PHIHRM International Human Resources Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Erten-Buch (lecturer), prof. Ing. Ladislav Blažek, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Božena Šmajsová Buchtová, CSc.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Timetable
Fri 7. 11. 14:35–17:55 P303, Fri 14. 11. 14:35–17:55 P303, Fri 21. 11. 14:35–17:55 P303
Prerequisites

Each student must be able to understand and communicate in English.

Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives

Regardless of size or type of business, people are the most important asset of any organization. Successful performance of the human resource management function can greatly improve organisations bottom line. Course International Human Resources Management focuses on the policies, methods, and tehniques that professional personnel and human resource managers create and implement to achive succesful human resource programs. Yet the course is prepared for all business students – not just those who intend to pursue a career in the human resource field. Much of the lessons (employee selection, job design, performance appraisal, training, career management) is as important to any managar as it is to the HR one. Each lesson in the course contains theoretical and practical parts.

Syllabus

  • A. I. Human Resources - Past and present (Scientific Management, Human Relations, Contingent theory of HRM, Human Resources) II. Job Design - (Importance of Job Analysis, Job Analysis Problems, Job Description, Case Study in Job Analysis, Modern Job Design, Motivation and Job Design) III. Employee Recruitment - (Internal and External Applicants, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Recruitment, Methods of External Recruitment, Hiring Alternatives, The Selection process, Case Study in Employee recruitment) IV. Appraisal system - (Performance Appraisal, Appraisal Methods, Appraisal Process, Evaluation of Appraisal System, Case Study in Appraisal system) B. V. Employee Training - (Purpouses of training, On-the-Job and Off-the-Job training, Training Evaluation, Motivation in Training Process, Case Study in Training) VI. Internal Staffing and Career Management - (Factors influencing Internal-Staffing Decisions, Promotion and Recruiting for Promotion, Other Internal Moves, Career Management, Application of IS and CM) VII. Job Evaluation and Pay Systems - (Methods of Job Evaluation, Pay Systems, Compensation Issues) VIII. Employee Relations - (Hierarchy in Organisation, Formal Relations, Improving Relations - Methods and Tricks, Illegal Activities, Case Study in Employee Relations) C. IX. HR for the Small Business - (Human Resource Practices in the Small Firm, Staffing in the Small Firm, Aggresive Recruiting, Case Study in HR for the Small Business) X. International HR Management - (Cultural Dimensions, Motivation in Different Cultures, Global Recruiting, Case Study in International HR Management) XI. Excursion

Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Kurz je určen pouze pro zahraniční studenty.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009.
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