Human Resources Management

optional courses

The main course objective is a presentation of most important issues of human resources management both in context of private, and public and NGO sector. It is focused on strategic dimension of human resources management and assessment of intellectual and social capital. Students will gain practical skills of writing and evaluating CV, taking interview and assessing systems of human resource management in an organisation. The final grade is based on taking active part in virtual classes, e-learning platform and on the class forum, preparing a presentation of a case study and an essay. During the classes, elements of design thinking are utilised and most of the work is organised in teams.

The course covers the following topics:

1. Introduction to human resources management. HRM versus new theories of a firm. Evolution of personal policy in companies. HRM versus knowledge and competences management.

2. Human resources management and strategic management.

3. Organizational structure and culture. Ethical aspects of HRM.

4. Intellectual capital and its measurement.

5. Social capital and its measurement.

6. Team management. Team roles, collaboration, leadership, coaching and delegation.

7. Recruitment and selection part I. Building image of a good employer, programs supporting recruitment, preparing and evaluating CV and motivational letter. Internal and external recruitment.

8. Recruitment and selection part II. Interviews, tests, assessment centre.

9. Systems of training and development.Systems of employees’ assessment.

10.Systems of motivation and remuneration.

11.– 13. Human resources management in practice. Case studies. Summary.

1. Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi. Podręcznik i Ćwiczenia, red. Henryk Król, Antoni Ludwiczyński. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2008.

2. Michael Armstrong, Zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi, przeł. Klimowicz Magdalena, Patkaniowski Michał, Podsiadło Iwona i inni. Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2010.

3. Peter Makin, Cary Cooper, Charles Cox. Organizacja a kontrakt psychologiczny: zarządzanie ludźmi w pracy, przeł. Grażyna Kranas. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2000.

4. Olive Lundy, Alan Cowling, Strategiczne zarządzanie zasobami ludzkimi, przeł. Grzegorz Łuczkiewicz. Oficyna Ekonomiczna, Kraków 2000.

5. Najlepsze praktyki zarządzania zasobami ludzkimi w Polsce: studia przypadków, red. Aleksego Pocztowskiego. Oficyna Ekonomiczna, Kraków 2002.

6. Steve Whiddett, Sarah Hollyforde, Modele kompetencyjne w zarządzaniu zasobami ludzkimi, przeł. Grzegorz Sałuda. Oficyna Ekonomiczna, Kraków 2003.

7. Roger Th. A. J. Leenders, Shaul M. Gabbay, Corporate Social Capital and Liability, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Dordrecht, London 1999.

8. Sanford M. Jacoby, The Embedded corporation : corporate governance and employment relations in Japan and the United States. Princeton University Press, Princeton,Oxford 2005.

9. Dorota Dobija, Pomiar i sprawozdawczość kapitału intelektualnego przedsiębiorstwa. Wydawn. Wyższej Szkoły Przedsiębiorczości i Zarządzania im. L. Koźmińskiego, Warszawa 2003.

10. Mieczysław Morawski, Zarządzanie wiedzą : organizacja, system, pracownik. Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego we Wrocławiu, Wrocław 2006.

11. Grzegorz Łukasiewicz, Kapitał ludzki organizacji : pomiar i sprawozdawczość. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2009.

12. Pomiar kapitału intelektualnego przedsiębiorstwa, red. Piotr Wachowiak, Szkoła Główna Handlowa, Warszawa 2005.

13. Monika Kostera, Zarządzanie personelem. Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, Warszawa 2006.

14. Leif Edvinsson, Michael S. Malone; Kapitał intelektualny, przeł. Monika Marcinkowska, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 2001.

15. Hofstede Geert, Kultury i organizacje: zaprogramowanie umysłu, przeł. Małgorzata Durska. Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, Warszawa 2000

16. Nahapiet Janine, Ghoshal Sumantra Social Capital, Intellectual Capital and the Organizational Advantage, Academy of Management Review, 1998, vol. 23, no.2: 242-266.

17. Burt Ronald S., Brokerage and Closure: An Introduction to Social Capital. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005

Knowledge:

Upon completion of the course a student:

- knows what is the role of human resources management in strategic management of organization

- has knowledge about intellectual and social capital and methods of their measurement

- has knowledge about systems of recruitment, training, evaluation and motivation

- understands social processes accompanying work, including teamwork and the role of leadership

Skills:

Upon completion of the course a student:

- is able to prepare an essay on a selected topic

- is able to conduct a case study and prepare a presentation to show the results

- is capable of preparing and assessing CV and motivational letter

- has a skill of taking interview

- is able to assess systems of human resources management in an organization

Social competences:

Upon completion of the course a student:

- is able to cooperate in team while preparing a project.

A condition to obtain a credit is to get minimum 50 points, out of maximum 100. Those points can be obtained for taking active part in the videoconferences, on the e-learning platform and on the class forum (max 30 points), presenting a case study prepared as a teamwork (max 30 points) and an essay on a chosen topic regarding human resource management (max 40 points).

50-59 points - 3

60-69 points - 3+

70-79 points - 4

80-89 points - 4+

90-100 points - 5