The course covers lectures, written assignments, practical exercises, and a written examination·
- The link between corporate, business, and functional strategy and HRM·
- The organization of the HR-function in different companies·
- The matching of demand and supply in HR·
- Recruitment·
- Short listing, interviews, and selection·
- Feedback·
- Career development, training, and education·
- Competence and knowledge structures·
- Breakdown of competence need·
- Employee relations and matching people and jobs
- Organizational culture·
- Compensation and benefits·
- Gender perspectives on HRM·
- EU labor legislation·
- Equality and discrimination in HRM·
- Redundancy and dismissal·
- Downsizing, and outplacement
Central parts of this course are the interview and recruitment exercises, which gives the students the opportunity to acquire first-hand information on specific issues from HR practitioners (in the HR-manager interview) as well as practically test some of the methods taught in this course (in the recruitment exercise).