Center for North American Studies

HR in Practice

Specialization: course opened exclusively for the students of last year of the Faculty of Business Management
Warrantor: doc. PhDr. Martin Bútora
Instructor: experts from the companies involved
Lecturing hours (weekly): 2
Credits: 3 ECTS
Date: Thursday 3.15 - 4.45 PM
Room: A6.17 (new building)
Working language: English
Evaluation: pass/fail

Course aims:

  • Introduce participants to key roles HR plays in large international companies
  • Introduce real-life HR systems and processes, presented by HR professionals
  • Provide participants with opportunity for open-class discussion of case studies in order to facilitate learning process
  • Develop participants’ critical thinking on possible difficulties and pitfalls that await HR professionals and managers
  • Increase participants’ preparedness for working at managerial and HR positions

Course Sylabus to download (.pdf)

HR in Practice evaluation sheet (.xls)


Preliminary timetable of the course:

1. Introduction lesson: overview and introduction of approach, topics, evaluation and required reading, overview of Employee Life Cycle


2. Recruitment, finding the right match for the job, attracting best people, interview process

Reading 2 (.pdf)


3. Onboarding: how new employees learn the company culture and strategy

Reading 3 (.pdf)


4. Performance Management: evaluating employee’s performance, types of performance, encouraging better performance and dealing with poor performance

Reading 4A (.html)

Reading 4B (.html)

Reading 4C (.html)


5. Training & Development of employees and encouraging growth


6. Talent development systems: how companies identify and work with top talents, succession planning

Reading 6 (.doc)


7. HR in inter-cultural context: working in large multi-national companies, supporting international assignments, international rotation programs and working in international environment

Reading 7A (.html)

Reading 7B (.html)


8. Companies striving to be the Employer of Choice, Compensation strategies and the competition for top talents on the market


9. Exit Management: restructuring, laying off low performers and dealing with leavers

Reading 9 (.pdf)


10. Change Management and the Role in it

Reading 10 (.pdf)


11. Advice to participants what they can really expect in their first year of employment, what companies expect from employees, how career progression usually works, what managers want from employees

HR in Practice - Final Assignment (.pdf)


12. Last Lecture : evaluation of the course, final words, extra information/suggested reading, students bring and hand-in their printed-out essays, final consultation for students


 

 



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