11/4/2015 1 MSc Human Resource Management Dr. Laetitia Mulder Program director MScHRM
11/4/2015 2 Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work. Max McKeown, The Strategy Book
11/4/2015 3 Goals MSc HRM After this master, you are able to: - Define, analyze, and evaluate complex problems related to the management of work and employment of people in organizations - Explore how HRM policies and practices can be developed and applied to ensure the availability, employability, commitment and vitality of employees needed to accomplish organizational goals - Evidence-based
11/4/2015 4 MSc HRM: Career Prospects Broad variety of HRM-relevant positions in all kinds of organizations: - HR officer on recruitment and selection, or training and development; - HR manager; - Personnel consultant, management consultant. Besides a professional career, graduates may opt for an academic career and take the Research Master (1 additional year) after which they can apply for a PhD position.
11/4/2015 5 MSc HRM 1-year degree program of 60 ECTS: 6 compulsory courses: 6 * 5 = 30 EC 2 electives 2 * 5 = 10 EC master thesis 20 EC 60 EC
MSc HRM Curriculum (September Entry) Period Course name EC 1.1 Strategic HRM 5 1.1 HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or 5 HRM & International labor Law 1.1 Elective 5 1.2 Leadership 5 1.2 Research and Professional Skills 5 1.2 Elective 5 2.1 Work Design and Team Processes 5 2.2 Personnel Instruments 5 2.1-2 Thesis Research 20 11/4/2015 6
MSc HRM Curriculum (February Entry) Block Course name EC 2.1 Work Design and Team Processes 5 2.1 HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or 5 HRM & International Labor Law 2.1 Elective 5 2.2 Personnel Instruments 5 2.2 Research and Professional Skills 5 2.2 Elective 5 1.1 Strategic HRM 5 1.2 Leadership 5 1.1-2 Research Thesis HRM 20 11/4/2015 7
Electives 11/4/2015 8 1.1 HRM & International Labor Law or HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht 5 1.1 Organization Design 5 1.1 Business Ethics 5 1.2 Personnel Economics 5 1.2 Business Process Innovation and Change 5 1.2 Business Research and Consulting 5 1.2 Healthcare Operations 5 2.1 HRM & International Labor Law or HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht 5 2.1 Conflict Management & Industrial Relations 5 2.1 Innovation in Healthcare Organizations 5 2.2 Behavioral Perspectives on Corporate Governance 5 2.2 Behavioral Operations Management 5 2.2 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 5 2.2 Strategic Supply Chain Management 5
11/4/2015 9 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 1.1 Strategic HRM This course considers HRM from a strategic perspective by concentrating on the relationship between the business strategy of an organization and its HRM policies and practices. Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Eric Molleman
11/4/2015 10 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 1.1 / 2.1 HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or HRM & International Labor Law This course highlights the body of laws and administrative rulings concerning the labour relationships between employers and employees. Lecturer: Prof. Mr. Dr. Liesbeth Kneppers and Mr. Wout Wijnbeek
11/4/2015 11 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 1.2 Leadership Leaders play a pivotal role in the enactment of HRM. This course highlights the dominant theories, issues, and practices related to leadership in organizations. Lecturers: Gerben van der Vegt & Onne Janssen
MSc HRM Curriculum 11/4/2015 12 Period 2.1 Work Design and Team Processes Work design: how to structure work organization into team settings Team processes: how team factors (e.g., team composition, diversity, task interdependence) and team processes (e.g., leadership, coordination, conflict, mood) influence team performance Lecturers: Floor Rink and Suzanne Tauber
11/4/2015 13 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 2.2 : Personnel Instruments HRM uses personnel instruments to match people to jobs/tasks: job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management. Lecturer: Laetitia Mulder
11/4/2015 14 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 1.2 Research and Professional Skills Training in Research Skills in Thesis Preparation (3 EC): How to develop a research question, embed a research question in literature, collect data, use statistical procedures to analyze data, and write a research report. Training in Professional Skills (2 EC) that are highly relevant for performing professional jobs in the HRM field (personal effectiveness, interpersonal communication, negotiation, team functioning, leadership).
11/4/2015 15 MSc HRM Curriculum Period 2.1-2: Thesis Research - 20 ECTS, 560 hours - Working out research proposal developed in Research Skills - Experiment, field study - Topics focus on issues related to team functioning, diversity, leadership, creativity and innovation, moral behavior, employee well-being, etc., etc.
11/4/2015 16 Option for research within companies: HRM Expertise Center - Engage in research assignments as requested by organizations - Ad hoc projects announced on Nestor - Selection procedure - More info: Peter Essens (p.j.m.d.essens@rug.nl; 050-363 4288; www.hrmexpertise.nl)
17 Partners and previous projects - Verslavingszorg Noord Nederland (VNN): Team effectiveness - Qbuzz: Absenteeism, customer satisfaction (organisation effectiveness) - Noorderpoort: Self-steering teams, learning organizations - City counsel Assen: Team effectiveness - City counsel Zwolle: Creativity and Innovation
11/4/2015 18 Who to turn to for questions Content-wise questions: Laetitia Mulder (l.b.mulder@rug.nl) Education Director of MScHRM About thesis: Tim Vriend (t.vriend@rug.nl) Administrative questions general: Student support desk http://www.rug.nl/feb/education/support/ Administrative questions MScHRM: Tineke Teuben (c.r.teuben@rug.nl) or Hilde Meijer (h.i.meijer@rug.nl). Tel 050-3634288, room 343
11/4/2015 19 Corporate Master Program Faculty-wide Opportunity to extent Master with ½ year to do internship in renomated company E.g. Hays Group, Gasunie, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ING, Unicef. Selection procedure in Februari (http://www.rug.nl/feb/education/cmp/)
11/4/2015 20 Outside the curriculum. Master Community: join board and/or attend activities Influence teaching quality: - OC (Educational comittee) - Yearly representatives Colloquia organized by department HRM&OB
11/4/2015 21 Colloquia Every now and then: guest for Colloquium Students welcome! Announced on Nestor 15/9, 15:30-17:00: Belle Derks (Univ of Utrecht) Topic: stereotyping of minorities/morality 13/10, 15:30-17:00: John Antonakis (Univ of Lausanne) Topic: Leadership.
11/4/2015 22 OC and JV OC = Opleidingscommissie = Educational committee of Master HRM Dr. J. Jordan Jaarvertegenwoordiging = yearly representative (of the Master HRM) Solveiga Sama
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