Course: Personnel Processes in Organizations in Practice

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Course title Personnel Processes in Organizations in Practice
Course code KPM/APPR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Skálová Petra, Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- People in organization, "human" side of organizations, soft and hard factors. - People in HR processes- subject and object in personnel processes, types of personnel processes. - Organizational psychology - theory and practice (learning, organizational behavior, etc.). - Orientation in organization, subsystems of organization, communication, specifics of different types of organizations (SMEs, multinational, etc.). - Personal and professional development and career, managing problems, crises, resistance, self-management. - Social and motivation programs in organization. - People as creators and a part of corporate culture. - Innovative activity and creativity in organization. - Group and team processes- work in a department, teamwork, solving problems in team, creating confidence. - Characteristic of the main HR processes in organizations - Labour-law aspects of the HR processes in organizations. - HR aspects of selected management methods.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 7 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
demonstrate the knowledge gained by studying the subject Psychology in Economic Practice, Introduction to Business Economics.
Skills
None
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the importance of personnel and social processes in organizations, to explain how human processes influence people in an organization.
Skills
to analyze and evaluate main aspects of the personnel processes in the organization and to propose the necessary adjustments, to formulate goals and procedures for his/her career plan.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Students' portfolio
Practicum
Skills
Lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Practicum
Students' portfolio
Competences
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Armstrong, Michael; Taylor, Stephen. Armstrongs handbook of strategic human resource management practice. 14th edition. 2017. ISBN 978-0-7494-7411-9.
  • Cascio, Wayne F. Managing human resources : productivity, quality of work life, profits. 6th ed. Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003. ISBN 0-07-231716-7.
  • Dessler, Gary. Human resource management. Boston:Pearson, 2020. ISBN 978-1-292-30912-5.
  • Gómez-Mejía, Luis R.; Balkin, David B.; Cardy, Robert L. Managing human resources. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-13-011333-6.
  • Hogg, Michael a., VAUGHAN, Graham M. Social psychology. New York: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292.09045.
  • Noe, Raymond A.; Hollenbeck, John R.; Gerhart, Barry; Wright, Patrick M. Fundamentals of human resource management. Eighth edition. 2019. ISBN 978-1-260-56576-8.
  • Riggio, Ronald E. Introduction to industrial/organizational psychology. Seventh edition. 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-65532-4.
  • STAHL, Günter K., ed., BJORKMAN, Ingmar, ed. a MORRIS, Shad, ed. Handbook of research in international human resource management. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84980-918-4.
  • Stewart, G.L. Brown, K.G. Human resource management:linking strategy to practice. Hoboken, 2020. ISBN 978-1-119-49298-6.
  • Wilton, Nick. An introduction to human resource management. 4th edition. 2019. ISBN 978-1-5264-6016-5.


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