Management and Organisations 2Laajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The course follows on from the Autumn semester course (M&O1) and further develops some of the key issues relating to management and organisations. After an initial review of the concepts covered in the Autumn, there will be a specific contemporary focus on the application of HR management functions in organisations.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Clearly see how the primary HR aspects of all organisations have a relationship with and in some respects are rooted to the major psychological and management breakthroughs of the last hundred years.
- Appreciate the main functional elements of HR practice.
- Understand the strategic drivers of change in relation to modern day HRM.

Content

- Management and Organisations – a theoretical review
- Managing human resources today
- Hard v Soft HRM aspects
- The significance of employee attitude as a primary driver
- Recruitment and Selection
- Contemporary Skills Training
- Talent Management
- Managing Equality and Diversity
- Performance Management
- Employee Reward

Qualifications

English Language Proficiency

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient performance: showing just enough understanding of the subject to merit a pass grade but requiring greater effort to achieve a more satisfactory result

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good performance: showing strong understanding of basic concepts and good grasp of techniques, but with certain minor problems still requiring further attention

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent performance: not only fulfils all standard requirements but demonstrates originality and imagination