Class Critical HRM Themes and Organizational Intervention

This course aims to provide students with the familiarization, deepening, and critical appreciation of several Human Resource Management themes particularly relevant for professional practice. Starting from the conceptual definitions of each critical theme, it discusses and articulates the theoretical side with the possibilities of organizational intervention.

S1. Framing new realities of work organization

1.1 The Revolution 4.0 and its implications for HRM

1.2 Labour market developments and new skills

1.3 Making work more flexible

S2. HRM in changing organizational contexts

2.1 Diversity and inclusion management

2.2 The integration of local and global

2.3 Knowledge management and lifelong trainig 

S3. Critical perspective of HR practices

3.1. Evolução das práticas de RH

3.2. A e-HRM

S4. Reinventing the future - Challenging the challenges

4.1 Managing HR in unpredictability

4.2 Critical thinking and creativity

The evaluation will be done through a practical work of application to a critical topic relevant to the students.

• Crawshaw, J., Budhwar, P., & Davis, A. (Eds.). (2020). Human resource management: Strategic and international perspectives. SAGE Publications Limited.

  Holland, P. J. (Ed.). (2019). Contemporary HRM Issues in the 21st Century. Emerald Publishing Limited.

  Podgorodnichenko, N., Edgar, F., & McAndrew, I. (2020). The role of HRM in developing sustainable organizations: Contemporary challenges and contradictions. Human Resource Management Review, 30(3), 100685.

  Stone, D. L., & Deadrick, D. L. (2015). Challenges and opportunities affecting the future of human resource management. Human Resource Management Review, 25(2), 139-145.