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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Start time of the course |
First Quarter, Third Quarter |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Max. participants |
100 |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Poornima Luthra - Department of Organization (IOA)
- Sara Louise Muhr - Department of Organization
(IOA)
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| Contact information:
studenthub@cbs.dk |
| Main academic
disciplines |
- Globalisation and international business
- Human resource management
- Management
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
23-03-2020
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| Learning objectives |
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of central theories, concepts
and models of global leadership and human resource management.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge about intercultural people
management and leadership.
- Appreciate the implications of the theories, concepts and
models of the course for managers, HR professionals and employees
of people management.
- Demonstrate insight into the cooperation and interaction
between managers and HR professionals in enhancing performance of
international organizations.
- Analyze and synthesize concrete problems within global people
management by applying the concepts, theories, methods, and models
of the course.
- Apply presented theories in a critical, reflective and
analytical manner to real life challenges of organizations.
- Engage in evidence-based analysis based on theoretical and
practical knowledge using documentation from the course literature
as well as from individually chosen articles
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| Course prerequisites |
A basic knowledge of organization theory and/or
organizational behaviour is advantageous but not a requirement, as
is knowledge (theoretical and/or practical) of transnational
contexts and processes.
Please note that the elective course is reserved for HA students
who wish to write their bachelor project in this elective
course. |
| Examination |
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Global People
Management: Human Resource Management &
Leadership:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
24 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring and Autumn |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
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Description of the exam
procedure
The exam assignment consists of 4-5 questions concerning topics
covered in the course. Each question contributes equally to
the grade given for the assignment, i.e. if there are five
questions each question contributes with 20%. All questions
must be answered. 1-2 questions will require the active use of
inividually chosen articles, but it is recommended to use this
personal part of the syllabus throughout the assigment.
Students must submit the reference list for the 5 individually
chosen articles at the end of their answers to the exam
questions.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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The management and leadership of the global organization’s human
resources is a key field in today’s business world, and are
practised in many different ways. This course focuses on
international/intercultural leadership and human resource
management. An organization’s ability to mediate and integrate a
multiplicity of environmental settings is essential for performance
of global organizations.
The course will see global people management as exercised by HR
managers and professionals through three lenses:
- A comparative perspective: How people management practices vary
in societies depending on national, regional and sectoral
differences (e.g. educational system, legislation, business
structure etc.)
- A culturalist perspective: How work life behavior and
preferences are influenced by national cultural differences of
managers and employees.
- An global perspective: How people management is carried
out in global organizations working dealing with crossing
geographical and cultural boundaries; i.e. how to coordinate and
draw benefit from transnational differences.
This course also provides an introduction to global human
resource management and leadership as disciplines or academic
fields of study and a realm of corporate or organizational
practice. The course introduces a variety of theories, perspectives
and approaches to the study and practice of global human resource
management and leadership, as well as theories and perspectives on
the causes and consequences of international/cultural differences
and globalization. Human resource management and leadership issues
such as recruitment, talent management, ethics, diversity, team
work and performance management are taken up from a global
perspective.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| Topics are discussed and analysed using theory,
cases and practical problems. The class will be a combination of
lectures, student assignments and presentation in plenary, guest
lecturers, group work and plenary discussions. Students are
encouraged and required to actively participate in class and an
active effort is made to leverage the diversity of the
multicultural class room. Identifying indiviually chosen journal
articles and relating these to the lecturer chosen course
literature is a central activity in terms of prepartion for class
as well as for the discussion taking place in class. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is given via regular short assignments
and student to student-feedback. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
36 hours |
| Synopsis |
50 hours |
| Exam preparation |
30 hours |
| Reading |
90 hours |
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| Further Information |
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For this course it is not possible to substitute the exam with a
term paper.
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| Expected literature |
- Chris Brewster, Paul Sparrow, Guy Vernon, Elizabeth
Houldsworth: International Human Resource Management.
London: Chartered Institute of Personnel, 4th edition,
2016.
- Lane, H.W. & Maznevski, M.L. (2014):
International Management Behaviour: Global and Sustainable
Leadership. 7th edition. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
- 5 individually chosen articles from peer reviewed international
research-based journals per student and 5 lecturer chosen journal
articles.
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