Teaching code

4S008932

Teacher

Serena Cubico

Coordinator

Serena Cubico

Credits

9

Also offered in courses:

• Organization Studies of the course Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Vicenza)

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/10 - ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Period

secondo semestre (lauree) dal Feb 21, 2022 al Jun 1, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The Business Organization and human resources management course aims to provide students with knowledge about basic tools and fundamental institutions that are required to understand organizational functioning.
To this end, conceptual and operational tools are provided in order to interpret and design organizational structures that are oriented toward innovation and human resources. The course also aims to develop interpretation skills of different aspects related to organizational culture.
At the end of the course students will be able to understand the basic concepts of business organization, to identify the main organizational categories and to recognize the variables that allow to develop human resources of innovative organizations. Students will be also able to detect opportunities deriving from the socio-economic environment that facilitate the development of new business models.

Program

COMMON TO THE TWO COURSES "BUSINESS ORGANIZATION - 6 CFU" and "BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND HRM - 9 CFU":
Part of the content will be related to the conceptual basis for the analysis of organizational realities, such as: the organizational definitions and problems; theories and models of organization; organizational behavior.

Attention will be on the dynamics of work organization and the development of its analysis profiles through: the scientific management; the study of work; fatigue, industrial monotony; efficiency and efficacy; the Human Relations; the school of Human Resources; socio-technical systems.
Further scenario will be the study of decision making processes and the theory of bounded rationality in relation to innovation, entrepreneurship and the organization of Small and Medium Enterprises.

The knowledge of conceptual and operational tools to read and design organizational structures will be achieved through the understanding of the dynamics of construction of objectives and business strategies, design processes and elements of organizational structures, all in relation to the variables of the environment and innovation.

DEDICATED TO THE COURSE "BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - 9 CFU":
This part of the course will be devoted to the study of the variables on which to intervene for the development of human resources of an innovative company, in particular: human resources management and competitive advantage; personnel planning and research; selection processes; training; performance management.

INFORMATIONS: Materials in English (articles, reports, videos ...) useful to deepen in an autonomous way the issues will be made available on the Moodle platform of the course.
The lessons include moments of active training methods (discussions, group work, case studies, drafting and presentation of papers ...) as well as in-depth activities through meetings with corporate witnesses and experts.

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Examination Methods

"BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND HRM - 9 CFU": The exam will be held in written form: 10 multiple-choice questions (up to 10/30) and 4 open questions (up to 20/30) on the entire program; oral form for Erasmus students who request it.
The 10 multiple-choice questions are oriented to measure the knowledge of the specific contents of the program provided in the chapters indicated in the book "Organizzazione del lavoro per lo sviluppo delle risorse umane" Favretto G.; the 4 open questions will allow to detect the ability of the student to express and connect together in a coherent and synthetic ideas, problems solutions learned (in particular in the chapters indicated in the books "Organizzazione Aziendale" Daft L.R. and "Gestione delle Risorse Umane" Noe R.A. et al.).

"BUSINESS ORGANIZATION - 6 CFU": The examination will be in written form: 20 multiple-choice questions (up to 20/30) and 2 open questions (up to 10/30) on the entire program; oral form for Erasmus students who request it.
The 20 multiple-choice questions are aimed at measuring the knowledge of the specific contents of the program provided in the chapters of the text "Organizzazione del lavoro per lo sviluppo delle risorse umane" Favretto G.; the 2 open questions will allow to detect the student's ability to express and connect in a coherent and synthetic way ideas, problems and solutions learned (in particular in the chapters of the book "Organizzazione Aziendale" Daft L.R.).

FOR BOTH COURSES (6 and 9 CFU) there will be an intermediate test formulated as follows:
- optional,
- written,
- 30 multiple choice items,
- evaluated in 30ths,
- on the program carried out in the first part of the semester (students will be informed on the Moodle page of the course on the contents of the midterm test at least one month before)
- Partial grade model: students who have passed the midterm with at least 15/30 will be exempted from the questions related to the parts that will be indicated in the exam (by April 2022) and the grade obtained will weigh 50% on the final grade;
- valid for both summer exams.

Detailed information about the exam will be placed in the dedicated section of the course Moodle platform.