Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is organised every two years. It is organized in 2022-2023.
This residential seminar is organized during one week in Paris (during Easter holidays). The seminar is focussed on the balance between strategic HR orientations and local adaptations in global firms. It is based on visits of companies and meetings with HR professionals.
ATTENTION: FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS, THE ADMISSIONS ARE LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS. THE SELECTION OF APPLICANTS WILL BE BASED ON A FORM, TO BE DOWNLOADED ON http://lola.hec.uliege.be/ (under the course title). IT MUST BE SENT TO MARGAUX PERE BEFORE OCTOBER 1st (margaux.pere@uliege.be). ALL STUDENTS WILL BE PERSONALLY INFORMED ABOUT THEIR SELECTION AND, IF NECESSARY, WILL RECEIVE EXTRA TIME IN ORDER TO CHOOSE ANOTHER COURSE.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Discover the organization of the HR function in global firms
- Confront theories, managerial discourses and observations on the field
- Summarise the results of an empirical investigation in a structured way, likely to be read by professionals
ILO-1 : To strengthen knowledge and understanding of management disciplines and its legal, policy and social context.
ILO-2 : Gaining the knowledge and understanding of one of the proposed fields of concentration (HRM).
ILO-7 : Being capable of professional team work.
ILO-9 : Developing a critical sense (arguing).
ILO-10 : Developing a transversal, global vision.
ILO-12 : Professional capacity for oral communication.
ILO-13 : Professional capacity for written communication.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
"Gestion stratégique des ressources humaines (Strategic HRM)" or any other basic course in HRM
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
This intensive seminar is organized during the first week of the Easter holidays at Paris (France). Three preliminary meetings will be organized in order to prepare the themes which will be explored. The seminar is focused on the balance between strategic HR orientations and local adaptations in global firms. The participants will have the opportunity to visit companies like Danone, Carrefour, BNP Paribas, Suez, etc. and to compare the visions of corporate and local HR managers. The students will have to write a synthesis report. The structure of this report will be discussed during the preliminary meetings. It will be transmitted to the HR managers met during the seminar. A financial contribution will be asked to the participants for the travel and accommodation expenses (between 150 and 200 euros).
Recommended or required readings
Dickmann, M., Brewster, C. and Sparrow, P.R (2016) Contemporary HRM Issues in Europe (3rd edition), Routledge, London
All documents related to the course are available on the website Lol@ (http://lola.hec.uliege.be/).
Written work / report
Additional information:
- Presentation and discussion of papers on a "French topic" (either individual or group work according to the number of participants)
- Group presentation on a theme to explore during the week in Paris
- Synthesis report on the visited companies and one specific theme
- Individual participation during the seminar
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The seminar is bilingual (French and English).
Contacts
François PICHAULT
Pr François Pichault
HEC-Liege, University of Liège
Director of LENTIC
B51 - 19 bd du Rectorat
4000 University of Liège/ Sart Tilman
Belgium
Phone: +32 4 366 30 70
mail: F.Pichault@uliege.be
web: www.lentic.be
Assistant:
Margaux PERE
LENTIC - Building B51 (Sart Tilman)
Phone: +32 4 366 96 15
Mail: margaux.pere@uliege.be