Objectives

Human resources management (HRM) focuses on an essential component of organizations, that is to say the employees. HRM has a profound impact on all those who are involved with the organization and on organizational performance.

The course focuses on the concepts and techniques of efficient human resources management. The aim is to know, understand, be able to analyse evaluate and use the notions and management tools available to human resources teams.

Contents

• Introduction to Human Ressource Management
• Performance: models, evaluation tools, motivation
• Recruitment: goals, methods
• Selection: quality indicators, selection tools
• Biases in personnel evaluation and selection decision processes
• Compensation
• Stress, satisfaction, work-life balance
• Conflicts
• Team work

The full programme is available on the course website.

Important:

The teaching of this course is based on exercises, scientific evidence and its practical application, including the interpretation of statistics. To optimize learning and results, it is necessary to attend and participate in each class, to participate actively in exercises, to take notes and to revise the slides that are availalbe on the course website.

References

Recommended reading:

Truxillo, D.M., Bauer, T.M. & Erdogan, B. (2016). Psychology and Work: Perspectives On Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Routledge.

Evaluation

First attempt

Exam:

Written 2 hours

Documentation:

Allowed

Calculator:

Allowed

Evaluation:

The final exam is a written exam of 2 hours.

Retake

Exam:

Written 2 hours

Documentation:

Allowed

Calculator:

Allowed

Evaluation:

For the re-take session, the final note consists of a final exam.