Human Resources
Code: 102342 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501572 Business Administration and Management | FB | 2 | 1 |
| 2501573 Economics | OT | 3 | 2 |
| 2501573 Economics | OT | 4 | 1 |
Errata
In the Evaluation section, indicate the correct weight of the final exam, which is 40% (the information in the table where the weight is 30 is wrong). In the Evaluation section, indicate the correct weight of the partial exam, which is 30% (the information in the table where the weight is 10 is wrong). In the Evaluation section, it indicates the correct weight of the individual continuous evaluation, which is 30% (the information in the table where it indicates that the weight of the individual activities of reading and actuality, and participation in class is 30, as well as that the weight of the case and the group activity of more than three people is 30 is wrong).
Contact
- Name:
- Carlos Martinez Lizama
- Email:
- carlos.martinez.lizama@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Other comments on languages
The teachers of the Catalan and Spanish teaching groups will have the power to adapt the language in the way they consider appropriate for the proper development of the subject. The group in English will obviously be held in English.Teachers
- Stefan Felix van Hemmen
- Carlos Martinez Lizama
- Eduardo Balbuena
- Sebastián Aparicio Rincon
- Maria Mercè Magaña Juarez
Prerequisites
Objectives and Contextualisation
Competences
- Business Administration and Management
- Capacity for oral and written communication in Catalan, Spanish and English, which enables synthesis and oral and written presentation of the work carried out.
- Delegate decision making to the workers and provide them with the necessary incentives so that those decision arte taken in the interest of the company as a whole.
- Organise the work in terms of good time management, organisation and planning.
- Select and generate the information necessary for each problem, analyse it and take decisions based on that information.
- Work well in a team, being able to argue proposals and validate or reject the arguments of others in a reasoned manner.
Learning Outcomes
- A capacity of oral and written communication in Catalan, Spanish and English, which allows them to summarise and present the work conducted both orally and in writing.
- Identify the conditions that favour the delegation of decisions.
- Identify the main incentive mechanisms used in companies.
- Organise work, in terms of good time management and organisation and planning.
- Select and generate the information needed for each problem, analyse it and make decisions based on this information.
- Work as part of a team and be able to argue own proposals and validate or refuse the arguments of others in a reasonable manner.
Content
- Functions of the human resources department
- Competencies of human capital (emotional, intellectual)
- Culture and organizational ethics
- Activities or tasks of the job (degrees of complexity)
- Mission, functions and requirements of the job
- Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the job position
- Objectives and process of socialization
- Identification of training needs
- Types of training (oriented to content and / or process, depending on location)
- Training planning
- Evaluation systems (by factors and / or by objectives)
- Performance tracking
- Objectives of the remuneration policy (internal and external equity, individual performance, team and / or organization)
- Remuneration systems (degree of centralization and participation in salary decisions)
- Remuneration criteria (depending on the job and / or the individual)
- Remuneration tools (based on skills or observable individual performance, team or organization)
Methodology
1. Theoretical classes
The objective of the theoretical classes is to offer a vision of the management of human resources in which they consider the main strategic aspects and deepen in the understanding of the processes that are carried out in this area of the companies.
2. Presentation and discussion of cases
The purpose is to develop the necessary skills to apply the concepts acquired in specific situations.
3. Review of articles of economic disclosure and business management
The objective is to develop the skills of reflection and analysis on the most important current aspects in the management of human resources.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Development on specific issues | 17 | 0.68 | |
| Theory sessions on general topics | 32.5 | 1.3 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Oral presentations of news and cases. Discussions and applications of concepts | 25.5 | 1.02 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Studying of the class material and preparation and solution of exercises | 70.5 | 2.82 |
Assessment
The evalutaion process has three main components:
a) Continuous evaluation – 30% of the final grade. Activities of reading articles on human resources, cases and exercises and active participation in class debates. Development of a work on the theme of one of the points of the program with implications in an organization or group of organizations with local links. At the discretion of the teacher, these activities can be carried out individually or in groups. In the latter case, members of a group who do not prove sufficient participation will get a 0 in this part of the assessment.
b) Partial liberatory examination (as long as the grade is greater than 4). 30% of the final grade
c) Final Exam. The contents of the entire course (with the exception of the part of the partial exam for those who have obtained more than 4 in that test) in a written exam that will be done following the academic calendar that is provided by the Faculty of Economics and Business. This exam has a weight of 40% of the final grade.
