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| Course title | Human Resource Management |
| Course code | EkonM022 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 6 |
| Total Hours in Course | 162 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 24 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 24 |
| Number of hours for laboratory classes | 0 |
| Independent study hours | 114 |
| Date of course confirmation | 28/02/2025 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Business and Management Science |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. oec., asoc. prof. Lāsma Līcīte-Ķurbe Mg. paed., lekt. Inita Soika |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| Students gain in-depth knowledge of the essence, functions and methods of human resource management in an organization, as well as the necessary competencies and ethical principles in performing the work tasks of a career counsellor. Students build up an understanding of the role and processes of human resource management; they can elaborate and evaluate a human resource management strategy to achieve the goals of the organization. Students develop the skills to organize client-cantered career guidance and promote the career counsellor’s own professional growth and activities in accordance with professional ethics and competency standards in various human resource management processes. Goal – to acquire in-depth knowledge, skills and competencies for the professional activities of a career counsellor in human resources management. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| Knowledge:
•Comprehensive knowledge of the functions, methods and trends of human resource management, as well as the role of a career counselor and the tasks to be performed in human resource management. - Independent works, practical assignments •Specialized knowledge of human resource management processes in an organization and the competencies and ethical principles required for a career counsellor in providing client-centered career support in various human resource management processes. Independent works, practical assignments and exam Skills: Professional skills: •Ability to develop and evaluate a human resources strategy in an organization. - Independent works, practical assignments and exam •Ability to perform the necessary activities in human resources management, using the acquired theoretical foundations and skills. - Independent works •Ability to create client-centered career support in accordance with the role of a career counsellor and the work tasks to be performed in human resources management. - Independent works, practical assignments •Ability to evaluate the professional activities of a career counsellor in human resources management processes. - Independent work, practical assignments and exam Soft skills: •Ability to use acquired theoretical knowledge and methods in solving problems. - Independent work, practical assignments •Ability to find, critically evaluate and creatively use the necessary information and resources to complete work tasks. - Independent work, practical assignments •Ability to collaborate and communicate, including presenting the results of one's work. - Independent work, practical assignments and exam Competence: •Able to define and provide solutions to human resource management problems, justify solutions and determine the causes of problems. - Independent works, practical assignments and exam •Able to manage the human resources of an organization. - Independent works, practical assignments •Able to realize (comprehensively and deeply understand) the importance of a career counselor in various human resource management processes. - Independent works, practical assignments and exam •Able to develop professional growth in accordance with the professional ethics and competency standards of a career counselor in human resource management processes. - Independent works, practical assignments |
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| Course Content(Calendar) | |
| Full-time studies:
Lectures (12 hours): 1. The essence of human resource management. Functions and tasks of human resource management. The place of human resources and the division of abilities in business (1 hour) 2. Historical and philosophical development of human resources. Changing meaning of human resources as a result of societal development. (1 hour) 3. Human resource management trends in organizations. Political, social and economic challenges in human resource management. Artificial intelligence and robotization in human resource management. (2 hours) 4. Generational characteristics and trends in human resource management. Characteristics, values and expectations of traditionalists, baby boomers, X, Y and Z generations in the work environment. Challenges in generational management. (1 hour) 5. Organizational culture. Elements that make up organizational culture and their impact on employee performance. Organizational values. (1 hour) 6. Formulation and implementation of human resource strategy. Human resource policy and strategy development. Methods and tools for determining and implementing human resource strategy. The role of the human resource manager in the organization. (1 hour) 7. Human resource planning and provision. Personnel planning, search and selection. Types of job interviews. (2 hours) 8. Motivating and evaluating human resources. Types of motivation. Remuneration and compensation structure. Employee involvement in the work of the organization. Human resource development planning. Methods of evaluating human resources in the