Human Resources Management

Code:

ESG0015

Acronym:

GRH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Services Engineering and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESG	28	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1.To provide an understanding of the human and organizational contexts in which you will be working and the skills you will need to be productive and successful as you enter the world of work and throughout your career.

2.To explore how to put the scientific, technical and organizational knowledge learned at FEUP to work in addressing the major challenges facing management and organizations today.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Organizations are changing rapidly. To deal with these changes requires new skills and attitudes on the part of people working there. The purpose is to acquaint the student with some of psychological and sociological phenomena that regularly occur in organizations – the less visible forces that influence employee and managerial behavior. The aim is to increase students’ understanding of these forces – in themselves and in others – so that, as they become more visible, they become more or less manageable and hence subject to analysis and choice. We will look at these issues from individual, group and organizational points of view and organize our treatment of managerial thought and action from several analytic perspectives - namely, the strategic design, political and cultural perspectives. At the same time, the course will seek to develop critical skills in self-analysis, negotiations, teamwork and leadership.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Life and Work 2. Organizations and Society 3. Perspectives of Organizational Analysis (Strategy, Politics, Culture) 4. People in Organizations (Teamwork, Conflict and Negotiation, Recruitment and Selection, Reception and Integration, Leadership, Motivation, Communication, Change Management) 5. The Importance of External Context (Legal Framework, Crises, Globalization, Corporate Social Responsibility, Population and Technology, Competitiveness)

 

Mandatory literature

Jean-Marie Peretti; Recursos humanos. ISBN: 972-618-257-3

Complementary Bibliography

Scott Snell, George Bohlander; Principles of human resource management. ISBN: 978-0-324-59330-3
ed. by Ian Beardwell, Len Holden and Tim Claydon; Human resource management. ISBN: 0-273-67911-2
Miguel Pina e Cunha... [et al.]; Manual de comportamento organizacional e gestão. ISBN: 972-98823-8-X
Olivier Devillard; A Dinâmica das Equipas. ISBN: 972-25-1212 -9
Rodrigo Magalhães; Fundamentos da gestão do conhecimento organizacional. ISBN: 972-618-390-1
coordenador de equipa António Caetano; Mudança Organizacional e Gestão de Recursos Humanos. ISBN: 972-732-603-X
ULL; Competitive Advantage Through Diversity: Organizational Learning from Difference

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course unit will be based on theoretical and practical classes. The theoretical ones will include the presentation and debate of the main themes of the program. Some of these presentations will be given by experts, so that students can have a more direct contact with the themes of the course unit. In the practical ones, the course uses interactive exercises, simulations, case studies and projects to examine the most important issues and develop critical skills in negotiations, teamwork and leadership. Students will be introduced to concepts and tools to analyze work and leadership experiences.

 

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Behavioural sciences
Social sciences > Economics > Management studies > Organizational science
Social sciences > Sociology > Societal behaviour

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance at classes	Participação presencial		10,00
Individual assignment	Trabalho escrito		25,00
Team assignment	Trabalho escrito		35,00
Final exam	Exame		30,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Attendance at classes	Frequência das aulas	52
Individual and team assignments	Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	60
Study and examination	Estudo autónomo	20
	Total:	132,00

Calculation formula of final grade

a. 1 individual assignment (35% of the final grade) b. 1 group assignment (35% of the final grade) c. 1 exam (30% of the final grade)

 

Classification improvement

The improvement in the final classification can only be done by examination and may or may not include the distributed component, but advance notice is necessary to the teachers about the decision of the student in this regard.