| School/Faculty/Institute | Graduate School | ||||
| Course Code | MGMT 538 | ||||
| Course Title in English | Human Resources Management | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi | ||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | ||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||
| Level of Course | Select | ||||
| Semester | Fall | ||||
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| Estimated Student Workload | 126 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | none | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | onla graduate students | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To gain knowledge of human resource management from a company’s all stakeholders’ perspective, to make sense of real business world and its human side; and to convert this understanding into better organizational effectiveness and health. | ||||
| Course Description | Today, for companies to have sustainable competitive advantage, it is accepted that the most important resource is human resources. To manage human resources effectively, leaders / managers, HR professionals and employees must know how to use human capital effectively in an organization through the management of people-related activities. HR concepts, tools, techniques, models, current issues and key HR functions such as recruitment, training & development, performance management, retention, employee engagement, compensation, and labor relations are the topics of the course. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) Follow current research in human resources management, appreciate its importance as a central management function 2) Understand how other science fields (economics, psychology, law etc.) and stakeholders (shareholders, managers, employees, customers, government, society etc.) affect HRM practices 3) Know the elements of the HR function (recruitment, selection, training and development, etc.) and be familiar with each element’s key concepts, terminology and processes 4) Understand how HRM concepts, models, and tools to increase in individual, group, and organizational effectiveness and health 5) Utilize conceptual basis for human resources practices as potential managers, HR professionals, or just employees |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Ability to analyse a various range of organizational information, including accounting & finance, operations management, marketing and technology | |||||
| 2) Integration of the organizational functional knowledge in the process of formulation and implementation of long-term strategic goals and objectives | |||||
| 3) Development of leadership and team membership skills required for managing innovation as well as routine processes and activities in organizations | |||||
| 4) Self-exploration through the development and implementation of real business opportunities | |||||
| 5) Awareness of the uncertainty and complexity of global business environments and changing business practices and trends | |||||
| 6) Finding ethical, creative, comprehensive solutions to complex organizational problems | |||||
| 7) Demonstrating the ability to integrate management techniques, new business models & analytical tools to decision-making processes | |||||
| 8) Competence in the mastery of vital managerial and leadership skills, such as critical thinking, business communication, decision making and conflict resolution | |||||
| 9) Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2. |
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Ability to analyse a various range of organizational information, including accounting & finance, operations management, marketing and technology | S | Participation |
| 2) | Integration of the organizational functional knowledge in the process of formulation and implementation of long-term strategic goals and objectives | H | Project |
| 3) | Development of leadership and team membership skills required for managing innovation as well as routine processes and activities in organizations | S | Project |
| 4) | Self-exploration through the development and implementation of real business opportunities | S | Participation |
| 5) | Awareness of the uncertainty and complexity of global business environments and changing business practices and trends | N | |
| 6) | Finding ethical, creative, comprehensive solutions to complex organizational problems | S | Participation |
| 7) | Demonstrating the ability to integrate management techniques, new business models & analytical tools to decision-making processes | H | Project |
| 8) | Competence in the mastery of vital managerial and leadership skills, such as critical thinking, business communication, decision making and conflict resolution | N | |
| 9) | Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing at European Language Portfolio General Level B2. | N |
| Prepared by and Date | MİNE ALPTEKİN , |
| Course Coordinator | BÜŞRA AYAN |
| Semester | Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Öğr. Gör. MİNE ALPTEKİN |
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction to Human Resource Management |
| 2) | Strategic HRM, HR Metrics, HR Roles and Competencies |
| 3) | Organizational Design: Job Analysis, Job Design, Organizational Structure, HR Planning |
| 4) | Getting the Right People: Recruitment |
| 5) | Midterm 1 |
| 6) | Increasing Performance: Training & Development |
| 7) | Increasing Performance: Performance Appraisal |
| 8) | Increasing Performance: Motivation & Engagement |
| 9) | Midterm 2 |
| 10) | Retention of the Right People: Career Management |
| 11) | Retention of the Right People: Compensation & Benefits |
| 12) | Retention of the Right People: Employee Separation |
| 13) | Retention of the Right People: Building Positive Employee Relations |
| 14) | International / Global HR and Future issues |
| 15) | Final Examination Period |
| 16) | Final Examination Period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Human Resource Management Textbook, Noe, R.A. et al, (2018).. (Ed. 11.) McGraw Hill Education, (Digital Version) | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Videos, readings, presentations, simulations, lectures, problem-solving activities, interactions with real life businesses, research, case studies, discussions, quizzes, personal self-assessments, individual and team work activities | |||||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
karadagh@mef.edu.tr In this course, active participation is key to learning and applying. Thus the grading of the class participation will be done based on the quality of active student participation and contribution to in-class activities. Students are expected to attend all sessions and be in class on time. When they can not attend due to a sickness (which should require a report from a full facility hospital) or an excuse accepted my MEF regulations, they should inform the instructors by mail. As the feedback and questions are very valuable for making the course a distinctive learning experience, students may visit the instructors during office hours or send e mails, for any course related issues. Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will be subject to the YÖK disciplinary regulation. |
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| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 84 | ||
| Midterm(s) | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Total Workload | 126 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 5.0 | ||||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||||