Human Resources Management

6 ECTS credits
179 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4021358DNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (D) Master - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Je hebt 'Inleiding tot management en HRM' gevolgd, alvorens 'Human Resource Management' op te nemen. Deze inschrijvingsvereiste is enkel geldig voor studenten Bedrijfskunde en Biomedische Wetenschappen.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business

Educational team

Imke Dirkx
Bert Schreurs
Elies Hendrickx (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

21 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
157 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

In the course Human Resource Management students develop a general understanding of how human resource decisions contribute to individual, team, and organizational effectiveness, and to a firm’s sustained competitive advantage. This knowledge can be applied in small, medium, and large firms, as well as non-profits. The course covers topics such as:

The historical background of HRM,
HR roles,
Strategic HRM (SHRM),
Job analysis and competency modeling,
Recruitment and employer branding,
Personnel selection and assessment,
Performance appraisal and management,
Compensation,
Employee well-being.

The course approaches the management of human resources from a strategic perspective. The strategic perspective describes how each of the basic HR functions has its own part within the overall strategic plan of the organization and contributes to organizational performance. The course further takes an evidence-based approach to HRM which aims to help students in developing critical judgment in making decisions that impact the well-being and performance of organizations and employees.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Human Resource Management, Back to basics, Filip Lievens, Uitgeverij LannooCampus, 9789401470292, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Slides hoor/gastcolleges en materiaal WPOs, Canvas

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

identify and describe the key concepts and frameworks for human resource management;
describe the fundamentals and functionality of the different HR domains;
understand and explain how the HR domains separately and in combination contribute to sustained competitive advantage;
critically analyze factors that influence the strategic management of human resources in today's international environment;
evaluate the extent to which an organization's HR architecture is in accordance with the most recent scientific evidence;
identify causes of HR-related problems and formulate recommendations based on the best available evidence.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 90 which comprises 90% of the final mark.

Note: Knowledge, understanding and insight are tested during the exam. The exam consists mainly of multiple-choice questions.
Individual Paper with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

(!) In accordance with the supplementary faculty regulations to article 8§3 of the Teaching and Examination Regulations, the examination in the first examination session for all students only takes place in the additional examination block, organized in the two weeks following the spring break.

Evaluation 1st session:

Written Exam. The written exam represents 90% of the total grade. The exam tests students' knowledge and understanding of the course material (syllabus). The exam consists of multiple-choice questions. A "higher caesura" is applied to compensate for questions that students answer correctly by guessing. When the higher caesura is applied, students will not lose points if they answer a multiple-choice question incorrectly, but must answer more than the traditional 50% of the questions correctly to pass the exam. Depending on the number of students, the catch-up exam may take a different format (e.g., written exam with open-ended questions).
Individual assignment. The individual task represents 10% of the total grade. Students must write an individual paper reflecting their own knowledge, skills, abilities (and other characteristics) based on the results of various self-assessments. They do this from the point of view of employer and employee. If the assignment is not submitted or after the due date, the grade for this section will be zero.

Evaluation 2nd session:

Written exam. The written exam represents 90% of the total grade. The exam tests students' knowledge and understanding of the course material (syllabus). The exam consists of multiple-choice questions. A "higher caesura" is applied to compensate for questions that students answer correctly by guessing. When the higher caesura is applied, students will not lose points if they answer a multiple-choice question incorrectly, but must answer more than the traditional 50% of the questions correctly to pass the exam. Depending on the number of students, the catch-up exam may take a different format (e.g., written exam with open-ended questions).
Individual assignment. The grade from the first session is carried over to the second session. There is no possibility to retake the assignment.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context