Topic outline

  • 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.


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      Reflection paper: Session 2 Turnitin Assignment 2

      Submit an individual reflection paper in which you reflect on the learning from your reading of the assigned literature for each session. For each chapter and article the paper should contain:

      1.     Own learning points (i.e. what did YOU learn when reading the material)

      2.     Questions/issues that you would like to discuss during the session, as well as reasons why you think these questions/issues are worthy of discussion.

       

      Format: 200-250 words per chapter/article


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      In-class assignment: Case 1

      Please upload the in-class assignment 1 by 11 am. Make sure that you include all group member names.

      Format: 3-5 ppt slides


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      Session 2: Slides File
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