organization. (1 hour) 9. Team building and management in an organization. Stages of team building. Reasons for ineffective cooperation in a team. Team cohesion. Behavioral styles and employee flexibility. (1 hour) 10. Possibilities of socionics in human resource management. Determination of sociotypes and their characterization. Application of socionics in human resource selection, motivation and team building. (1 hour) 11. The role of a career counselor in human resource management. Paradigm shift in the career counselor profession. Job tasks of a career counselor in human resource management. (1 hour) 12. Career Counselor Competency Framework. Professional Practice Guidelines: Codes, Standards, and Laws in Career Counseling and Human Resources Management. (1 hour) 13. Levels of moral judgment and principles of action of a career counselor. Ethical behavior and moral qualities of a counselor. Client-centered career support. (1 hour) 14. Human’s moral development; its connection with career development and life planning. Theories of moral development. Interaction of the individual and the environment in human resource management. Moral problems and dilemmas. The influence of morality on career development and life planning. Social learning. Social domain theory. (2 hours) 15. Value models in human resource management. Human capital as self-worth and self-regulation. Value models of hopes/expectations. Research of values in human resource management in the organization and society. Employee value in the organization. Value models in achieving individual and organizational potential. (2 hours) 16. Professional behavior of a career counselor in sociodynamic counseling. (2 hours) 17. Career counselor's professional identity and self-analysis of professional activity in human resources management. Awareness of attitudes and beliefs, their revision and self-growth. (3 hours) Practical assignments (12 h): 1. Discussion: importance of resources and their functions nowadays. (1 hour) 2. Group work: PEST analysis of factors influencing human resources in company. (1 hour) 3. Group work: portrait of Y and X generation employee. The challenges of managing these generations in organizations. (1 hour) 4.Case study: human resource management problems and the causes at enterprise X. (1 hour) 5. Role game: Simulation of a job interview. (1 hour) 6. Situation analysis on the involvement of employees in the work – challenges and opportunities. (1 hour) 7. Situation analysis: analysis of team work and solutions how to make effective team work. (1 hour) 8. Test: behavioral styles. (1 hour) 9. Flexibility test of employees. (1 hour) 10.Test: Determination of socionic types (1 hour) 11. Independent work (presentation): characteristics and an assessment of a human resource strategy for a chosen organisation (2 hours) 12. Discussion: The mission and tasks of a career counsellor in the lives of individuals and the development of society. (1 hour) 13. Group work: The diverse roles of a career counsellor in different human resource management environments. (1 hour) 14. Situation analysis: The impact of social, political and economic factors on the work of a career counsellor. (1 hour) 15. Independent work: Professional identity of a career counselor. (2 hours) 16. Situation analysis: Moral problems and dilemmas in career counseling in human resource management. (1 hour) 17. Solutions to career support problem situations in human resource management: value conflicts with the client; the role of values in career counseling work; evaluations of judgments in solving ethical dilemmas. (2 hours) 18. Group work: inventory of the career counselor's professional activities and self-growth. (1 hour) 19. Independent work - presentation: Evaluation of the career counselor's professional activities in human resource management. (3 hours) |
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| Requirements for awarding credit points | |
| All practical assignments (including discussions, situation analyses and group work) was completed in the auditorium, four independent works were submitted (two of them - a speech presentation) and a test was written. All works were successfully assessed. | |
| Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work | |
| The total number of hours of independent work, i.e. 114 h which is divided as follows:
1. Independent work (situation analysis) for company “X” on problems and their causes in human resources management – 17 h. 2. Independent work (presentation) on the characterization and assessment of human resources strategy in a selected organization – 20 h. 3. Independent work (situation analysis) on the professional identity of a career counselor in an organization – 17 h. 4. Independent work (presentation) on the evaluation of the professional activities of a career counselor in human resources management – 20 h. Preparation for the exam – test – 40 h. |
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| Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes | |
| The final grade for the study course depends on the cumulative grade of all four independent works and the test, which is written in the classroom during the time allotted for the exam. The test grade makes up 40% of the total grade for the study course. The remaining 60% is made up of the grades for the independent works. A successful final grade for the study course is obtained if at least 60 points out of 100 maximum points are obtained. | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1.Darba likums: 20.06.2001. LR likums (“LV”, 105 (2492), 06.07.2001) [stājas spēkā 01.06.2002.].
