Class Time: 13:30-16:40 on Tuesdays
Required Text
- Noe, et al. Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 2nd, ed. McGraw-Hill. (Available at Seikyo Book Store for a special price)
- Class announcement and course materials will be uploaded to the Information Board in the Kwansei Gakuin Web System (https://webmail.kwansei.ac.jp).
Course Objectives
Managing human resources is critical to the success of modern business organizations. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of human resource management especially from a strategic perspective. The topics covered in this class include staffing, compensation, performance appraisal, training, labor relations, and global human resource practices.
Methods of Instruction
The class format will be a combination of lectures, class discussions, and student presentations. The first 90 minutes will be used for chapter reviews. Every week, one or more students will be assigned to make presentations of the chapters and to lead relevant class discussion. I will provide complementary lectures after that. The latter 90 minutes will be used for case discussions and other activities to deepen our knowledge and to apply the basic principles to real world situations.
Methods and Criteria of Evaluation
Grades will be determined based on class contributions (attendance, participation, and presentations) (50%) and a final report examination (term paper) (50%).
Class contributions
You can learn many things not only from the textbook and lectures, but also from information and insights given by other classmates of diverse background. Therefore, your contribution to the class is important. Class contribution includes attendance, participation in the class discussions and presentation.
Presentation
During the quarter, each student should make at least one presentation. This presentation should include following components.
- Overview of the assigned textbook chapters.
- Key points, principles or takeaways from the chapters.
- Discussion questions that would deepen our understanding of the content.
- You may want to bring handouts, presentation slides, newspaper or magazine articles, etc. in your presentation. You are also responsible to lead class discussions after the presentation.
Final report examination
Term paper will be assigned as a form of take home examination. At the last day of the class (May 22) or earlier, I will provide you with exam questions. Then you have a week or so to make answers in your home, and are expected to turn them in as a term paper to the IBA office. To be successful in this final report examination, you should try “Review and Discussion Questions” in each chapter of the textbook. Similar questions may be provided for the take home examination.
Course Schedule
Week 1 (April 10): Introduction to Human Resource Management
Textbook: Chapter 1, 2 and 4
Video Cases: Southwest Airlines, etc.
Cases:
HRM Excellence Helps Xerox Rebound (Chap. 1)
The Future of Work (Chap. 2)
Fostering Innovation at IBM (Chap. 2)
Week 2 (April 17): Human Resource Staffing
Textbook: Chapter 5 and 6
Cases:
Good Help Is So Hard to Find (Chap. 5)
Where John H. Daniel Company Finds Tailors (Chap. 5)
How Google Searches for Talent (Chap. 6)
Should Wal-Mart Standardize Selection? (Chap. 6)
Week 3 (April 24): Training and Development
Textbook: Chapter 7 and 9
Cases:
The Learning Environment at United Technologies (Chap. 7)
Learning Is Business at Nokia (Chap. 7)
Grooming the Next Boss for Quest (Chap. 9)
Developing Employees at Booz Allen Hamilton (Chap. 9)
Week 4 (May 1): Performance Management
Textbook: Chapter 8 and 10
Cases:
UnumProvident under Fire for Roster of Rejections (Chap. 8)
Forced Rankings Popular at Big Corporations (Chap. 8)
The Costco Way (Chap. 10)
Are "Family-Friendly" Practices Unfriendly to Some? (Chap. 10)
Week 5 (May 8): Compensation
Textbook: Chapter 11 and 12
Cases:
What Could Take a Bite out of Whole Foods (Chap. 11)
American Airlines Pay Deal Doesn't Fly with Employees (Chap. 11)
Reinventing Motorola (Chap. 12)
Microsoft Abandons Stock Options (Chap. 12)
Week 6 (May 15): Labor Relations
Textbook: Chapter 14 and 3
Cases:
How Briggs Is Revving the Engines (Chap. 14)
The Governor Squares Off against the Teachers (Chap. 14)
How Nissan Laps Detroit (Chap. 3)
Week 7 (May 22): Global and Strategic Perspectives
Textbook: Chapter 15 and 16
Cases:
China Unchains Ad Agencies (Chap. 15)
Employees Under Fire: Working in Iraq (Chap. 15)
Determining the Value of Training Programs (Chap. 16)
Textbook Information
Self-learning site
http://www.mhhe.com/noefund2e/
