Strategic Human Resource Management (5cr)

Objective

The object of the course
After completion of the course, you are able to analyse the strategic inte-gration and the actual fit of firm's HR policies and practices to its corpo-rate and business strategy you are able to develop a plan for HR in order to improve the organisations’ overall performance and future needs.

Course competences
Sustainable Development Competence: You understand how businesses can contribute to solving sustainability challenges.
Proactive Development Competence: You identify development areas by anticipating the future of your field.

The learning objectives of the course
Upon completion of the course, you are aware of how human resource management can contribute to solving strategic issues and sustainability challenges of firms. You recognise development needs for future of your field. You show critical review skills and can name some of the core con-cepts of strategic human resource management. You know how the knowledge in human resource management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance can contribute to overall success of international firms.

Content

The course content will focus on the strategic management process, stra-tegic review, different types of strategies and the role of strategic human resource management in international context. In addition, topical HR met-rics, benchmarking, high-performance work systems, employee engage-ment, diversity and sustainability issues will be addressed. Activities such as recruitment, training and development, performance and reward man-agement and compensation are covered.

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient 1
You can name some of the key concepts and terms related to sustainability challenges in strategic human resource management. You attempt to define development needs for future and aim to show critical review skills with some valid justifications from other functions of international busi-ness management.
Satisfactory 2
You are aware of how businesses can contribute to solving strategic, sustainability and HRM challenges. You can recognise development needs for future of your field. You show critical review skills and can name some of the core concepts of SHRM and you recognise how the knowledge in human resource management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance can contribute to overall success of international firms.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3
You know how businesses contribute to solving strategic, sustainability and HRM challenges. You define development needs for future of your field. You have critical review skills, and you know core concepts of SHRM. knowledge in human resource management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance and, you know how to use them for overall success of sport organisations.
Very Good 4
You understand how businesses contribute and you aim to solve the strate-gic, sustainability and HRM challenges. You analyse development needs for future of your field. You have critical review skills, and you understand core concepts of SHRM. You can find innovative solutions for management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance and use them for the overall success of international firms.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
You understand how businesses contribute and promote to solving strategic, sustainability and HRM challenges. You can anticipate with justifications the development needs for future of your field. You have critical review skills, and you understand core concepts of SHRM. You can find innovative and justified solutions for management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance and adapt them for the overall success of international firms.

Execution methods

Classroom teaching - lectures, workshops and case work in groups. Two intensive days on-campus from Friday to Saturday. Independent studying prior to the intensive days. Independent assignments after the on-campus period. Virtual learning support independent study. The primary mode of delivery is a combination of in-class activities on campus including both lectures and workshops. There will be also some video materials to support study opportunities for distance learning. The in-class activities deepen the learning in the forms of tutorials, individual and group works, reflection and guidance.