Human management

Teacher(s)

Taskin Laurent;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Students will be • Able to select appropriate HRM policies given specific context, strategy and behavioural aim ; • Aware of the different HRM strategies and practices, and of the consideration about human beings underneath –and able to develop a critical analysis of existing HRM systems ; • Aware of HRM practices which allow to lead organizations, groups and individuals.

Content

The course adopts the Human Management framework :
• Context – understanding why current HRM models emerged and developed over time ;
• Strategy – understanding the role of HRM and the way to build a strategy;
• Organizational behavior – understanding why and how HRM practices influence people’s and group’s behaviours ;
• HRM policies – understanding the main HRM processes, including the most emergent ones;
• Content – focusing on work and sensemaking.
A empirical survey is conducted by students with the aim to make them discover one sepcific practice and how it is implemented in an organisation.

Teaching methods

-Plenary sessions / classes
-Empirical investigation
-Debates with professionals
-Readings
-Business cases

Evaluation methods

-written personal exam (70%)
-group case study and its oral presentation (30%)

Bibliography

Support obligatoire : Taskin, L. et Dietrich, A. (2020) Management Humain, 2è édition. Bruxelles : De Boeck supérieur, coll. Manager RH

Faculty or entity

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