Universidad Pública de Navarra - Nafarroako Univertsitate Publikoa
Public University of Navarre
| Course code: 176805 | Subject title: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | ||||
| Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Mandatory | Year: 4 | Period: 2º S | ||
| Department: Business Administration | |||||
| Lecturers: | |||||
| URTASUN ALONSO, AINHOA [Mentoring ] | |||||
Contents
It is widely recognized that people are a key source of firm's competitive advantage. Consequently it is essential for organizations to have an effective system for obtaining, mobilizing and managing the organization's human assets. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the concepts, challenges and prospects of managing people in today's organizations. The issues covered in the course are: the strategic role of people, job analysis and planning, staffing, training, careers, performance appraisal, compensation and labor relations.
The approach to these issues combines description, theoretical contributions from economics, psychology and sociology and practice.
Descriptors
Human Resources, People Management, Firm Strategy, Staffing, Training, Development, Performance Appraisal, Compensation, Labor Relations
General proficiencies
1. Understand the strategic value of people
2. Identify the areas involved in HR management
3. Understand the connections between those different areas
4. Be able to design specific action plans for the HR function
Specific proficiencies
CE02. Identify relevant sources of economic information and their content
CE04. Applying professional criteria based on the management of technical tools to the analysis of business problems
CE06. Write projects in specific areas of management
CE11. Understanding the nature of the company as an organization and as a place of interaction of agents with different objectives
CE12. Plan, organize and control projects in the different functional areas of the firm
CE13. Identifying the firm as a system and recognizing interdependencies between the different functional areas
CE14. Implementing policies and practices aimed at improving effectiveness and efficiency
CE19. Applying techniques to improve the training, development and motivation of human resources
Methodology
| Class sessions (including tests and final exam) | 46 |
| HRM in action sessions | 14 |
| Total number of hours in classroom | 60 |
| Preparing team work | 15 |
| Studying for class sessions | 53 |
| Studying for test and exams | 17 |
| Seminars | 02 |
| Tutorial sessions | 03 |
| Total number of hours outside the classroom | 90 |
| Total number of hours | 150 hours |
Evaluation
Final evaluation exercise: 65% of the final grade
•Final exam of course contents (50%)
•Assessment of individual work (15%)
•It is necessary to get at least 40% of the total score of the final exam to pass the course
•Recoverable in the extraordinary exam
•It is required to get at least 25% of the total score of the final exam to access the extraordinary exam
Individual student work in class sessions: 20% of the final grade
•Exercises, cases and tests
•It is not recoverable
Team work 15% of the final grade
•HRM in action sessions
•It is not recoverable
Agenda
1. Strategic Human Resource (HR) management
2. Job analysis and HR planning
3. Recruitment, selection and socialization of HR
4. HR training and development
5. Career planning and management
6. Performance appraisal
7. Compensation: internal and external equity
8. Compensation: incentives and benefits
9. Labor relations in Spain
Bibliography
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
Basic testbook: Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B. & Wright, P.M. (2010): Human Resource Management. Gaining a Competitive Advantage (7th Ed.) McGraw Hill, New York