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Human Resources Management - MGT357 Fall 2026
Course
Gabriele Meissner
The course will provide an overview of human resource management, with particular emphasis in human resource planning and strategy, personnel selection, equal employment opportunity, training, performance appraisal, compensation, and contemporary issues in organizational behavior. The course has been developed for the student of general management whose job will involve responsibility for managing people in a global environment.
fIf you apply for a new job, have a job or have responsibility people on your team as a manager - Human Resource Management will usually be involved in decisions concerning people. Great companies consider their HR management as partners, equally important as their financial collaborators. Even if you are not planning a career in HRM, you will always be in need of your partners in some way or another.
HRM is today an essential part of corporate strategy. It involves the long-term planning of any organization and the course will look into topics like talent management, HR planning and also performance appraisal and performance evaluation.
The course gives you a comprehensive overview on HRM's responsibilities, on their tasks and how they contribute to the overall productivity and profitability of organizations.
Here is the course outline:
1. Introduction to Human Resource Management
Sep 1
Today HRM is essential for modern companies. Human resource management is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and of attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns. The topics we'll discuss should therefore provide you with the concepts and techniques you need to perform the people or personnel aspects of your management job. HRM also plays a major role today in formulating corporate and business strategies. |
2. Strategic HRM / HR Planning / Globalization
Sep 8
HRM acts as a strategic partner for all departments in modern organizations. There are important trends, which shape the work of human resource managers - i.e. globalization, technology, deregulation, changes in demographics, economic challenges etc. HR planning plays an important role in developing corporate and business strategies. |
3. Job Analysis / Job Design / Job Description
Sep 15
Job Analysis: The procedure for determining the duty and skill requirements of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it. Job Design: Job design is the process of work arrangement (or rearrangement) aimed at reducing or overcoming job dissatisfaction and employee alienation arising from repetitive and mechanistic tasks. Job Description: A list of a job's duties, responsibilities, reporting relationships, working conditions, and supervisory responsibilities. |
4. Recruitment / Selection
Sep 22
Recruitment is a core task of HRM - finding the right people for the job. The process starts with the job analysis to define what kind of competencies are needed and it then results in agreed on selection criteria. |
5. Compensation / Training / Development / Career Management
Sep 29
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6. Performance Management / Performance Evaluation (360-degree evaluation / Balanced Scorecards)
Oct 6
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7. Guest Lecture Dr. Vratislav Kalenda, ImageLab
Oct 27
Talent Management / Assessment and Development Center Dr. Kalenda is the owner/CEO of the HR consultancy ImageLab. The company is specialized in Talent Management, Assessment and Development Center. He will run you through a Development Center exercise. |
8. Motivation / Performance Management and Appraisal
Nov 3
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9. Guest Lecture: Deloitte, Klara Simcikova
Nov 10
Succession Planning |
10. Corporate Culture / Ethics
Nov 17
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11. Change Management
Nov 24
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12. Leadership
Dec 1
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