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HR Management and Organization

Prerequisite

General business management knowledge

Teaching methods Lecture/Seminar
Learning target / Competences

Students are familiar with the HR management and organizational tasks in a company. They understand the relevance of these areas of responsibility for achieving the company's goals and can apply business management structuring considerations to HR and organizational issues. In doing so, they will be aware that the selected organization also has implications for personnel management decisions, or that the organization must be adapted in the event of an HR-related bottleneck (in particular at the staff level). With this in mind, they can assess the viability of alternative personnel and organizational measures and make appropriate decisions.

Duration 1 Semester
Hours per week 4.0
Overview
Classes 60 h
Individual / Group work: 90 h
Workload 150 h
ECTS 5.0
Requirements for awarding credit points

Written exam (K90)

Responsible person

Prof. Dr. Matthias Graumann

Recommended semester 6. Semester
Frequency Every sem.
Usability

Degree program:
Betriebswirtschaft

Lectures

HR Management

Type Lecture
Nr. W0160
Hours per week 2.0
Content
  1. Preparing personnel assignment
    • General conditions of HR management
    • Staff selection
  2. Leadership and cooperation
    • Personnel leadership and assessment
    • Staff participation in decision-making
    • Communication design
    • Cooperative and tactful behavior
    • Inofficial/informal groups (cliques)
  3. Staff motivation
    • Concept and types of motivation
    • Promoting work motivation through incentives
    • Case studies on promoting work motivation through incentives
  4. Crisis management
    • Change management
    • Staff redundancy
    • Financial assessment of redundancy measures
Literature

Berthel, J./Becker, F.G. (2017): Personal-Management, Munich.
Burkhardt, A./Graumann, M./Becker, R./Paul, P. (2021): Lob vergrössert Arbeitszufriedenheit und Commitment. In: Personalführung, 54. Jg., p. 58-62.
Burkhardt, A./Graumann, M./Becker, R. (2018): Commitment senkt die Burnoutgefahr. In: Personalführung, 51. Jg., p. 56-60.
Burkhardt, A./Graumann, M. (2015): Senkung des Krankenstands durch Förderung des Commitment. In: Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 84. Jg., p. 308-313.
Drumm, H.J. (2008): Personalwirtschaft. Berlin.
Graumann, M. et al. (2017): Entscheidung über Massnahmen zur Senkung des Krankenstands. In: Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 86. Jg., p. 298-305.
Graumann, M./Burkhardt, A./Venohr, D. (2016): So unterstützen Massnahmen zur Arbeitszufriedenheit die Kundenzufriedenheit. In: Personal Quarterly, 68. Jg., p. 26-31.
Graumann, M./Skrabek, C. (2014): Die Verdrängung intrin-sischer Motivation durch das Management by Objectives – Ein unterschätztes Problem. In: Personalwirtschaft, p. 62-64.
Graumann, M./Semrau, Th./Skrabek, C. (2013): Motivieren SMART-formulierte Zielvereinbarungen wirklich? In: Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 82. Jg., p. 117-124.
Malik, F. (2006): Führen Leisten Leben. Frankfurt.
Ridder, H.-G. (2015): Personalwirtschaftslehre, Stuttgart.
Scholz, C. (2011): Grundzüge des Personalmanagements, Munich.
Semrau, Th./Graumann, M./Jost, L. (2011): Partizipative Zielvereinbarungen - Fördert Mitbestimmung wirklich die Motivation der Mitarbeiter? In: Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 80. Jg., p. 238-244.
Skrabek, C./Graumann, M. (2015): Umgang mit Lebenskrisen. In: Personal Quarterly, 67. Jg., p. 40-45.
Weuster, A. (2012): Personalauswahl. 2 Bände. Wiesbaden.

