HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

The course aims to increase students' understanding of the main principles of human resource management. Human resource management is crucial in the management of organizations and represents a fundamental link between management and employees. This course aims to understand what the mission of human resources is within an organization, to analyze the main HR management practices and to use the main theoretical frameworks and analytical tools to address the problems of managing people in organizations.

Expected learning outcomes
Attendance, active participation in the training activities proposed by the course and individual study will allow students to:
1) know the purpose of human resource management, and what the main human resource management processes consist of
2) acquire and apply the main analytical tools for the management of human resources
3) identify the main alternatives of action for each decision-making problem and evaluate their preferability
4) critically discuss about the new challenges of human resource management
5) organize and synthesize complex concepts and communicate them effectively

Principles of management and international accounting (ET0078) or corresponding exam (e.g. Economia Aziendale, Accounting and Business Administration)
Students have to pass the pre-requisite exam BEFORE taking the Human Resource Management exam
Students are expected to have basic knowledge of strategic management

The course is divided into 5 sections
- HRM, New trends, Organization, Motivation, Job Analysis
- Staffing
- Performance management
- People Training and Development
- Compensation and rewarding

TEXTBOOK
Gomez-Mejia L.R., Balkin D.B., Cardy R.L., 2014, Managing human resources, New Jersey, Pearson Prentice-Hall, seventh ed. (later editions can also be used)
The chapters will be communicated during the first lesson and the list will be available in moodle

Slides, additional readings and materials (provided in the Moodle platform)

Students’ final assessment takes place through a written exam consisting of 10 multiple-choice questions and 2 open questions. The multiple-choice questions are aimed at ascertaining knowledge of the concepts and the ability to apply knowledge to simple problem situations. The student must correctly answer at least 6 multiple-choice questions out of 10. The two open questions are aimed at verifying the ability to solve decision-making problems, apply analytical tools and think critically about the challenges of human resource management.
Students can integrate the written exam grade by carrying out a group work during the course, which consists of a critical in-depth analysis of an assigned topic, the creation of a poster and a brief presentation.
The final evaluation consists of: individual written exam score (0-30 points) + group work score (optional) (0-2 points)

The course adopts an interactive approach based on:
Lectures
Discussions in class
Simulations
Videos
Key note speaker

English

The points of the group work will be valid only for the exam session of December 2024 and January 2025. Further details regarding the group work will be presented in the classroom.

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development