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Talent Management in International Business
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:04
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_188 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management; Business Management | Target Audience: | Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Olga Leontjeva | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 14 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 28 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Marketing, management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquaint students with functions of human resources management. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Human Resources Management (HRM) (Personnel management, human capital management, knowledge management, talent management, and team management). Strategic HRM. Managing HR in international business. Presentation skills. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Human resources and legislation, HR department, HR planning. Team formation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Building a start-up team. Team development and management. Conflicts and motivation. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | HR learning and development. Future competences. Learning abilities. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | HR engagement. Rewarding and recognition. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to Human Resources Management (HRM) (Personnel management, human capital management, knowledge management, talent management, and team management). Strategic HRM. Managing HR in international business. Presentation skills. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Human resources and legislation, HR department, HR planning. Team formation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Building a start-up team. Team development and management. Conflicts and motivation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | HR learning and development. Future competences. Learning abilities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | HR engagement. Rewarding and recognition. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Active participation in practical classes, summaries on course topics, a project on a particular topic and a presentation of it, as well as group work (group presentations of summaries and feedback on other group presentations, a group project and its presentation). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes; homework (individual project), tests, exam. Cumulative mark consists of: 25% – group work, 35% – individual tasks, 40% – exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of human resources management concepts, processes, functions (HR planning, recruitment and selection, performance assessment, motivation, engagement, learning and development, rewarding and recognition, health, safety and well-being; employee retention). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Are able to give an overview on the basic Human Resource Management (HRM) processes in international organisations, and extend the understanding of organisational processes as well as to develop HR recruitment and selection. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | HR recruitment and selection; team work and development, critical information analysis; adaptation to the teaching/learning process; public speaking, presentation skills. Understanding of the HRM role in organisations nowadays; critical thinking; understanding of organisational processes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chapter 1 from Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management. Prentice Hall; 13th edition, 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Chapter 17 from Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management. Pearson; 13th edition, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pheffer, J. (2005). Producing Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Effective Management of People. Journal of Management Executive, 19 (4), 95-106. Please search in EBSCO Business Source Complete. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Lapiņa, I., Maurāne, G., & Stariņeca, O. (2014). Human Resource Management Models: Aspects of Knowledge Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. Procedia - Social And Behavioral Sciences, 110 (The 2nd International Scientific conference). | ||||||||
