ØAADM4000 Strategic Human Resource Management Course description

The management of human resources (HRM) is an important management task in most enterprises. In the practical management work, this area is closely related to financial management, organisation and strategic management. This course concerns the strategic and financial role of HRM, analyses how HRM contributes to value creation and competitiveness, discusses the role of HRM with regard to strategic planning and implementation, analyses the strategic role of contracts, jobs and labour markets, studies relevant compensation systems and how these affects motivation, analyses the strategic impact of turnover and recruitment systems, and studies how analyses and development of skills can be done. The course also covers the societal contingencies for HRM in particular with regard to international HRM. The course builds in particular on Organisation Theory, Leadership, and Business Strategy from the bachelor's degree programme, and on Research Methods for Social Sciences, Microeconomics and Introduction to Managerial Accounting. Recent research and current articles will play a key role in the course.

The exam in the course is a supervised exam of 4 hours.

The following aids are permitted:

• One dictionary (native language-English/English-native language or English-English).
• Calculator (see regulations for the use of calculators in the programme description).
• Excel

Varied forms of teaching will be used, with a combination of lectures, guest lectures, cases and class discussions and student presentations.

Grade scale A-F

An internal and an external examiner will grade the exam.

A selection of at least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded to exam papers assessed by the external and internal examiner will be used to determine the level of all exam papers.

No aids are permitted.

Grade scale A-F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

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