Översikt

  • Allmänt

  • Session 1: Course introduction

    Topics

    • course introduction
    • learning goals, skills, and pedagogy
    • course practicalities (assignments and assessment)
    • why people management? 
    • understanding the field of HRM
    • discussion of the pre-assignment

    Reading(s)

    1. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). The Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 1.


  • Session 2: The roles and responsibilities of the HR function

    Topic

    • The role of the HR function in multinational corporations
    • In-class assignment: Case 1

    Readings

    1. Capelli, P. (2015). Why we love to hate HR... and what HR can do about it. Harvard Business Review, 93(7-8), 54-61.
    2.  Ulrich, D., Younger, J., Brockbank, W., & Ulrich, M. D. (2013). The State of the HR Profession. Human Resource Management, 52(3), 457-471.


  • Session 3: Global integration-local responsiveness of HRM practices

    Topics

    • Managing the tensions between global integration and local responsiveness
    • Lincoln case
    • Guest: Ingmar Björkman, Dean of School of Business


    Readings

    1. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 2.
    2. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 3.



  • Session 4: Organizational culture and new generation of employees

    Topics

    • Company visit: Futurice (Host: Santtu Seppänen)
      • how can organizational culture support the success of the company?
      • how can companies respond to new generations of employees and their expectations?

    Readings

    1. Watkins, M. D. (2013). What Is Organizational Culture? And Why Should We Care?. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 2-5.
    2. Barney, J.B. (1986) Organizational culture: Can it be a source of sustained competitive advantage? Academy of Management Review 11(3), 656-665.
    3. Kultalahti, S. and Viitala, R. (2015). Generation Y: Challenging clients for HRM?, Journal of Managerial Psychology, 30(1), 101-114.

  • Session 5: Expatriates and global mobility

    Topics

    • Managing expatriates and global mobility
    • In-class assignment: Case 2


    Readings

    1. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 9.
    2. Clouse, M.A. and Watkins, M.D. (2009). Three keys to getting an overseas assignment right. Harvard Business Review, October: 115-119.


  • Session 6: Role of HRM in post-acquisition integration: Case Adecco

    Topics

    • the main HR challenges in Adecco’s post-acquisition integration phase
    • the changes implemented in the new Adecco to overcome the sentiments of ‘us vs them’ between the acquisition parties
    • HR staffing as an industry
    • In-class assignment: Case 3
    • Guest: Sami Itani, HR Director, Adecco Finland


    Readings

    1. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 12.
    2. Harding, D. and Rouse, T. (2007) Human due diligence. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 85, Iss. 4, pp. 124-131.

  • Session 7: Global leadership development

    Topics

    • Different global leadership competencies
    • In-class assignment: Case 4
    • Guest: Johanna Saarinen, Head of Talent Management, Bayer


    Readings

    1. Ng, K.Y., Van Dyne, L. and Ang, S. (2009) From experience to experiential learning: Cultural intelligence as a learning capability for global leader development. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 8(4), 511-526.
    2. Björkman, I., and Mäkelä, K. (2013). Are you willing to do what it takes to become a senior global leader? Explaining the willingness to undertake challenging leadership development activities. European Journal of International Management, 7(5), 570-586. 
    3. Caligiuri, P. and Tarique, I. (2012). Dynamic cross-cultural competencies and global leadership effectiveness. Journal of World Business, 47, 612-622.

  • Session 8: Acquiring and developing talent

    Topics

    • Global talent management
    • KONE case
    • Guest: Ingmar Björkman, Dean of School of Business


    Readings

    1. Pucik, V., Evans, P., Björkman, I., and Morris, S. (2017). Global Challenge: International Human Resource Management. Chicago: Chicago Business Press. Third edition, Chapter 6.




  • Session 9: Challenges of work-life integration in multinationals

    Topic

    • Managing self at the workplace
    • Guest:  Juha Äkräs, Co-founder, Executive Chairman of the Board, H2H Performance Ltd.


    Readings

    1. Christensen, C. M. (2010). How will you measure your life? Harvard Business Review 88(7-8), 46-51.

  • Individual pre-assignment

  • Final course paper

  • Compensatory assignment

    The compensatory assignment is voluntary and can be used to compensate for a missed in-class assignment or replace the case with the lowest grade. 

    This is assignment is to be done at home (individually or in groups). To be graded 0-5 using the same evaluation criteria as in previous cases. 

    Format: 3 -5 PPT slides

    Deadline: April 15th @ 10 am on MyCourses