Class attendance: The student can be evaluated if he attends the classes in person with aminimum of 75% of the hours assigned to the subject.
The subject is approved by means of the continuous evaluation with the obtaining of a final note of a minimum of 5 out of 10 applying the weightings of each of the evaluation activities, provided that the weighted average of the note the partial exam and the final exam is equal to or greater than 4 of a note out of 10. All students have the obligation to carry out the evaluable tasks. The student will be considered NON-EVALUABLE only when he has not participated in any of the evaluation activities of the course. Therefore, a student who performs some component of continuous evaluation can no longer be qualified as "not evaluable" To access the re-evaluation students must obtain an average minimum grade of all evaluation activities of 3.5 out of 10. To participate in the re-evaluation, the student must have been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject. The final grade of the student who has presented to the re-evaluation will be that of the exam, being the 5 the maximum note in the case of passing it.
Calendar of evaluation activities
The dates of the evaluation activities (midterm exams, exercises in the classroom, assignments, ...) will be announced well in advance during the semester.
The date of the final exam is scheduled in the assessment calendar of the Faculty.
"The dates of evaluation activities cannot be modified, unless there is an exceptional and duly justified reason why an evaluation activity cannot be carried out. In this case, the degree coordinator will contact both the teaching staff and the affected student, and a new date will be scheduled within the same academic period to make up for the missed evaluation activity." Section 1 of Article 115. Calendar of evaluation activities (Academic Regulations UAB).Students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, who in accordance with the previous paragraph need to change an evaluation activity date must process the request by filling out an Application for exams' reschedule
https://eformularis.uab.cat/group/deganat_feie/nou-reprogramacio-de-proves
Grade revision process
After all grading activities have ended, students will be informed of the date and way in which the course grades will be published. Students will be also be informed of the procedure, place, date and time of grade revision following University regulations.
Retake Process
The teachers of the subject will decide the modality of this test. If the student's course grade is 5 or higher, the student passes the course and it cannot be subject to further evaluation. To access the re-evaluation students must obtain an average minimum grade of all evaluation activities equal to or greater than 3.5 out of 10 and lower 5. To participate in the re-evaluation,the student must have been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject. When the grade of the re-evaluation test is equal to or greater than 5, the final gradeof the subject will be PASS, with the maximum numerical grade being 5. When the grade of the re-evaluation test is less than 5, the final grade of the subject will be of FAIL being the numerical note the course note (and not the note of the re-evaluation test). In the case of a grade less than 3.5, the student must repeat the subject in the following course.
Irregularities in evaluation activities
In spite of other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and inaccordance with current academic regulations, "in the case that the student makes any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation activity, it will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case of various irregularities occur in the evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0". Section 10 of Article 116. Results of the evaluation. (UAB Academic Regulations).
The proposed evaluation activities may undergo some changes according to the restrictions imposed by the health authorities on on-campus courses.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case. More than 3 students group assignment | 30 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 6 |
| Final exam | 30 | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 2 |
| Individual assignments (readings and news discussion)+participation | 30 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6 |
| Midterm test | 10 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 4 |
Bibliography
Reccomended readings:
- GÓMEZ-MEJÍA, L.R.; BALKIN D.B.; CARDY, R.L.: “Gestión de Recursos Humanos”. Prentice Hall. 8ª ed. Madrid 2016. Last Edition Identified
link e-book: https://elibro.net/es/ereader/uab/57154
Other Readings
- DE LA CALLE DURÁN, Mª. C., ORTIZ DE URBINA CRIADO, M. “Fundamentos de recursos humanos”. E. Pearson-Prentice Hall. 2018. Last Edition Identified
- DOLAN, S; SCHULLER, R; VALLE, R: La gestión de personas y del talento Mc. Graw Hill, Madrid, 2.014. Last Edition Identified
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