Course requirements:

To prepare a seminar work on a pre-arranged topic. The extent of a presentation is max. 15 slides. The work is discussed at a round table and following a debate. Part of the discussion is answering a question that randomly chooses from 14 topics in the syllabus. The discussion is in front of a panel of two evaluators: a course guarantor and a business representative.

To prepare a seminar work on a pre-arranged topic. The extent of a presentation is max. 15 slides. The work is discussed at a round table and following a debate. Part of the discussion is answering a question that randomly chooses from 14 topics in the syllabus. The discussion is in front of a panel of two evaluators: a course guarantor and a business representative.

Armstrong, M., Taylor, S. Armstrong´s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. 13rd ed. KoganPage, 2014. 440 p. Retrieved from

Brewster, Ch., Houldsworth, E., Sparrow, P., Vernon, G. International Human Resource Management. 4th ed. London: CIPD, 2016. 511 p.

Dessler, G. Human Resource Management. 16th ed. Global edition. UK: Pearson, 2020. 728 p.

Ehnert, I. Sustainable human resource management. Berlin, Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2009. 306 p. Retrieved from

Human Resource Management. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2016. 459 p. https://dx.doi.org/10.24926/8668.0801

Poór, J., Engle, A. D., Kovács, I. É., Morley, M. J., Kerekes, K., Slavic, A., Berber, N., Juhász, T., Zaharie, M., Legnerová, K., Dvořáková, Z., Stor, M., Suchodolski, A., Buzády, Z., and Abdrazakova, A. (2020). Multinationals and the evolving contours of their human management practices in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Employee Relations [online]. 42(3), 582–608. eISSN 0142-5455. DOI: 10.1108/ER-01-2019-0082.

Ulrich, D., Kryscynski, D., Brockbank, W., Ulrich, M. Victory through organization: why the war for talent is falling your company and what you can do about it. New York, Mc.Graw-Hill, 2017, 293 p.

1. Theory and practice in the development of personnel/human resource management

2. Organization of the personnel/HR department and personnel activities

3. Quality of working life and working conditions

4. Recruitment, selection, and orientation

5. Performance management and performance appraisal

6. Compensation and benefits

7. Education and development

8. Collective labor relations

9. Teamwork

10. Talent management, succession planning, career management

11. Sustainable human resources management

12. Toxic labor relations and precarious employment

13. People management in small and medium-sized companies

14. International human resources management