Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior (HRM & OB)

Content/ Core Themes of the Lecture

Organizational Behavior (OB):

• Introduction to OB
• Individual level (e.g., foundations of individual behavior; impacts of individual characteristics)
• Group level (e.g., foundations of group behavior, understanding work teams; group processes)
• Leadership

Human Resource Management (HRM)

• Introduction to HRM
• Major functions of HRM (e.g. recruitment and selection, training and development)

Lecture

• Robbins, S. & Judge, T. A. (2017). Organizational Behavior. (17th ed.). Pearson.
• Mathis, R. L. (2014). Human Resource Management. (14th ed.). Cengage Learning.

Exam

For the award of credit points it is necessary to pass the module exam. The module exam contains a final test (90 minutes). The enrollment in OPAL is a premise to take the tests.