 Course title:

Human Resource Management

 Lecturer:

Jin Feng Uen

Professor in OT and HRM at Institute of Business and Management,

National Chiao Tung University

Ph.D. in Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, 1998

Email: uen@nctu.edu.tw

 Teaching Assistant:

Miss Joyce Chung （鍾欣融）; Email: j68194@gmail.com

Master’s student, IBM, NCTU

 Textbook:

Raymond A. Noe, John R. Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, and Patrick W. Right, 2017.
Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage, 10th Ed
(Global Edition). McGrew Hill Education. （華泰書局代理）

 Requirements:

 In-class group presentation (20 %; group-based): about one-hour group

presentation in class before teacher’s discussion; chapter introduction and
case briefing; best practice sharing: using related secondary data and case
materials to connect the reality and the contents; mainly PPT format;
presentation rundown: chapter briefing>>best practice(s) sharing and
discussion>>Q&A and discussions.

 Final report (30 %; group-based): field interview(s) and diagnoses of one

real organization; all related topics discussed in this class are welcome;
word format (text length: about 15-20 pages in total) >> core issues are
related to the system(s) for acquiring, developing and retaining the talents
of the case company.

 Individual performance on interactive discussion (20 %;

individual-based) : preparation the assigned chapters weekly; in-class
constructive discussions and interactions.

 Final Exam (20 %; individual-based): closed book exam based on items

and scopes assigned >> the glossaries in final pages of the textbook.

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 Attendance (10 %; individual-based): Attendance rate; taking leave(s) is
arrowed with the official approval

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 Schedule:
Week Date Topic Materials
1 2017/09/15 Course introduction Syllabus
2 2017/09/22 Human Resource Management: Chapter 1
Gaining a Competitive Advantage
3 2017/09/29 Strategic Human Resource Chapter 2
Management
4 2017/10/06 * The Analysis and Design of Work Chapter 4
5 2017/10/13 Human Resource Planning and Chapter 5
Recruitment
6 2017/10/20 Selection and Placement Chapter 6
7 2017/10/27 Training Chapter 7
8 2017/11/03 Performance Management Chapter 8
9 2017/11/10 Employee Development Chapter 9
10 2017/11/17 Employee Separation and Chapter 10
Retention
11 2017/11/24 Pay Structure Decisions Chapter 11
12 2017/12/01 Recognizing Employee Chapter 12
Contributions with Pay
13 2017/12/08 Employee Benefits Chapter 13
14 2017/12/15 Collective Bargaining and Labor Chapter 14
Relations
15 2017/12/22 Managing Human Resources Chapter 15
Globally
16 2017/12/29 Strategically Managing the HRM Chapter 16
function
17 2018/01/05 Final Exam
18 2018/01/12 Final report presentation
* First group presentation

 Activities for first class (TA)：

1. grouping (six groups in total);

2. group leader elections;

3. ordering the textbook (through the bookstore in campus);