Human Resources Management

Code:

2GESS06

Acronym:

GRH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

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	31	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	1	-	4	28	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

-  Examine the contribution of an adequate management of people to the staff individual well-being, the organisational efficiency, and the quality of care.

- Develop the skills and abilities to assess and discuss management problems by applying the relevant concepts and theoretical frameworks of HRM.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Interpret the concept of human resource management, its strategic dimension and compare and assess the contributions, implications and limitations of the different models and perspectives on the management of people in the particular context of healthcare organisations.

- Demonstrate critical understanding of people's behavior and performance in health context organizations by mobilizing some explanatory theoretical models.

- Demonstrate  theoretical and practical analysis in the field of people management.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Human Resource Management
1.1. The nature and evolution of HRM
1.2. HRM models and the influence of factors internal and external to the organization
1.2. HRM in the context of Health and implications in labor relations

2. The Strategic Management of Human Resources
2.1. The Advantage of Human Capital and Organizational Processes
2.2. Performance management and performance evaluation
2.3. Management of Change and Organizational Culture and the Role of HRM

3. The performance of health professionals 
3.1. Personal characteristics: personality, attitudes, emotional intelligence, motivation and psychological contract
3.2. Teamwork on health and major difficulties
3.3. The digital revolution in the context of health and its implications

Mandatory literature

Gomes, J. F., Cunha, M. P. , Rego, A., Cunha, R. C. , Cabral-Cardoso, C. & Marques, C. A. ; Manual de gestão de pessoas e do capital humano (2ª edição revista e corrigida), Edições Sílabo, 2010
Boxall, P. F. and Purcell, J. ; Strategy and human resource management (4th edition), Palgrave, 2016

Teaching methods and learning activities

Combination between the expositon method and the active teaching-learning method. Classes based on dialogic exposition, critical analysis of texts, discussion of practical cases illustrative of concrete situations.
Students should prepare themselves from the recommended bibliography and another independently-researched (preferably later validated by the teacher) to discuss the topics, and apply some of this knowledge in the analysis of real or fictitious cases (organizations and / or people in the context of job).
In addition to the classes, electronic mail will be a fundamental means of communication.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Participação presencial	5,00
Total:	105,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	28,00
Estudo autónomo	59,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Total:	108,00

Eligibility for exams

Number of absences not exceeding 25% of planned classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade = written test (50%) + assignment (50%) + participation (5%)

Minimum grade in each component: 7.0/20.

Alternatively students can take the course by final exam

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final grade takes place at the time of appeal. Only the classification of the test can be improved.