanding about effective management of people into policies and practices coherent with the organization strategy
- Critically evaluate the success of PM from multiples perspectives (e.g.: customers, owners, managers and employees)
- Know how to think strategically about the management of people in organizations.
- Know what needs to be done to implement PM policies to achieve competitive advantage through people.
- Understand that some parts of people management are fairly subtle and require deep analysis and some expert knowledge.
- Undertake team based and individual analyses of a range of people management issues and consider informed proposals to address them.


Competences

21. E2. Appreciation/understanding of diversity
18. T2. Teamwork and collaboration
19. T3. Leadership
20. E1. Comprehension of the complexity of the local and global contexts
13. B5. Learning how to learn
12. B4. Communicating information and/or knowledge
11. B3. Taking decisions / making judgments
9. B1. Knowledge acquisition, comprehension and structuring
10. B2. Application of knowledge to achieve results

CONTENT

1. Introduction: The pillars of people management

o A framework for managing people
o What makes Managing People strategic
o Who has responsibility for managing people

2. Unions and the global context of OHR

- Appreciation of cultural differences and practices of OHR
- Hofstede's model of cultural difference
- Role of unions in the modern workplace

3. Selection and competency-based HR systems

o Introduction to competency-based HR
o Recruiting and selecting qualified employees
o Basics of conducting selection interviews

4. Managing compensation and performance

o Developing a total compensation strategy
o Defining internal alignment and external competitiveness
o Aligning pay and results

Methodology

Following Kolb's approach to learning, this course has been designed under the principles of experience-based learning. So it will be focused upon exercises, self-analysis techniques, and case studies to make the insights of people management theories and models meaningful and relevant to students. Exercises are designed to produce experiences that re-create the phenomena of people management. Observation schemes are introduced to facilitate understanding of these experiences. Theories and models are added to aid in forming generalizations. And finally, the intervention is structured in a way that encourages students to experiment with and test what they have learned either in class or other areas of their lives.

Most issues, cases and problems related to people management do not have one "right" answer, though some answers are more correct than others. Therefore, being "right" or "wrong" should not be your concern when participating. It is your viewpoint that is of interest to us. You are expected to critically listen to the contributions of your fellow students and if you disagree, explain why your viewpoint differs.

Throughout the course, students will be asked to make presentations on the different topics and encouraged to bring their insights and thoughts on the material assigned into class discussion. Students will be also encouraged to consult different sources of information (webs, journals, career services, etc.).

A significant part of the course workload will be done within learning teams. Group assignments will include a group debate and case studies and challenges referred to in the syllabus.

ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT BREAKDOWN

Description %
Individual participation in class 20
Group debate 25
Group project 25
In-class quizzes 30

Assessment criteria

Assessment will be based on a mixture of individual and group work. In determining grades, specific assignments will be weighted as follows.

Individual participation 20%
Quizzes 30%
Teamwork
- Group debate 25%
- Case studies and challenges 25%


Individual participation:

Individual participation will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- the frequency and quality of students' interventions,
- their preparation of the various subjects,
- and their proactive attitude and contribution to positive group dynamics.

Project Grading:

Project grading will be broken down into three parts: Content - Instructor rating (60%), Style - Instructor rating (20%), and Style - Peer rating (20%).

Content
- Did you provide a thorough review of the relevant issues?
- Did you organize your presentation with a logical structure?
- Did you cover the relevant material from lectures and readings?
- Did you achieve a deep and accurate understanding of the relevant issues?
- Did you "go the extra mile? and add relevant materials in your presentation?
- Did you include accurate reference information in the slides?

Style
- Did all presenters have good eye contact with the audience, and was everyone's speech clear and smooth?
- Did your slides look good in terms of backgrounds, fonts, colors, style, etc.?
- Did you make good use of graphics to reduce your reliance on text?
- Was your presentation well organized?
- Was your timing good (right at 10 minutes - not too long or too short)?
- Did you "go beyond the call of duty? in any way with respect to your style by doing something creative or different that set your presentation apart in your audience's memory?


Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Sec: A Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización

Timetable Sec: A

Monday2017/11/13:
From 11:45 to 13:30.
From 10:00 to 11:45.

From 2017/11/21 to 2017/12/12:
Each Tuesday from 10:00 to 13:30.

Friday 2018/2/9 from 8:00 to 8:1.

Group Teacher Department
Sec: B Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización

Timetable Sec: B

From 2017/11/13 to 2017/11/29:
Each Monday from 14:30 to 16:15. (Except: 2017/11/20 and 2017/11/27)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2017/11/15)
Each Monday from 16:15 to 18:00. (Except: 2017/11/20 and 2017/11/27)

From 2017/12/4 to 2017/12/13:
Monday and Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2017/12/6 and 2017/12/11)

Friday 2018/2/9 from 8:00 to 8:1.

Group Teacher Department
Sec: C Artur Massana Fisa Dirección de Personas y Organización

Timetable Sec: C

From 2017/11/16 to 2017/11/30:
Each Thursday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2017/11/16)
Each Thursday from 11:45 to 13:30. (Except: 2017/11/23 and 2017/11/30)
Each Thursday from 10:00 to 11:45. (Except: 2017/11/23 and 2017/11/30)

From 2017/12/5 to 2017/12/14:
Each Tuesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2017/12/12)
Each Thursday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2017/12/7)

Friday 2018/2/9 from 8:00 to 8:1.