247034 Master Seminar Advanced Topics in Global Strategic Management
(M2 HR/ORG/IM – Master Program 2nd Year-second half of semester)
Seminar, 1.00 hour, 3.00 ECTS credits, Fall and Spring
(Dates and Rooms to be announced in KUSSS)
11.05.2016, 10:15-15:15
24.05.2016, 10:15-15:15
Lecturer
Dr.in Iris Kollinger (University of Economics and Business, Vienna)
Entry requirements
Students must be enrolled in the Master program “Global Management” and be assigned to “Phase 2” by
university officials. If this is not the case, the teacher might control the requirements and decide upon
participation.
Course objectives
- To enable participants to describe and understand the trends and current developments business leaders and
HR managers face and have to deal with when managing a global workforce.
- To make students familiar with the different options of MNE business strategies and their linkage to the
selection of corresponding IHRM strategies.
- To gain insights in and understanding of the conceptualisation of fundamental IHRM strategies and their
impact on selected HRM functions.
- To enable students to choose an appropriate structure and design for multinational companies and deal with
the chances and risks of their respective choices.
- To get an overview and to create an understanding of the theoretical approaches of and current practices in
global planning & staffing, recruitment & selection, performance management, training & development and
compensation of international staff, especially in correspondence to the process of IHRM strategy setting.
- To provide an understanding of the complexity and impact introduced by cultural differences and
peculiarities of an international environment and especially when it comes to international assignments.
- To gain practical insights and hands-on experience through dealing with real life examples and cases.
- To provide students with a learning environment that allows for reflection on different issues regarding
strategic international HRM from different perspectives and to give them the chance to improve their social
and cross-cultural competencies, particularly their communication and cooperation skills.
Course structure
The course includes different types of study processes. Knowledge test on day 1 will ensure that students start to
deal with the subject already before the course. Apart from this the acquired literature knowledge will be
reflected and discussed in more detail during class. Students might be asked to do a short presentation or a poster
on day 1 of class with other students. Knowledge test on day 2 will make students deal further with the topic and
intensify and deepen what they learnt before. In general the knowledge tests make students reproduce, reflect on
and apply the knowledge which they gain from the preparational reading as well as during class.
On day 2 students will present their findings on a selected IHRM topic during class as a group. Thereby
participants should critically evaluate and challenge their own experiences from a theoretical but also from a
practical perspective.
All students are expected to regularly and actively participate in class discussions and exercises. Class sessions
provide an opportunity for input by the lecturer and for students to learn from each other, to interact and to
consolidate their learning about a wide range of aspects of IHRM. This class is an interactive class based on
theoretical and practical insights; it uses strategies, such as group discussions, presentations, peer reflections,
supervision and similar methods, which are crucial for achieving the main learning objectives.
The seminar language is English. Attendance is mandatory during ALL class sessions. Students are expected to
stay for the duration of the whole class, and attend all classes.
Grading
Individual: Knowledge test day 1
Individual: Knowledge test day 2
Group: Final Paper
30%
30%
40%
Required readings
The reading package can be purchased at the department secretary’s office (Hochschulfondsgebäude, 2nd floor,
room 224).