M1: Strategy.

Organization and Human Resources Management: Introduction

HTW Berlin Berlin, March 26, 2013

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Content
Lets get to know each other Introduction lecturer / students Expectations students / lecturer Know how and professional experience students Lets get started Overview of Module 1: Content and structure Methology Literature Administration Final exam Rules of the game

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Introduction
Introduction lecturer Introduction students name, country of origin, personal background professional experience by function, industry and years

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Expectations
Students Why MBA&E at HTW in Berlin? What are your professional objectives? Special expectations regarding this lecture?

Lecturer Commitment Open Communication Fairness

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Your know how and professional experience regarding SOHRM some questions
What are the differences between a firms vision and a firms culture? Do you have working experience in local or in international companies (either from your home country of from abroad)? Do you have personal experience with performance management? How close did you work to decision makers and managers of your company resp. have you been in charge of such tasks? What is their daily work? Which management tools for corporate development do you know? Are you familiar with organizational models like a matrix organization? What are typical leadership issues? How to share those tasks between management and HR function? What do you know about M&A resp. PMI and their crucial success factors?

Why do organizations need job descriptions?

Do you know from your personal or professional experience intercultural issues? How often did you present your ideas to a group of 20+ people before? How experienced are you in writing issue papers applying academic guidelines?

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Module 1: Objectives
Identifying, understanding and modelling the interdependencies between business strategies and organizational concepts
Becoming familiar with types, phases and tools of business strategy development as well as its implementation Differentiating organizational theory approaches and adopting theoretical knowledge into organizational structures and processes both on national and international level

Learning the methods of organizational development and change management to execute the match between strategy and organization
Gaining insights in the Human Resources Department and its Value Chain from a national and international perspective and the role of HR Management as enabler for successful strategic and organizational changes

Source: Curriculum / module handbook HTW

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Module 1: structure and content (overview)

1 Strategy 1.1 History / Schools of thought / Terminology 1.2 Types, content and impact of strategy 1.3 Phases of strategy development process 1.4 Tools for strategy development and implementation 2 Organization 2.1 History / Schools of thought / Terminology 2.2 Organizational fundamentals and models 2.3 Organizational development and implementation 2.4 Tools for organizational development and implementation Special topic: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / Post Merger Integration (PMI) 3 Human Resources Management 3.1 HR Value Chain 3.2 Role and organization of HR department 3.3 HR-Management in international business 3.4 Change Management 3.5 Intercultural Management
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Issues in

corporate development
e.g. changing and dynamic

markets
strategic reorientation reorganization restructuring

Literature
Dressler, Sren (2004): Strategy, Organization and Performance Management, Boca Raton (Universal Publishers) Grant, Robert M. (2013): Contemporary Strategy Analysis, 8th ed., West Sussex (Wiley) Ivancevich, John M. / Konopaske, Robert / Matteson, Michael (2010): Organizational Behavior and Management, 9th rev. ed.,New York (McGrawHill) Salaman, Graeme / Storey, John / Billsberry, Jon (ed.) (2005): Strategic Human Resources Management Theory and Praxis, London (Sage) Segal-Horn, Susan (ed.) (2007): The Strategy Reader, Malden (Blackwell) Segal-Horn, Susan / Faulkner, David (ed.) (2010): Understanding Global Strategy, Hampshire (Cengage)

Content, exhibits, figures and tables from other sources are quoted in the lecture notes provided.
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Methodology interactive lecture

Presentation by lecturer ask questions if you dont understand or you want to know more

Discussion give your comments and thoughts about the topics

Brainstorming contribute actively

Company research / market analyses talk about real business life

Case study (group work in class) be a teamplayer

Issue paper / case study (homework / exam) develop your know how
Presentation to the class and leading the discussion show your performance
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Administration (1/2)
classes
Tuesday, 5 HPW 09:00 - 13:00 (incl. 15 min. break); or Tuesday, 4 HPW 09:15 - 12:30 (incl. 15 min. break) Wednesday 6 HPW: 09:15 - 12:30 (incl. 15 min. break), 13:00 - 14:30

No.

