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- Exam Spring 2022
Exam Spring 2022
- FileExam questions Spring 2022 FilePDF document
- Individual and group assignments submission boxes
Individual and group assignments submission boxes
- Please submit the group assignment once, i.e., one of the team members can upload the assignment. Please also note that all team members will receive the evaluation and feedback on the group work.
- Additional literature for individual assignment
Additional literature for individual assignment
Please find below some additional literature for the individual assignment on selected topics. Should you have any questions about your individual assignment's topic and relevant research, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Organizational justice, ethics, and psychological contract
- Crawshaw,
J.R., Cropanzano, R.,
Bell, C.B. & Nadisic, T.
(2013). Organizational justice: New insights from behavioural
ethics. Human Relations, 66 (7), 885-904
- Cropanzano, R., Bowen, D.E., & Gilliland, S.W. (2007). The Management of Organizational Justice. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21 (4), 34-48.
- Guest, D.E. (2004). The Psychology of the Employment Relationship: An Analysis Based on the Psychological Contract. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 53 (4), 541-555.
- Parzefall, M.R. & Hakanen, J. (2010). Psychological contract and its motivational and health‐enhancing properties, Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol.1, 4 – 21.
Work motivation, work engagement, well-being
- Bakker, A.B. (2011). An Evidence-Based Model of Work Engagement. Current Directions in Psychological Science 20 (4) 265-269.
- Deci, E.L. & Ryan, R.M. (2000). The “What” and “Why” of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior. Psychological Inquiry, Vol. 11, No. 4, 227-268.
- Crawshaw,
J.R., Cropanzano, R.,
Bell, C.B. & Nadisic, T.
(2013). Organizational justice: New insights from behavioural
ethics. Human Relations, 66 (7), 885-904
- Course literature
Course literature
The assigned book chapters and articles for each session can be found in the relevant sections below as well as the course syllabus.
The textbook of the course "Strategy and Human Resource Management" (Boxall & Purcell, 2011) is available in the library and can be borrowed through this link . For those who cannot get hold of the book, please find a copy of the relevant chapters under the respective session. PLEASE DO NOT CIRCULATE THESE COPIES.
The articles can be found utilizing Aalto's databases (Home - Business Guide - LibGuides at Aalto University).
- Session 1: Introduction to the course
Session 1: Introduction to the course
Please familiarize yourself with the course syllabus (updated version 27.10.2021)
Group work kickoff! Please make sure you attend the first session as the work for the group assignment starts today!
- Session 2: Introduction to HRM
Session 2: Introduction to HRM
Required readings:
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 1 “The goals of human resource management, pp. 1-36.
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 3 “Strategic HRM: ‘best fit’ or ‘best practice’?”, pp. 63-96.
Further optional readings:
Collings, D.G. & Wood, G. (2009): Human Resource Management: A Critical Approach. Chapter 3.
- Strategic HRM: a critical review (38-54)
Evans, P. A. (1999). HRM on the edge: A duality perspective. Organization, 6(2), 325-338.
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: HRM, strategy and organizational culture
Session 3: HRM, strategy and organizational culture
Required readings:
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 2 “Strategy and the process of strategic management”, pp. 39-62.
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 4 “Strategic HRM and sustained competitive advantage”, pp. 82 -102.
Charan, R., Barton, D., & Carey, D. (2015). People before strategy: A new role for the CHRO. Harvard Business Review, 93(7/8), 62-71. (Available on EBSCOhost/Business Source Complete database)
Case Southwest Airlines (available on MyCourses). Please make sure that you have read the case before class for an effective groupwork.
Further optional readings:
Buller, P.F. & McEvoy, G. M. (2012): Strategy, human resource management and performance: Sharpening line of sight. Human Resource Management Review, 22, 43-56.
Cappelli, P. (2015). Why we love to hate HR… and what HR can do about it. Harvard Business Review, 93(7/8), 54-61. (Available on EBSCOhost/Business Source Complete database)
- Session 4: Digital HRM
Session 4: Digital HRM
Required readings:
Minbaeva, D. B. (2018). Building credible human capital analytics for organizational competitive advantage. Human Resource Management, 57(3), 701-713.
Giermindl, L. M., Strich, F., Christ, O., Leicht-Deobald, U., & Redzepi, A. (2021). The dark sides of people analytics: reviewing the perils for organisations and employees. European Journal of Information Systems, 1-26.
Further optional readings:
Raisch, S., & Krakowski, S. (2021). Artificial intelligence and management: The automation–augmentation paradox. Academy of Management Review, 46(1), 192-210. (Available on EBSCOhost/Business Source Complete database)
- Session 5: Diversity and inclusion
Session 5: Diversity and inclusion
Required readings:
Ely, R. J., & Thomas, D. A. (2020). Getting Serious About Diversity. Harvard Business Review, 98(6), 114-122. (Available on EBSCOhost/Business Source Complete database)
- Session 6: Work engagement and employee wellbeing
Session 6: Work engagement and employee wellbeing
Required readings:
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 7 “Managing individual employment relationships”, pp. 188 -227.
Guest, D. E. (2017). Human resource management and employee well‐being: Towards a new analytic framework. Human resource management journal, 27(1), 22-38.
- Session 7: Organizational culture and how to develop it
Session 7: Organizational culture and how to develop it
Required readings:
Future of work online course, Chapter 3 “Organizational perspective”.
Please note that you do not need to register to the course. The material can be found on MyCourses.
- Session 8: Case Futurice
Session 8: Case Futurice
Required readings:
Futurice case (available on MyCourses). Please make sure that you have read the case before class for an effective groupwork.
Pisano, G. P. (2019). The hard truth about innovative cultures. Harvard Business Review, 97(1), 62-71. (Available on EBSCOhost/Business Source Complete database)
- Session 9: Talent management and performance management
Session 9: Talent management and performance management
Required readings:
Boxall, P. & Purcell, J. (2011): Strategy and Human Resource Management: Third Edition. Chapter 8, “Linking HR systems to organizational performance”, pp. 228 -254.
McDonnell, A., Collings, D. G., Mellahi, K., & Schuler, R. (2017). Talent management: a systematic review and future prospects. European Journal of International Management, 11(1), 86-128.
Stahl, G. Björkman, I., Farndale, E., Morris, S., Paauwe, J., Stiles, P., Trevor, J. & Wright, P. (2012). Six principles of global talent management. MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(2), 25–32.