STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S2-HRM-MA-EI11UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
HRM
Training officer(s)
A.MONTEFUSCO
Stakeholder(s)
Andrea MONTEFUSCO
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
It is strongly recommended that students:
- Have basic knoledge of business strategy and strategic management;
are proficent in:
- Human Resource Management key concepts
- Human Resource Management processes;
- People Management scope, concepts, and processes.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to :

- Know the purpose of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM);
- Know the main characteristics of Strategic HRM, especially those which differentiate it from Human Resource Management approach;
- Once in a company, the students who have attented this course should be capable of proactively supporting SHRM approach through:
1 - both, spotting the impact and understanding the practical implication that the continual evolution of company strategy generates on people;
2 - cooperating with HR department in defining actions to help people cope with the evolution of strategy
3 - supporting HR Business Partners in daily delivering HRM processes;
4 - applying basic skills in Strategic HRM to define and deploy effective SHRM processes, as the students will have learnt:
- how to set performance;
- the methods to tune (eu-)stress to manage performance;
- the concrete meaning of engagement and the differences between control, engagement and commitment;
- how to measure the performance of hr activites and policies by SHRM Assessment Tool;
- the implementation of SHRM through Human Resource Business Partners
- the SHRM in the Digital Tide: highlights and implications
Presentation
- The evolution of people management and the modern meaning of HR management;
- The systemic approach to company management and the concept of "Strategic Human Resource Management";
- The psychological models of human behavior and learning: performance classification, eustress and distress, learning and cultural factors in innovation processes, the role of instructions and procedures in operations, the "exploration/exploitation" managerial paradox, the concept of emotions and their impact of human behavior, management and leadership;
- The relation between Strategic HRM and formal structure in organizations: cooperation, coordination, individual and collective results, "no blame" and just culture;
- The engagement: the role of SHRM approach to raise people awareness of individual contribution, duty, results
- SHRM into practice: understanding and applying the Human Resource Business Partner approach
- Measuring SHRM effectiveness: the SRHM Assessment tool.

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 16,00 The course adopts an inductive learning aproach delivered through goal based scenario learning: briefing, simulation, de-briefing.
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 10,00
Group Project 8,00 Each simulation is a Group Project scenario: every team has to manage and write a short report which will be evaluated for team grading.
Autoformation
Lecture du manuel de référence 4,00
Overall student workload 38,00
Evaluation
The student is assessed on the course based on three components:
- class participation (10%)
- project (50%)
- exam (40%)
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 2,00 1 40,00
Contrôle continu
Participation 0,00 0 10,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 0,00 0 50,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
HR book used in your basic HR course. -
McGrath, R.G., 2013, Transient Advantage, Harvard Business Review -
Ancona, D., Malone, T.W., Orlikowski, W.J., Senge, P.M., In Praise Of The Incomplete Leader, Harvard Business Review, 2007 -
Kim, T., Mfee, E., Olguin Olguin, D., Waber, B., Pentland, A., 2012, Sociometric badges: Using sensor technology to capture new forms of collaboration, Journal of Organizational Behavior, J. Organiz. Behav. 33, 412–427 (2012) -
Internet resources
IESEG online
Slides from the instructor (available at ieseg-online platform). Students are expected to regularly (and prior to each session) check the course website at ieseg-online platform. The preparation on the texts and slides covered by the course and indicated by the professor is essential for preparing the exam.