What's new
- The final report assignment has been uploaded to CLE
- Make-up class on Wednesday, February 8th (the same time, the same classroom)
- December 21th is the special lecture by Assistant Professor Azusa Ebisuya. The reading material has been uploaded to CLE. Please download it and read it before the class. No homework is assigned.
- The classroom has been changed to the Seminar Room 2 on the third floor of the School of Low and School of Economics Lecture Building. Please ask Kyoumu (Educational Affair) about the exact location if you are not sure where it is.
Class Time: 10:30-12:00 on Wenesdays
Course Syllabus
Available through CLE
https://cle.koan.osaka-u.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 strategic and international perspectives. The topics covered in this class include staffing, compensation, performance appraisal, training, labor relations, and global human resource practices.
Required Text
Human Resource Management, v. 1.0
Available through CLE or below site.
http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Human%20Resource%20Management.pdf
Required Cases
Students are required to purchase the listed cases from the Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP)'s web site. The link to the cases is as below:
Reference book
Laszlo Bock (2015). Work rules! Insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead. Hachette.（鬼澤忍・矢羽野薫訳『ワーク・ルールズ！―君の生き方とリーダーシップを変える』東洋経済新報社）
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 strategic and international perspectives. The topics covered in this class include staffing, compensation, performance appraisal, training, labor relations, and global human resource practices.
Methods of Instruction
The first half of this course deals with the fundamental topics of human resource management. The latter half is based on the case method approach, discussing real company cases. The class format is a combination of student presentations, complementary lectures, exercises, and class discussions. There are numerous opportunities for students to exchange ideas regarding how companies can formulate and implement human resource management practices to achieve their strategic goals in the real business world.
In order to make the most of our class time, be sure to read assigned chapters or company cases before the class. I assume that all participants in my class have already read and understood the content of the study material when class starts. Then I am open to any questions or discussions regarding the study topics.
Short presentation
In the first half of the courses (textbook chapter sessions), one or two students are expected to give a short presentation (about ten to fifteen minutes) that includes the summary of the assigned chapter, your relevant experience, and issues that you want to discuss in class. You may want to bring handouts, newspaper or magazine articles, and so forth as supplemental material. The presentation time would become longer if there are questions and comments from audience during the 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.
Case discussion
From Week 10, we will use company cases for the case discussion. Students should read each case carefully before the class and create answers to the Assignment Questions (see course schedule for assignment questions).
Homework Assignment (Week 10 to Week 15)
For each case, create short answers to the Assignment Questions and submit the answers to me at the beginning of the class. Points will be reduced if you submit the answers after the class. Please prepare and submit your answer through CLE. Be sure to include your name, student number and submission date.
Methods and Criteria of Evaluation
- Grades will be determined based on presentations, homework and contributions to class (80%) and a final report paper (term paper) (20%).
- Class contributions. You can learn many things not only from the textbook, materials and lectures, but also from information and insights given by other classmates with diverse background. Therefore, your contribution to our class is important. Class contribution includes attendance, participation in the class discussions and presentations.
