RLZ_RLZ Human Resources Management

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
4/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Blanka Borovková (seminar tutor)
doc. et doc. PaedDr. Mgr. Zdeněk Caha, Ph.D., MBA, MSc. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Iveta Kmecová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. et doc. PaedDr. Mgr. Zdeněk Caha, Ph.D., MBA, MSc.
Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Prerequisites
Not required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get acquainted with the theory and practice of personnel management in organizations, ie with the goals and tasks of human resource management, its main tools, and directions of its development. The main content topics of the course include the role of human resource management in the overall management of the organization, managerial skills needed for human resource management, the main roles of HR and line managers associated with hiring and adapting employees, managing and evaluating their work performance, motivation and creation of employee remuneration, with their education and development. Other topics include personnel planning in the organization, the relationship, and cooperation of line and personnel management, and the creation and change of personnel organization (systematization) of the company.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students:
- understand the importance and main tasks of human resource management in the organization and labor law framework of human resource management,
- master the basic managerial competencies for human resources management, control personnel costs and understand the indicators of personnel controlling,
- understand the principles of creating a personnel organization and its changes as well as the principles of personnel planning of the organization, define the content of jobs, manage the process of hiring and adaptation of employees,
- understand the principles of management and evaluation of employee performance, understand the principles of motivation and remuneration of employees, cocreate the remuneration system, its fixed and performance components, including employee benefits,
- understand the requirements of training and further education and development of employees, are able to plan, organize and evaluate corporate education,
Syllabus
  • Lectures
  • 1. Basic goals, content, and tasks of human resources management in the organization.
  • 2. Labor law framework of employment and human resources management, collective relations, competencies for the field of people management and human resources.
  • 3. Labor markets, labor demand, labor supply, market wages.
  • 4. Definition and content of jobs, personnel systematization of the company, and its changes.
  • 5. Recruitment and selection of workers and its methods.
  • 6. Adaptation of employees and their methods.
  • 7. Management and evaluation of work performance.
  • 8. Work motivation and its types.
  • 9. Remuneration of employees, creation of fixed wages, and wage scales.
  • 10. Methods and tools of performance remuneration.
  • 11. Employee benefits.
  • 12. Training and development of employees, its methods, organization, and evaluation.
  • 13. Education and development of managers.
  • 14. Communication in the organization and in the workplace, solving communication problems.
  • 15. Work teams and their management.
  • 16. Prevention and solution of conflicts and stress in the organization.
  • 17. Job satisfaction, its causes, and findings.
  • 18. Employee turnover, its prevention, and solution.
  • 19. Organizational culture, its creation, tools of creation, and change.
  • 20. Personnel planning, types of personnel plans.
  • 21. Personnel cost control and personnel controlling.
  • 22. Prevention of personal risks of the organization.
  • 23. Creation, main types, and characteristics of personnel organization.
  • 24. Streamlining of the organization, personnel rationalization, and dismissal of employees.
  • 25. Importance and tools of leadership in the organization.
  • 26. Ethical management of the organization and human resources.
  • Seminars
  • 1. Tasks of human resources management in the organization - examples from practice.
  • 2. Labor law framework of employment and human resources management - examples from practice.
  • 3. Recruitment and selection of employees - examples from practice and analysis of a specific case.
  • 4. Recruitment and adaptation of workers - examples from practice and analysis of a specific example.
  • 5. Management and evaluation of work performance - illustrations for different categories of employees.
  • 6. Work motivation and its types - analysis of motivational tools of a particular company.
  • 7. Creation of fixed wages and wage scales - analysis of the remuneration system of a selected company.
  • 8. Objectives, methods, and tools of performance remuneration - illustration on the example of analysis of a specific company.
  • 9. Objectives and forms of employee benefits - illustrations and comparisons on the example of several companies.
