Aims & Learning Objectives:
The aims of this unit are to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the fundamental features of human resource management and the contribution of HRM to organisational performance.
The learning objectives are for students to:
1. Conceptually understand the link between between human resource manegent and the competitive strategies of the firm.
2. Be critically aware of the political constraints that influence HR strategies.
Content:
This focuses on the critical questions of the link between the management of people and the competitive strategies of the firm in the short and medium term. It looks closely at the links between 'people management' and organisation performance or effectiveness. The underlying purpose of strategic human resource management is seen in terms of the pursuit of effectiveness/efficiency, flexibility, and social legitimacy. This latter becomes especially important in setting the organisation within the political system (eg the EU). Thus firms cannot be seen as entirely free agents in their choice of HR strategies but they do have choice within constraints. This is especially important in the context of European HRM and especially within Greece. Topics covered will be: Best practice or best fit, HR architecture, the HR implications of the Resource Based View of the firm, knowledge management, strategic partnerships, employee involvement, advances in reward theory and practice, the HR implications of deregulation and privatisation and contemporary issues in European HRM.
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