Human Resource Management

Human resource management (HRM) has already for long, both in several world-class organizations and in academic circles, been viewed as one of the most important levers of sustained organizational performance. It is very challenging to implement well. It essentially requires both knowledge, deep conviction, consistency, an innovative mind-set and, as suggested by more recent thinking, an agile approach. The overall aim of this course is to help and inspire students to mutually reflect on and enhance their understanding of the challenges, advantages and frontiers of progressive systems of HRM practices. The course introduces the concept and role of a performance enhancing HRM system. Specific topics include theoretical perspectives related to HRM, the difficult and challenging role of the HR function, the specific practices of selection, compensation, performance appraisal, training, the role of HRM in wellbeing at work and the potential trade-offs between ethics and efficiency of HRM.