HMAN5150 – Management in practice (HR-management)

Course content

Human resource (HR) management is important for recruiting, training and developing competent employees and leaders. The course gives an introduction to the field of HR-management within a health care context. You will gain understanding of the role of HR in health care organizations, and will learn how to think systematically and strategically about individual and organizational development. 

Learning outcome

Upon completion of this course, it is expected that the student should be able to:

 

Knowledge

  • Describe current HR-management challenges in healthcare
  • Explain theories and research about motivation, job satisfaction, and employee engagement
  • Describe approaches to recruitment and retainment of personnel in health care
  • Explain associations between employee development and organizations' performance

Skills

  • Analyze HR-challenges in health care organizations from various theoretical perspectives
  • Measure human resource performance within an organization
  • Manage conflicts and negotiations
  • Develop and present a plan for training and developing a pool of high potential candidates for current and future organizational needs

General competence

  • Facilitate organizational growth and change through HR-management

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Recommended previous knowledge

You are recommended to have some prior knowledge about management in healthcare. HMAN4100 – Fundamentals of management can serve as a good introduction. 

Teaching

Lectures and group work.

Examination

Written exam.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

Resit an examination

For HEPMA students:

For Eu-HEM students:

An EU-hem student cannot present her or himself for the examination in a course more than two times. There will be held re-sits for EU-hem students who have failed an exam or who have legitimat