ØKB3123 Human Resource Management

Contents and structure

The HR subject's background and main characteristics. Various directions, HR strategies, and prerequisites. Design of HR measures or HR activities associated with planning, recruitment, achievement, rewards, competence development, and carriers. The effects of HR measures. The relationship between measures, HR systems, and management. Framework conditions and trends in working life that can influence HR activities in an organization.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

The student:

• Knows the HR subject's history and development, key concepts, main directions, and strategies.
• Has insight into evidence-based HRM, including concrete HR activities associated with planning, acquiring, and developing employees.
• Knows the effects of various HR measures, and has insight into the relationship between measures, HR strategies, and management.
• Has insight into various institutional conditions and environmental characteristics that can have significance for how a company manages its HR.

Skills

The student:

• Has developed skills in planning, analyzing, and arranging HR activities.

General Qualifications

The student:

• Can evaluate the appropriateness of various HR measures.
• Can make contributions towards forming and executing specific HR measures.

Entry requirements

BØA112 Organization and management and ØKB1113 Organizational Psychology and Management. Relevant practical experience may be considered.

Recommended previous knowledge

As outlined in prerequisites

Teaching methods

Lectures, group work, seminars, discussions

Compulsory learning activities

Two individual written assignments and two oral presentations in class

Assessment

Hjemmeeksamen i grupper på 2 - 3 studenter, 14 dager, 100 %

Grad scale A-F

Examination support material

All written and printed materials allowed

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