CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HRM⎪Toegepaste Psychologie (Thomas More Antwerpen)

Dit document bevat een uitgebreide en overzichtelijke samenvatting van het OPO Contemporary Topics in HRM, gegeven in Thomas More Antwerpen (FASE 3 - SEM 1). Dit document is volledig in het Engels geschreven.

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OPO CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HR – THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN (AJ 2020-2021)
CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN
HRM
THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN
ACADEMIEJAAR 2020-2021
OPO CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HR – THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN (AJ 2020-2021) C O N T R E M P O R A R Y T O P I C S

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Academiejaar 2020-2021
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Bachelor in de Toegepaste Psychologie
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Jeroen Camps
WHAT THIS YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE

Goals for this year:
Knowledge development
Working in teams
Diversity
Critical reflection (- and +)
Proactive orientation
Navigating through high quality resources
English
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Content – Topics:
Justice in decision-making & well-being
Negotiations
Romance and sexual (un)wanted behavior
Additional information: Deviance/COVID-19

Lectures:
Scientific insights
Real-life examples
Texts (Canvas)
Additional resources (Canvas)
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2016 or later). Organizational Behavior (17th Edition or later). Pearson.

Group Assignment:
Topics – What to do with all these changes in HRM?
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Justice in decision-making & well-being
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Negotiations
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Romance and sexual (un)wanted behavior
Task – Cases involving real problems in organizations
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Identify questions
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Formulate answers to these questions based on the best scientific insights
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Provide advice to the organization/leader about the situation at hand
When – during & after class
Group?
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Work as a team (formation deadline: 03-10-2020)
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8 to 9 people per group
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Learn as much as possible from each other
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Discuss how you as a team functioned (what went well? What could be improved? Be constructive and
respectful when providing feedback)
Evaluation?
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Content
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Presentation
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Peer assessment

Individual Assignment
Find: another contemporary trend/topic in HRM
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Describe the topic and explain why it is contemporary
Explore: find at least 3 ‘witnesses’ or indicators of this trend/topic
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Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Economist, The European Business
Review, HR Magazine, TED-talks, newspapers…
Investigate: find at least 3 scientific articles (from high quality journals) that address this topic
Conclude: write a well-founded article about this topic in which you discuss (potential) benefits and downsides
OPO CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HR – THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN (AJ 2020-2021) EVALUATION

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Written exam (50%)
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Open questions, closed book exam 
Group portfolio (30%)
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Cases: decent questions, correct solution, complete, critical reflection, lay-out, evidence-based, relevant...
Deadline: 30/12/2020 – 11:59 PM (23u59)
Presentation: see cases; professional attitude, time management, Q&A
Peer assessment
Deadline: 06/01/2021 – 11:59 PM (23u59) 
Individual assignment (20%)
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Deadline: 30/12/2020 – 11:59 PM (23u59)
OPO CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HR – THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN (AJ 2020-2021) T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

OPO CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN HR – THOMAS MORE ANTWERPEN (AJ 2020-2021) 1 – I N T R O D U C T I O N

Contemporary HRM – a changing environment

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Uncertainty
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Economy
Politics
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Older workforce
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Lifelong learning
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Different views on hierarchy
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I-deals
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Virtual teams
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Increased mobility
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Romance at work
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Contemporary topics in HRM?