HRM and Legal Issues (5 cr)
Code: 300501412-3002
General information
Enrollment
02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019
Timing
07.01.2019 - 28.04.2019
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Hugh Clack
- Päivi Ollila
Teacher in charge
Hugh Clack
Groups
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IB16S1
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IB16S2
Objective
At the end of the study unit, the student is expected to be able to: describe HRM in multicultural organisations recall HRM development strategies explain HRM processes plan the recruitment, orientation, and training of employees describe the main rights and obligations of employees and employers solve simple employment law problems
Content
past, present, and future HRM process human resources development and occupational development IHRM strategy, recruitment, job orientation, training rewarding, evaluation of employees and HRM activities different roles of HRM staff in various organisational and business environments collective agreements, employment contracts, annual holidays, working hours, protection of privacy in working life
Materials
Legal Issues: Äimälä & Al. Finnish Labour Law in practice. Sanoma Pro 2012.
HRM: McKenna & Beech, Essence of HRM; Wilton, An Introduction to HRM (recommended); Crawsaw, Budhwar, Davis, HRM Strategic & International Perspectives (recommended as background reading)
Exam schedules
Legal Issues: 8.4.2019, 20.5.2019, 26.8.2019, 9.9.2019 and 18.11.2019.
HRM: 6.5.2019, 20.5.2019, 18.11.2019.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Assessment is based on a written examination.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
You know how to
a.use professional vocabulary systematically
b.look for information in the key information sources of the field
c.identify interrelated tasks