Human Resources Management (ORG 401)

2022 Spring
Sabancı Business School
Organization(ORG)
3
6
Alex Cayrol alex.cayrol@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Undergraduate
ORG302
Formal lecture
Interactive,Project based learning,Case Study
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CONTENT

This course discusses the role of the human resources function in organizations. Topics covered include methods and uses of job analysis, recruitment and selection of employees, employee training and development, appraising employee performance, management of rewards and benefits, industrial and labor relations in Turkey and in the world.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss the importance of human resource management as a field of study and as a central management function; 2. Identify the implications for human resource management of the behavioral sciences, government regulations, and court decisions; 3. Define the elements of the personnel function (e.g. - recruitment, selection, training, etc.) and describe each element's key concepts and terminology 4. Apply the principles and techniques of human resource management gained through this course to the discussion of major personnel issues and the solution of typical case problems

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES


1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 4

2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 4

3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 3

4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 4

5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 4


1. Develop knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in humanities and social sciences.

2. Assess how global, national and regional developments affect society.

3. Know how to access and evaluate data from various sources of information.


1. Have an understanding of economics and main functional areas of management

2. Have a basic all-around knowledge in humanities, science, mathematics, and literature

3. Have a basic knowledge of law and ethics, awareness of social and ethical responsibilities

4. Work effectively in teams and environments characterized by people of diverse educational, social and cultural backgrounds

5. Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communications in English

6. Pursue open minded inquiry and appreciate the importance of research as an input into management practice; thus, a.know how to access, interpret and analyze data and information by using current technologies b.use the results from analyses to make informed decisions

7. Use office softwares for written communication, presentation, and data analysis

8. Demonstrate awareness that business settings present different opportunities and challenges for managers due to environmental/contextual differences that arise in economic, political, cultural, legal-regulatory domains

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Readings

Dessler Gary (2005) Human Resource Management (10th edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Southwest Airlines (A)
United Parcel Service (A)
Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A)
Mary Kay Cosmetics: Sales Force Incentives (A)
SAS Institute (A): A Different Approach to Incentives and People Management Practices in the Software Industry
4857 İş Kanunu (10.6.2003) Resmi Gazete, Sayı: 25134.
2821 No'lu Sendikalar Kanunu (7/5/1983) Resmi Gazete, Sayı:18O40.
2822 No'lu Sendikalar Kanunu (7/5/1983) Resmi Gazete, Sayı:18O40.
Çelik, Aziz (2003). Yeni İş Yasasının Anlamı. Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi, Eylül/Ekim, 48.
Hansell, Saul (2007, Jan 3) Google Answer to Filling Jobs is an Algorithm. The New York Times.
Ozkan, Sebnem (2003). More global than ever, as local as always: Internationalization and shop-floor transformation at Oyak-Renault and Tofaş-Fiat in Turkey. Working Paper. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Industrial Relations Research Institute.