OPF:PEMDAPMA Personal Management - Course Information

PEMDAPMA Personal Management

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: dzk.

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Vojtěch Malátek, CSc. (lecturer)
Dušan Polonský (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Josef Vodák, PhD. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Vojtěch Malátek, CSc.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

None

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, D_EKOMAN4)

Course objectives

Human potential is the most important resource or organizational efficiency. The course objective is to provide knowledge of modern methods and practices in human resource management. Students will be introduced to the issue of personnel management in the whole its complexity and the specificity.

Syllabus

• Human Resource Management Strategy
  Objectives and tasks of human resource management, personnel management, and personnel administration. Personnel manager and personnel activities. Personnel department tasks and organization. Personnel strategy and personnel policy. Human resource management strategy.
  Corporate Philosophy and Corporate Culture in the Personnel Management System
  Personnel management and corporate philosophy and corporate culture. Personnel management and human needs of employees. Business environment and personnel management.
  Personnel Planning
  The status of personnel planning in corporate planning. The process of personnel planning in enterprise. Planning of personnel activities. Tasks of the personnel department in planning.
  Recruitment and Placement Process
  Definition of the job (workplace). Job analysis. Job description and specification. Approaches and principles to search employees. Recruitment process. Placement process. Method of selecting workers. Adaptation and training of workers.
  Assessing and Rewarding Job Performance
  Staff assessment process. Evaluation of work performance. Reward and job performance. Reward policy in company. Wage rates. Staffing. Wage forms.
  Employee Training
  The importance of employee training. Forming the work capacity of a person. System of business education. Planning of business education. Methods of business education.
  Care of Employees
  Employee care objectives. Working environment, working time, working mode. Safety and health at work. Services provided to workers at the workplace.
  Management and Labor Relations in the Company
  Behavior of a worker in work team. Characteristics of work teams in company. Working and social adaptation. Interpersonal conflicts. Prevention of conflicts in working teams.

Literature

required literature
• DICKMAN, M., BREWSTER, CH. and P. SPARROW. International Human Resource Management: Contemporary Human Resources Issues in Europe. New York: Routledge, 2016. ISBN 978-1-13-877603-6. info
• ARMSTRONG, M. and S. TAYLOR. Armstrong´s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. London: Kogan Page, 2014. ISBN 978-0-7494-6964-1. info
• TORRINGTON, D., HALL, L., TAYLOR, S. and C. ATKINSON. Human Resource Management. Harlow: Pearson, 2014. ISBN 978-0-27-378663-4. info
• ARMSTRONG, M. Armstrong´s Essential Human Resource Management Practice: A Guide to People Management. London: Kogan Page, 2010. ISBN 978-0-74-945989-5. info
• ARMSTRONG, M. A Handbook of Management and Leadership. London: Kogan Page, 2009. ISBN 9780749454173. info
• ARMSTRONG, M. Armstrong´s Handbook of Strategic Resource Management. London: Kogan Page, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7494-7682-3. info

recommended literature
• RUE, L. W., BYARS, L. L. and N. A. IBRAHIM. Human Resource Management. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015. ISBN 978-0-0781-1279-9. info
• CASCIO, W. Managing Human Resources. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015. ISBN 978-0-0781-1295-9. info
• BERGER, L. A. and D. R. BERGER. The Compensation Handbook. A State-of-the-Art Guide to Compensation Strategy and Design, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015. ISBN 978-0-0718-3699-9. info
• MARTOCCHIO, J. J. Employee Benefits. A Primer for Human Resource Professionals, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. ISBN 978-0-0780-2948-6. info
• ROBINSON, I. Human Resource Management in Organisations. London, 2006. ISBN 1843980665. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration

Assessment methods

Test

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 24 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

written work on the topic of personnel management (range 15 pages), defense of seminar paper, course credit test

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Konzultace	16
Ostatní studijní zátěž	370
Přednáška	24
Zkouška	40
Summary	450

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