Esquema de Estadísticas

Última revisión realizada: 19/10/2021 |
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Subject name: | Human Resources and Talent Management |
Study: | Master in Business Administration |
ECTS | 6 |
Four-month period: | First four-month period |
Type of subject: | Compulsory |
Why is people and talent management an important subject? Think: What is a company? What moves companies? What makes companies evolve, fail, survive? What about the market? Human beings and, above all, their talent. In this subject we will see how to manage people’s talent and how to value it as a differentiating element, a creator of motivation, business, and social culture.
Because we are in the era of change due to globalization and digital transformation, human resources management is becoming the key differentiating factor in the competitive strategy of companies. Therefore, we will look at how to manage change and how to carry out an adequate knowledge management, which are the two major challenges facing companies today.
We will finish the subject by taking a deeper look at the key skills to be able to adequately implement the previous concepts related to the life cycle of the employee, as well as the management of change and knowledge. It is essential to know how to influence people in order to properly manage talent. We will propose practical and useful tools to lead people and learn to manage conflicts.
The different tasks and activities programmed during the semester have been developed with the goal of adapting the learning process to the different capabilities, necessities and interests of the students.
The activities included in the subject are:
These activities are combined with the following aspects:
The hours dedicated to each activity are detailed as follows:
TRAINING ACTIVITIES | HOURS OF SUBJECT | % PRESENCE |
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Virtual sessions | 15 hours | 100% |
Master classes | 4 hours | 0 |
Personal study of basic material | 60 hours | 0 |
Reading of complimentary material | 32 hours | 0 |
Realization of practical cases and self-evaluation tests | 45 hours | 0 |
Tutoring | 16 hours | 10 |
Collaborative work (forums and/or discussion groups) | 7 hours | 0 |
Final on-site exam | 1 hours | 100% |
Total | 180 hours | - |
You can personalize your study plan choosing the type of activity that best matches your profile. The tutor will advise you and help you elaborate your study plan. S/he will always be available to guide throughout the course.
The section Basic Bibliography is essential for the course. If any document (reading, article,…) is not available in the virtual classroom, you will have to find it by other means: UNIR bookshop, virtual library…
The necessary texts for the study of this subject have been elaborated by UNIR and are available in a digital format to consult, download or print inthe virtual classroom.
The evaluation system is based on the following numerical chart:
0 - 4, 9 | Suspenso | (SS) |
5,0 - 6,9 | Aprobado | (AP) |
7,0 - 8,9 | Notable | (NT) |
9,0 - 10 | Sobresaliente | (SB) |
The grade is made up of two components:
The exam is done at the end of the four-month period and is ON-SITE and COMPULSORY. It comprises the 60% of the final grade and so that the grade obtained in this exam is added to the final grade it is obligatory to PASS it.
The continuous evaluation comprises the 40% of the final grade. This 40% of the final grade consists of the grades obtained in the different training activities carried out during the four-month period.
EVALUATION SYSTEM | WEIGHTING min - max |
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Student participation (sessions, forums) | 0% - 40% |
Study cases | 0% - 40% |
Self-evaluation test | 0% - 40% |
On-site final exam | 60% - 60% |
Education: Isabel Ng was born and raised in Hong Kong. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the United States in 2007. Upon graduation, she taught MBA courses at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the United States, as well as the School of Management at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. She is now a full time faculty at UNIR teaching Leadership and Management.
Professional experience: Her primary research is on implicit motives, such as the motives for power, affiliation and achievement. Isabel is passionate in studying how people´s inner motives drive their behaviors and achieve different goals in life. Besides, she also enjoys studying how people from different cultures can form good teams together.
Lines of research: With respect to her research interests, Dr. Ng has published academic papers in journals such as the Motivation and Emotion journal, and academic book chapters in the Chinese Handbook of Organizational Behavior, and the Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology.
Studying online means you can organize your study as you wish, as long as you meet the due dates of the different assignments (activities, tasks and tests). In order to help you, we propose the following steps:
Please, take into account the following tips…