Class Critical HRM Themes and Organizational Intervention

This course aims to provide students with the familiarization, deepening, and critical appreciation of several Human Resource Management themes particularly relevant for professional practice. Starting from the conceptual definitions of each critical theme, it discusses and articulates the theoretical side with the possibilities of organizational intervention.

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  S1. Framing new realities of work organization 1.1 The Revolution 4.0 and its implications for HRM 1.2 Labour market developments and new skills 1.3 Making work more flexible S2. HRM in changing organizational contexts 2.1 Diversity and inclusion management 2.2 The integration of local and global 2.3 Knowledge management and lifelong training S3. Critical perspective of HR practices 3.1. Evolução das práticas de RH 3.2. A e-HRM S4. Reinventing the future - Challenging the challenges 4.1 Managing HR in unpredictability 4.2 Critical thinking and creativity

In this CU, pedagogical methodologies are applied, such as problem solving, critical analysis of theory applied to reality and individual and group debates on current affairs, based on the theory presented. Companies are also invited, which present real problems to the students.

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