Strategic Human Resources Management

The course addresses the strategic dimension of HRM systems in modern organizations through the lens of organizational behavior concepts and perspectives. Indeed, organizational behavior has become a central field of study that looks at how individuals, groups, and organization behave. In today's business landscape, understanding organizational behavior is pivotal for effectively navigating within organizations and managing diverse teams. Organizational behavior plays a central role in the strategy, effectiveness, and performance of organizations and thus represents a critical requirement in managing organizations.

The course aims to introduce students to the major HRM functions and to the main principles of organizational behavior dimensions that underlie these functions and their relationships with organizational performance and strategy.

The course uniquely offers students with key concepts to better understand the psychological and group-level mechanisms that explain the adequacy of HRM systems and the effectiveness and performance of an organization. Consequently, the course is particularly related to GEST3054-2 "Analyse des organisations"

The course is structured around the presentation of the major organizational behavior elements and dimensions as follows:

Organizational behavior and HRM
Organizational structure and HRM systems
Job attitudes
Emotions at work
Personality and individual differences
Stress & Health at work
Motivation
Group behavior and work teams