COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: HUMAN RESOURCES: MANAGING PEOPLE IN TIMES OF GLOBAL CHANGE

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 430	B	2	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Islam Jusufi , Wednesday 13:30-16:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E 311
Course Description:	This course helps students to better understand the complexities of managing people in organizations, with primary focus on human resource management strategy, organizational staffing, human resource development, total rewards, employee and labor relations, and risk management in a globalizing world. It focuses on the strategic, operational and administrative roles of human resource management.
Course Objectives:	(1) To present the fundamental principles and techniques of personnel management and examine the management of human resources; (2) To examine the responsibilities of organizational leadership for incorporating human resource issues in strategic planning and initiatives; (3) to examine current legal considerations, issues and research

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Human Resource Management in Organizations
2	Strategic Human Resource Management
3	The Legal Environment: Equal Employment Opportunity
4	Human Resource Planning and Retention
5	Recruiting Human Resources
6	Selecting Human Resources
7	Training Human Resources
8	Midterm exam
9	Performance Development and Appraisal
10	Total Compensation
11	Employee Benefits
12	Risk Management and Worker Protection
13	Employee Rights and Responsibilities
14	Human Resources Management in Albania

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook:	Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H., & Valentine, S. R. (2013). Human resource management (14th ed.). Florence, KY: Cengage Learning.
Other References:	Menaxhim i Burimeve Njerezore: Manual Praktik për Njësitë e Burimeve Njerëzore në Institucionet e Administratës Publike, Departamenti i Administrates Publike, Tirane, Shqiperi
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Skill in analyzing organizational issues related to strategic HRM.
2	Skill in analyzing workforce/staffing, planning and employment issues.
3	Skill in analyzing organizational training and development issues.
4	Skill in analyzing employee relations and risk management issues.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.	5
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.	4
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	4
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.	4
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	5
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	4
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	4
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	4
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	4
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	4
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	1
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	3
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Project	1	40
Attendance		10
Other	1	10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Assignments	1	30	30
Final examination	1	25	25
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6