VPLn4462 Analytical internship for human resources management and development

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Josef Horňáček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Iveta Zelenková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! VPL462 Analytical internship for HRM && !NOWANY( VPL462 Analytical internship for HRM )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
1) To help students to gain practical experience of expert in the field HRM • 2) to provide students methodological support during the process of confrontation of the practical problems with the theoretical concepts. • 3) to enable interconnection between theoretical and methododological work on diploma thesis of students and solving practical problems in HRM on the level of companies. This knowledge is used and utilitized by students during work on their diploma thesis. • 4) to help students to make a first contact with their potential employers (after their graduation).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: • - identify, analyze and reflect practical problems in the field of human resource development and management in organizations; • - suggest and explain an adequate method of organizational research; • - plan data gathering in organizations, identify, reflect and solve possible difficulties during data gathering; • - present and argue their suggestion, receive and give feedback
Syllabus
  • 1) Choosing an organisation and arranging an internship • 2) Performance of the internship • 3) Active participation in seminars • Seminar Schedule: • Seminar 1: Introduction to the course and internship, setting up thematic and organisational database of the internship, consultation research plans in case of linking the internship to the thesis and other internship topics. • Seminar 2: The importance of strategic analysis in development and management. Reflecting on the role of the researcher in the organisation and the human resource management work. Reflection and discussion of practice experiences on the topic. • Seminar 3: HR marketing and employer branding - formulation objectives and strategies, necessary data and their sources, working with data and different types of analysis. Reflection and discussion of practical experience on the topic. • Seminar 4: Personnel planning, recruitment, selection, hiring, adaptation and dismissal of employees - formulation objectives and strategies, necessary data and their sources, working with data and different types of analysis. Reflection and discussion of practical experience on the topic. • Seminar 5: Performance, appraisal, reward and training and development - formulation objectives and strategies, necessary data and their sources, working with data and different types of analysis. Reflection and discussion of practical experience on the topic. • Seminar 6: Quality of working life and positive employment experience - formulation objectives and strategies, necessary data and their sources, working with data and different types of analysis. Reflection and discussion of practical experience on the topic. • Workshop 7: Presentation of practice protocol
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Lubasová A., 2001. Personální analýza, plánování a strategie: čítanka pro kurz magisterského kombinovaného studia. Brno: MUNI.
  • Kubr, M. Poradenství pro podnikatele a manažery. Ženeva: ILO, 1986
  • ARMSTRONG, Michael and Stephen TAYLOR. Řízení lidských zdrojů. Moderní pojetí a postupy. (Armstrong´s Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice). Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-5258-7. info
  • The SAGE handbook of organizational research methods. Edited by David A. Buchanan - Alan Bryman. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2009, xxxvi, 738. ISBN 9781446200643. info
  • BRYMAN, Alan. Social research methods. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, xiii, 748. ISBN 9780199202959. info
  • HRONÍK, František. Jak se nespálit podruhé :strategie a praxe výběrového řízení. 1st ed. Brno: MotivPress, 2007, 376 pp. ISBN 978-80-254-0698-4. info
  • HRONÍK, F. Rozvoj a vzdělávání pracovníků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2007, 233 pp. ISBN 978-80-247-1457-8. info
Teaching methods
Group and individual consultations; 100 hours of analytical interhnship in work organisations; reflection and analysis of practice experience in the form of an internship protocol and its presentation.
Assessment methods
submission of the internship with verbal evaluation of the students' performance by the supervisors in the organisation; acceptance of the internship report, presentation of the internship report
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 100 hodin praxe.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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