  • 10. Methods and organization of training and development of employees and its evaluation - analysis of the system of education of selected companies, planning, and organization of development of managers - comparison of several companies.
  • 11. Importance and weaknesses of communication in the workplace - practical examples and their analysis.
  • 12. Creation and importance of work teams and their management - practical training in team building.
  • 13. Elaboration of a case study in the field of human resources management based on one's own choice of topic and company.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOUBEK, Josef. Řízení lidských zdrojů : základy moderní personalistiky. 5., rozš. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2015. 399 s. ISBN 978-80-7261-288-8.
    recommended literature
  • SEKNIČKA, P. a. PUTNOVÁ, 2016. Etika v podnikání a hodnoty trhu. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-247-5545-8.
  • ARMSTRONG, M., 2013. Řízení lidských zdrojů. Praha: Grada. ISBN 80-247-0469-0.
  • VÍTEK, J., 2012. Odpovědnost statutárních orgánů obchodních společností. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80-7357-862-6.
  • ARMSTRONG, M. a S. TAYLOR, 2014. Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice. 13th ed. Philadelphia: Kogan Page Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7494-6964-1.
  • ŠAJGLÍKOVÁ, H. a Ľ. BAJZÍKOVÁ, 2014. Organizácia a kultúra. Bratislava: Ofprint. ISBN 978-80-89037-26-1.
  • URBAN, J., 2017. Psychologie řízení a vedení. Praha: Ústav práva a právní vědy. ISBN 978-80-87974-15-5.
  • URBAN, J. 2013. Řízení lidí v organizaci: Personální rozměr managementu. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-80- 7357-925-8.
  • URBAN, J., 2014. Případové studie z managementu lidských zdrojů. Praha: Ústav práva a právní vědy. ISBN 978-80-87974-03-2.
  • URBAN, J., 2014. Firemní kultura a identita. Praha: Ústav práva a právní vědy. ISBN 978-80-87974-05-6.
  • URBAN, J., 2017. Motivace a odměňování pracovníků. Praha: Grada. ISBN 978-80-271-0227-3
  • CAHA, Zdeněk and Jan URBAN. A Code of Ethics as an Organizational Management Tool and its Use in the Czech Republic. first. Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag. 112 pp. ISBN 978-3-942303-50-7. 2017. info
  • CAHA, Zdeněk and Jan URBAN. Etické řízení organizace (Ethical management of the organization). první vydání. Lüdenscheid: RAM-Verlag. 116 pp. ISBN 978-3-942303-53-8. 2017. info
  • CAHA, Zdeněk, Petra PÁRTLOVÁ, Jarmila STRAKOVÁ, Jan URBAN, Jan VÁCHAL and Marek VOKOUN. Management lidských zdrojů (Human resources management). Lüdenscheid, Germany: RAM-Verlag. 292 pp. ISBN 978-3-942303-52-1. 2017. info
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Semester exam2121
Preparation for Lectures26 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial46126
Preparation for the Final Test3737
Attendance on Lectures52 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2624
Total:208208
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Partial tasks and evaluation 30 %
Exam conditions
To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to achieve a total of at least 70% of the interim and final evaluation under the conditions set out below. In the continuous evaluation, 30 points can be obtained, ie 30%. A total of 70 points, ie 70%, can be obtained in the final evaluation. Overall classification of the course, ie points for the final evaluation (70 - 0) + points from the continuous evaluation (30 - 0): A 100 - 90, B 89,99 - 84, C 83,99 - 77, D 76,99 - 73, E 72.99 - 70, FX 69.99 - 30, F 29.99 - 0.

The full-time student is obliged to meet the mandatory 70% attendance at contact classes, ie everything except lectures. If the participation is not met, the student will be automatically classified as "-".

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Additional study material: Multimedia online course in the field of business competencies - http://www.enterprisingbehavior.eu/

For students of combined study, video lectures by doc. Urbana, which is the basis for the exam together with compulsory literature (KOUBEK, Josef. Human resources management: basics of modern human resources. 5th, extended and supplemented by Prague: Management Press, 2015. 399 pp. ISBN 978- 80-7261-288-8).

Attendance at classes in all forms is solved by a separate internal standard of VŠTE (Records of student attendance at VŠTE). For full-time students, 70% attendance at seminars is mandatory.

Students with an individual study plan will take only a 100-point final test in the exam period. However, students are obliged to contact the teacher immediately after the approval of the individual study plan (ISP), if the student does not do so, his ISP will not be taken into account. (In case of any questions, they can contact the subject guarantor via email: 21537@mail.vstecb.cz).

The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2020, winter 2021, winter 2022, winter 2023.
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