2.Vadīšanas pamati. Mācību līdzeklis LLU studentiem un maģistrantiem un lauku uzņēmēju kvalifikācijas paaugstināšanai. Sast. U.Ivans un S. Ruskule. Mālnava, 2006, 502 lpp. 3.Vorončuka I. Personāla vadība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2009, 399 lpp. 4.Ešenvalde I. Personāla vadības mūsdienu metodes. Rīga: Merkūrijs LAT, 2008, 349 lpp. 5.Forands I. Palīgs personāla speciālistam. Rīga: Latvijas Izglītības fonds, 2007, 251 lpp. 6.Armstrong, M. & Taylor, S. Armstrong’s Handbook of Human Resource Management (13th ed.), 2014. Kogan Page. 7.Pīvijs V. Sociodinamiskā konsultēšana: praktiska pieeja nozīmes veidošanai. Taosa Institūts. Rīga: Valsts izglītības attīstības aģentūra, 2011. Pieejams: http://viaa.gov.lv/files/news/727/38262_viaa_pivijs_2012_f.pdf 8.Amundsens N. Aktīvā iesaistīšanās. Rīga: Valsts izglītības attīstības aģentūra, 2016. Pieejams: https://www.viaa.gov.lv/lv/media/2614/download 9.Cureton, J. L., Davis, H., & Giegerich, V. Counselor Professional Identity Development: Narratives from a Professional Event. 2019. Pieejams: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234958389.pdf 10.Cohen E.D., Cohen G.S. Counselling Ethics for the 21st Century: A Case-Based Guide to Virtuous Practice. 1st edition. SAGE Publications, Inc, 2018. 11.Peavy R. V. Sociodynamic Counselling: A Practical Approach to Meaning Making. Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Taos Institute, 2010. 12.Amundson, N.E., Harris-Bowlsbey, J. & Niles, S. Essential Elements of Career Counseling. Edition Three. Columbus, Ohio: Pearson, 2014. 175 p. 13.Latvijas Republikas likumi un normatīvie akti. Pieejami www.likumi.lv |
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| Further reading | |
| 1.Boitmane I. Personāla atlase un novērtēšana. Rīga: Lietišķās informācijas dienests, 2006, 160 lpp.
2.Zīlīte L. Personāla vadība un socionika. Rīga: Turība Biznesa Augstskola SIA, 2013, 304 lpp. 3.Daliba I. Kā rekrutēt veiksmīgāk. Rīga: Mansards, 2017, 158 lpp. 4.Cohen-Scali V, Rossier J., Nota L. New Perspectives on Career Counselling and Guidance in Europe Building Careers in Changing and Diverse Societies. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. 5.Nota L., Rossier J. Handbook of Life Design: From Practice to Theory and From Theory to Practice. 1st edition. 2016. 6.Cureton, J. L., Davis, H., & Giegerich, V. Counselor Professional Identity Development: Narratives from a Professional Event. The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 2019, 12(1). Pieejams: https://repository.wcsu.edu/jcps/vol12/iss1/5 7.Gibbs J. Moral Development and Reality: Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg, Hoffman, and Haidt. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, 2013. 8.Moss, J.M., Gibson, D.M., & Dollarhide, C.T. Professional Identity Development: A Grounded Theory of Transformational Tasks of Counselors. Journal of Counseling and Development, (2014). Pieejams: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Professional-Identity-Development%3A-A-Grounded-of-of-Moss-Gibson/b20cddd0a89532c733438dcacc5586a23dd6e9e4 9.Sheperis D., Henning S.L., Kocet M.M. Ethical Decision Making for the 21st Century Counselor. SAGE Publications, 2015. |
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| Periodicals and other sources | |
| 1.Human Resource Management Journal. ISSN: 1748-8583
2.The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Print ISSN: 0958-5192 Online ISSN: 1466-4399 3.Research in Personnel and Human Resource Management. ISSN: 0742-7301 4.IAEVG Ethical Guidelines. Pieejams: http://iaevg.net/wp-content/uploads/IAEVG-EthicsNAFeb2018Final.pdf 5.Latvijas karjeras konsultantu profesionālās ētikas kodekss. Pieejams: http://www.lkaaa.lv/sites/default/files/uploads/etikas_kodekss.pdf 6.Karjeras konsultanta profesijas standarts. Pieejams: https://visc.gov.lv/profizglitiba/dokumenti/standarti/ps0367.pdf 7.The World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA). Available: https://wfpma.org / 8.The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision. Pieejams: https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/ |
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| Notes | |
| Study course for professional master study programme “Human Resource Management”, 7th level | |