Organisation

Type Lecture
Nr. W0161
Hours per week 2.0
Content

Part 1. Introduction

Part 2. Basic concepts

Part 3. Organizational levers
1. Establishing organizational units
a) Units
(1) Advantages of specialization of units
(2) Optimal degree of specialization
(3) Types of job specialization
(4) Disadvantages of job specialization
(5) Illustration of the disadvantages of separation.
b) Departments
(1) Why are departments formed?
(2) Design of management
(3) Types of specialization of departments
(4) Advantages of specializing departments
(5) Disadvantages of specializing departments
(6) Illustration of the disadvantages of separation
(7) Overview
2. Coordination
a) Purpose of coordination
b) Instruments of coordination
(1) Normal coordination: planning and standardization
(2) Corrective coordination: contingency plans and procedures, improvisation
c) Who decides on coordination?
d) Unofficial coordination
e) When is coordination worth it?
f) What is the best coordination action?

Part 4. Organization design
1. Fitting the levers
2. Additional consideration of strategies
a) Consideration of the corporate strategy
b) Consideration of the competitive strategy
3. Selected organizational decisions
a) What organizational structure does the company need?
b) Should central departments be formed?
c) How should functional departments be organized internally?
d) Should a matrix organization be introduced?
e) What should be considered in group work?
f) How can projects be organized?
g) How can agility be achieved?
h) Should the hierarchy be flattened?

Literature

Ebers, M./Maurer, I./Graumann, M. (2021): Organisation. In: W. Busse von Colbe u.a. (Ed.), Betriebswirtschaft für Führungskräfte. 5. ed., Stuttgart, p. 267-315.
Frese, E./Graumann, M./Theuvsen, L. (2019): Grundlagen der Organisation. Wiesbaden.
Galbraith, J.R. (2013): Designing Organizations. San Francisco.
Graumann, M. (2020): Organisatorische Entscheidungen treffen! Herne.
Graumann, M./Grundei, J. (2016): Lohnt sich eine Hierarchieabflachung? In: Board – Zeitschrift für Aufsichtsräte in Deutschland, 2. Jg., p. 161-164.
Graumann, M. (2008): Aufbauorganisation. In: Corsten, H./Goessinger, R. (Ed.), Lexikon der Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Munich, p. 75-78.
Graumann, M./Arnold, H.-J./Beltjes, N. (2003): Call Centres - A Case Study on the Interplay Between Organization and Information Technology, in: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Vol. 28, p. 111-126.
Graumann, M./Grundei, J. (2015): Nachweis einer „angemessenen Information“ im Sinne der Business Judgment Rule durch Rückgriff auf anerkannte betriebswirtschaftliche Verhaltensmassstäbe – Das Beispiel der Eliminierung einer Leitungsebene im Hause Siemens. In: Zeitschrift für Corporate Governance, 10. Jg., p. 197-204.
Graumann, M./Niedermeyer, M. (2005): Interface Management in Strategic Alliances, in: Delfmann, W. et al. (Ed.), Strategic Management in the Aviation Industry. Aldershot, p. 255-273.
Kahle, E. (2004): Ausschüsse, in: Schreyögg, G./v. Werder, A. (Ed.), Handwörterbuch Unternehmensführung und Organisation, Stuttgart 2004, p. 72-78.
Kieser, A./Walgenbach, P. (2010): Organisation. Stuttgart.
Lehner, J.M. (2004): Improvisation, in: Schreyögg, G./v. Werder, A. (Ed.), Handwörterbuch Unternehmensführung und Organisation, Stuttgart, p. 457-464.
Maurer, I. (2004): Organisations-/Unternehmenskultur, in: Gaugler, E./Oechsler, W.A./ Weber, W. (Ed.), Handwörterbuch des Personalwesens, Stuttgart, p. 1293-1305.
Neuwirth, St. (2004): Stäbe, in: Schreyögg, G./v. Werder, A. (Ed.), Handwörterbuch Unternehmensführung und Organisation, Stuttgart 2004, p. 1349-1356.

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