Organization Design and Human Resource Management

Description

The course provides students with basic knowledge about two interconnected topics. First, the course covers the main elements of organizational design, such as: basic organization theories; strategy, organization, and effectiveness; fundamentals of organization structure; organization size, life-cycle, and decline. Second, the course covers the main elements of human resource management, such as: HRM strategy; HRM main processes (recruitment, development, compensation). By the end of the course, the students will be able to:

• recognize the key organizational features and major HRM practices of a firm;
• identify the explicit or implicit HRM/organization strategy adopted by an organization;
• evaluate the alignment between business and HRM/organization strategy.

Evaluation and grading

The grading is based on

• 20% on two team-based activities;
• 80% on final written exam.

Textbook

Daft, R.L. (2016). Organization Theory and Design (12^th edition), Cengage