HRML
(M.A. Electrical Engineering)
Course Syllabus
This course is about a comprehensive understanding of people management. Many times in business, you will be challenged by questions of performance, motivation, teamwork – and what you should do with a team as its leader. The course provides you with a sound understanding of people tasks (often done by HR) and brings you to a better understanding of yourself as a a potential leader. These two streams represent an understanding of leadership as a conjunction of leading oneself, leading others, and leading a business.
Be prepared for interactive sessions, case study discussions, and small group presentations.
Organizational
The course values 5 ECTS credit points, which represents a workload of 150 hours. As a guideline, workload could be split to synchronous time in classes (40h), asynchronous time for preparation and reinforcement (80h) and final preparations (30h).
Course material and lecture slides will be available via Moodle. The Moodle key will be communicated in the first online session.
Readings
- Armstrong, M. and S. Taylor (2020) Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. London: KoganPage, 15th ed.
- Dessler, G. (2019) Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. Harlow: Pearson, 5th ed.
- Kaplan, R. and D. Norton (2000) Having Trouble with Your Strategy? Then Map It. Harvard Business Review 78 (5), 167-176
- McKee, A., Boyatzis, R., and F. Johnston (2008) Becoming a Resonant Leader. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing
Case Studies
We will discuss some case studies in class which you are required to read beforehand. These cases include the following HBR cases, other material will follow via Moodle.
- Southwest Airlines
- Cirque du Soleil
- Barbara Norris
- General Electric’s transformation under Jack Welch
Further material includes selected videos from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where you can view the introductory statements and transcripts as a preparation to classes.
Evaluation
The course grade is composed of activities in class (25%), a reflective learning journal (25%), and a final exam (50%).