Human Resources Management

Code:

2GESS06

Acronym:

GRH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S (of 18-02-2015 to 17-06-2015)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Health Care Economics and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GESS	25	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	4	28	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Show the strategic nature of HRM intervention in organizational context. - Understand the key processes of people management processes, with the objectives to attract, motivate, develop, retain and renew the organization's human capital. - Demonstrate critical understanding of the behavior and performance of people in organizations and in the context of health by mobilizing some theoretical models.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that students:

- Understand the strategic value of people managment in healthcare sector

- Be able to mobilize the various theories and practices of Human Resources Management to analyze and propose interventions in everyday situations real or fictitious.

- Exhibit research skills relevant to academic and organizational context

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

2. The Strategic Management of Human Resources

2.1. Performance management and skills

2.2. The added value of the HR function

2.3. Change management and organizational culture and the role of HRM



3. The performance of the professionals in the health context

3.1. Personal characteristics: personality, attitudes, emotional intelligence, motivation and psychological contract

3.2. The teamwork and main difficulties



4. Activities HRM

4.1. Staffing (recruitment & selection)

4.2. Evaluation of the performance

4.3. Management rewards

Mandatory literature

Gomes, J., Cunha, M. P., Rego, A., Cunha, R. C., Cardoso, CC e Marques, C. A.; Manual de Gestão de Pessoas e do Capital Humano , Lisboa: Edições Sílabo., (2008)
Fottler, M.; Hernandez, S. R. and Joiner, C. ; Essentials of Human Resources Management in Health Services Management , Delmar Thomson., (1998)

Complementary Bibliography

Bratton , J. E Gold, J. ; (2007) Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice, 4th Edition,N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan., 2007
Redman, T. e Wilkinson, A. (eds); Contemporary Human Resource Management: Text and Cases , Harlow, England: Prentice Hall., (2006)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Combination of active and expositive methodology. Exposiive lectures led by the lecturer or by the students and collective discussion classes based on the exploration of small exercises, specific cases, texts or simulations. Students must prepare themselves from recommended literature and other ndependently researched (preferably later validated by the teacher) to discuss the issues, and apply some of this knowledge in the analysis of real or fictitious cases (organizations and / or individuals in the context of work). In addition to the classes, the email will be a fundamental mean of communication
 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	55,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Team assignement (3-4 members) and Individual Test (Values less than 7.0 values lead to failure even if the final average is equal to 9.5)

Calculation formula of final grade

Class participation - 10%; Team assignement - 35%; IndividualTest - 55% or Class participation - 15%; Exam - 85%

Observations

Unauthorized copying and plagiarism are unacceptable and under Assessment Regulation, it will require communication to the Director of MSc Course for disciplinary procedures.