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| Udgave: |
Forår 2013 Samf |
| ECTS points: |
10 ects |
| Punkter: |
10 ects |
Semester: |
Forår 2013 |
| Institutter: |
Sociologi |
| Studieordning: |
Fagkategori: MA Sociologiske temafag |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Professor: Helge Albrechtsen, E-mail: hal@soc.ku.dk |
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Lectures including discussion. During the course, students will be encouraged to apply the acquired theoretical and methodological approaches on selected cases, e.g. by using some of the planed enterprise visits where meetings with HRM managers or employee representatives will be organised |
| Formål: |
The aim of the course is to give students the skills required for: a) understanding and analysing enterprises according to a HRM approach, b) assessing changes in the management of human resources in private as well as public enterprises, c) doing further studies in the field of HRM strategies both regarding the enterprise level as well as the comparative perspective, d) classifying HRM analysis in relation to the neighbour disciplines. |
| Indhold: |
Since the mid-20th century, the importance of the individual has been increasingly emphasised within sociology. This has also been the case within related and interdisciplinary founded disciplines such as management theories. The appearance of a more knowledge-based production and the subsequent growing need for optimising the management of human resources are important reasons for the strong interest for HRM in today’s working life. During the last decades, the administration and the supervision of employees have become increasingly important in terms of HRM in private as well as public enterprises. It has increasingly been recognised that employees have to be considered not only as labour, but also as ’living people’ who possess a manifold of skills and resources which must be utilised optimally both to the benefit of the enterprise as well as to the benefit of the individual employee.
The concept of HRM has its theoretical and practical roots in the Anglo-Saxon world. Considered in a comparative perspective, however, the implementation of HRM concepts in Denmark are characterised by a certain time lag and the use of HRM strategies are relatively low. Among other things, this is caused by the specific structure of Danish industry, characterised by mainly small and medium size companies, but also due to the relatively low priority of HRM in Danish enterprises until only recently. Furthermore, in the aftermath of the sweeping public sector reform during the last decades, the increasing use of HRM-strategies in public administration plays an important role as regards the implementation of HRM concepts in Denmark.
Main issues within the HRM analysis of enterprises are, for instance, the question of recruitment and access possibilities, qualification levels and transaction costs, job design and promotion rules, career options and engagement, management development and evaluation systems, but also further training and employee participation. Furthermore, comparisons of various cultures are important when it comes to the issue of the so-called international HRM, focusing on how national business systems differ in terms of institutional configurations. This is important for multinational companies in the first place, but it is also relevant when considering whether different national management strategies are characterised by convergence or divergence. Finally, the institutional embeddedness of enterprises is an important issue, for instance, regarding changes in the relationship between the labour market parties due to an increased implementation of HRM concepts at enterprise level.
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Examination requirement app. 800 pages
Requirement readings/syllabus will be distributed during the first session.
Compendium can be purchased at the Akademisk Boghandel, CSS, Øster Farimagsgade 5, building 7, at the beginning of the semester.
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• Free written take-home essay
• Oral exam based upon a synopsis
Assesment: The exams are marked acccording to the 7-points-scala
Examiner: Internal examiner
Free written take-home essay:
Group/individual:. The Free written take-home essay may be written individually or by a group (max. 4 persons)
Size: An Free written take-home essay of maximum 15 pages of 2400 characters each page. If written by a group, the essay may be 7½ pages of 2400 characters each page longer per additional student.
Attention: When handing in as a group, the contribution of each student must be pointed out
Synopsis:
An oral exam based upon a topic chosen by the individual student
Group/individual: Individual
Size: A synopsis of maximum 3 pages of 2400 characters. The synopsis may be handed in as a group. However, the oral exam is on individual basis. The synopsis itself is ment as a discussion paper and does not enter into the assesment.
Handing in of papers:
Deadline for handing in essay/synopsis
12.00 o’clock in the secretariat (16.1.26) - please click on the link below, to see the submission dates.
Deadline for aflevering af skriftlige opgaver/handing in papers
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| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Bemærkninger: |
MA-level (Engelsk)
Not for undergraduates from our own Department of Sociology
Not for undergraduates from other danish departments
BA-Undergraduates from foreign countries can sign up for this course.
Kurset fungerer samtidig som liniefag i specialseringsretnigen: Organisation, Ledelse og Arbejdsmarked |
| Pensum: |
Bratton, John & Gold, Jeff (2007), Human Resource Management. Theory and Practice, 4th ed., Houndmills et al.: Palgrave Macmillan
An additional course compendium (around 400 pages)
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| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
19/3-2013 |