HR MANAGEMENT and INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP Máster Universitari en Internatinal MBA Universidad de Alcalá Curs Académic 014/15
Teaching Guide Title HR management and intercultural leadership Cde Degree Department and Area f knwledge Type Credits ECTS 6 Curse and semester Teacher Tutring Schedule Language Master Universitari en Internatinal MBA Ecnmía y Dirección de Empresa Organización Empresa Optinal 1º year Annual Antni Méndez Teresa del Val ( Crdinatr) TBD English 1. INTRODUCTION and OBJECTIVE After the training sessin, the student will reach the fllwing main learning utcmes, Strategic thinking and visin Teamwrk Results Orientatin Interpersnal relatinship Effective Cmmunicatin skills. COMPETENCIES Generic Skills Ability f judgment Cmmunicatin and reasning ability Practivity, synthesis capacity and assertiveness. Capacity fr rganizatin and planning Ability t adapt t new situatins Creativity, initiative and persnal autnmy Crss-disciplinary Skills Prblem slving ability Ability t wrk in teams Wrking under pressure envirnments Ethical cmmitment at wrk Ability t rganize and plan Ability t search and learn frm any new situatin /5
Specific Skills T train students t design the rganizatinal structure f the cmpany in its scial cultural cntext at natinal and internatinal envirnment. The managerial skills (negtiatin, leadership, self-awareness, self-mtivatin, rganizatinal cmmitment, CSR, ethics and internatinal business) t lead peple in the cntext f the internatinal rganizatin taking n persnal and institutinal develpment. T train students fr cnfiguratin f interdisciplinary and intercultural decisinmaking prcesses, as well as the invlvement and develpment f individuals in internatinal envirnments. 3. CONTENTS Leaders are required t make daily decisins that impact the success f the business and its bttm line. Leadership style is the prcess f explring the way leaders use t apprach Human Resurces Management t generate mtivatinal impact in rder t leads emplyees t a specific utcme r shared desired gal. This mdule prepares students t recgnize a variety f leadership styles prevalent in many rganizatins, fr example, the significance f cmmunicatin, team building and establishing a shared visin. Areas f Cntent Ttal f Credits Area I. HR MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY Missin, Visin, Values and Cre Cmpetencies Strategy and Culture HR Strategies t Attract, Identify, Develp and Retain key Peple. Area II. SELF-KNOWLEDGE and EFFECTIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT Paradigms, beliefs and attitudes f leadership Persnal SWOT Analysis The Jhari Windw Time Management and Organizatin Area III. MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Leadership styles Change management Team building Effective cmmunicatin Mtivatin Negtiatin Delegatin and empwerment Mentring and Caching. 3/5
4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES In rder t develp the abve mentined skills, the teaching learning methdlgy is fcused n, Discvery-Based Learning Cllabrative Learning Cperative Learning and Active/Engaged Learning The main training activities are, Grup Games Team Building Activities Vides Rle Playing and Cnstructive Feedback 4.1. Credit Distributin Number f hurs in classrm 8 Number f student wrking hurs 1 Ttal number f hurs 150 4.. Methdlgical strategies, materials and resurces Sessins Thery. T develp the mst imprtant cncepts t understand each tpic. Case Studies. Where t apply the learned cncepts. Reprt and wrk presentatins. The student has t present several (made at hme) reprts and prjects t their classmates and teacher. Fr these presentatins the student can use tls such as PwerPint and ther similar resurces. Discussins n a prpsed theme. Prfessr will deliver the necessary dcumentatin fr a debate preparatin and he shall set a date fr it. Teacher will be the mderatr f the debate. Partial tests. During the training sessins the teacher will prpse different partial tests t review the acquisitin f knwledge and applicatin. 4/5
Student wrk Exam Readings Finding infrmatin Activities (exercises, case studies, reprts and wrks). Final theretical-practical Exam. At the end f the curse an examinatin culd be taken place. In which the student has t interrelate all the knwledge they have learned in rder t ensure that he/she is able t relate the cncepts and apply them. 5. EVALUATION. Prcedures, evaluatin criteria and rating The student has t successfully pass the whle set f tests, understanding that all tgether evaluate the acquisitin f all develped skills. The students' perfrmance will be evaluated by their wrk, knwledge and acquired skills. The evaluatin criteria will be, Attendance t theretical and practical classes and seminars. Active participatin f the student and reslutin f case studies. 40% Successful pass f the exam r final wrk 60% The ratings system will be prvided fr by law (Ryal Decree 115 / 003 f 5 September, which establishes the Eurpean credit system and the system f qualificatins in the fficial university degrees). 6. BOOKS OF REFERENCE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Authrs. Derek Trringtn, Stephen Taylr and Laura Hall GOOD TO GREAT: Why Sme Cmpanies Make the Leap... and Others Dn't Authr Jim Cllins GETTING THINGS DONE. The Art Of Stress-Free Prductivity Authr, David Allen CROSS-CULTURAL LEADERSHIP Authr, Thmas Grisham 5/5