Enterpreneur and employees (MASTER)

- To get familiar with the context of human resource management in small and medium-sized company
- To get familiar with fundamental and advanced topics in HRM in growing business
- To study experiences of successful and unsuccessful projects of setting up HRM systems in SMEs
- To co-create a project of conceptual design of HRM practices or systems in SMEs

Part I: The distinctive case of context of HRM in SMEs
1. Introduction
2. From entrepreneur to employer
3. Shaping employment relationships in SMEs
Part II: Managing human resources
4. Job analysis and design
5. Recruitment, selection and placement
6. Training and development
7. Performance management, rewards and recognition
8. Employee relations and engagement
9. Teamwork
10. Organizational culture
11. HRM and innovation
12. Staff turnover
13. Legal and ethical issues in HRM
Part III: Trends in the management of human resources in SMEs
14. SME growth, HRM and the role of formalization
15. HRM in family business
16. Conclusion: Innovative HRM in SMEs