Week 2013

Date

HPW

Room

Content (additional to lecture)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

13 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 19 24 25 25 28

25.-31.03. 08.-14.04. 08.-14.04. 15.-21.04. 15.-21.04. 22.-28.04. 22.-28.04. 29.04.-05.05. 06.-12.05. 06.-12.05. 10.-16.06. 17.-23.06. 17.-23.06. 08.-14.07. (final exam)
Total

Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday

26.03. 09.04. 10.04. 16.04. 17.04. 23.04. 24.04. 30.04. 07.05. 08.05. 12.06. 18.06. 19.06. 02.07. 10:00 - 11:00

4 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 4 6 6 4 6 0 0
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Preparation and presentation of Homework (exam)

Start Group work Case studies (exam) Submission Case Studies (exam) 13.06. Presentation Case Studies (exam) Written test, 1. term

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Administration (2/2)
Please check the rooms for the classes in advance Contact: hilberg@htw-berlin.de or via Program Office No office hours https://moodle2.htw-berlin.de Lecture notes and other documents / files will be provided on moodle Final version of lecture notes end _f Login password will be provided in class

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Final exam (overview) (1/8)

Elements
1. Class participation and contribution; objective: application of theory to business practice

% grade
Grade 1,0 5,0 5% Grade 1,0 5,0 20%

2.

Homework (issue paper) incl. presentation (March May 2013) preparation time: two weeks; objective: training of academic principles of work, communication and presentation skills. All topics covered by issue papers provided are relevant for all students for the final exam
Case study: written report, presentation incl. leading discussion (preparation time: May 8 June 13, 2013); objective: working on an in-depth study and training of advanced presentation skills (group work); presentation date: June 18, 2013 Written test (final exam): multiple choice and open questions (Juli 2, 2013); objective: ensuring knowledge base and understanding of all main principles of the class

3.

Grade 1,0 4,0 40% (Grade 5,0 => entire course failed)
Grade 1,0 4,0 35% (Grade 5,0 => entire course failed)
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4.

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Final exam (details) (2/8)

1. Class participation and contribution - 5% -

Every student is asked to contribute actively in each class

Only by giving comments and discussing with students and lecturers business-related communication can be trained

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Final exam (details) (3/8)

2. Homework (Issue paper and presentation) - 20% Homework consists of written report and presentation (10 minutes in class) Each student chooses his/her topic for the issue paper from a list provided Detailed issue paper design and questions (e. g. perspective of analysis) will be provided in class during semester; the presentation has to be given two weeks later (see specific due date) Each student works on a different topic; in case of same topic there will be different aspects to be analyzed (e. g. industries, companies); homework and presentation has to be prepared separately by each student Written report has to be submitted on specific due date until 4 pm via e-mail from the personal email account of the student to the lecturer (hilberg@htw-berlin.de)

If the report is not submitted in time, homework will be evaluated with mark 5,0
If the student is not around for the presentation, presentation gets the mark 5,0 Make sure that your personal schedule makes your homework possible Both in written report and in the presentation the appropriate and stringent use of principles for academic work have to be applied (correct and complete quoting of sources used etc.) Content of all issue papers provided is relevant for all students for final exam
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Final exam (details) (4/8)

2. Homework (issue paper and presentation ) structure Written report ( approx. 6-8 pages (word.doc)) Understanding of the situation and objective Analysis and insights Concept / Recommendations and solutions Summary and next steps Presentation incl. discussion ( 4-6 slides (powerpoint.ppt)) Presentation: 10 minutes Structure see above, but adjusted to presentation style (no copy and paste of .doc in .ppt) Please submit documents as pdf files; in addition make sure the lecturer receives latest version of presentation for Moodle
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Final exam (details) (5/8)

3. Case study (40%) Introduction (preparatory questions) and case studies will be provided in class on May, 8 A group of approx. 5-7 students will work together on the same case Case study consists of written report, presentation and leading of the discussion in class (total: 30 minutes) Written report has to be submitted until June 13, at 4 pm via e-mail from the personal email-account of one group member (to be named in advance) to the lecturer (hilberg@htw-berlin.de) If the report is not submitted in time, the entire course failed for all members of the respective group Presentations will be given June, 18; discussion has to be managed by the presenting student(s); lecturer is member of the audience Both in the written report and in the presentation the appropriate and stringent use of principles for academic work have to be applied (correct and complete quoting of sources used etc.)

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Final exam (details) (6/8)

3. Case study structure
Written report approx. 15-20 pages (word .doc) Summary of key results Understanding of the situation and objective Analysis and insights Concept (if required) Recommendations and solutions Summary and next steps Guiding questions for leading the discussion in class Presentation incl. leading of discussion approx. 10-15 slides (powerpoint .ppt) structure see above, but adjusted to presentation style (no copy and paste of .doc in .ppt)
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Final exam (details) (7/8)

Subject A A.1 Presentation (total) Slides Legible Graphics / visualization Typos A.2 Oral presentation Volume Pace & Rythm Position / gestures A.3 Facilitation Questions asked Responses given Interaction 20% 33% 33% 33% 40% 33% 33% 33% 20% 33% 33% 33% Weight Case study 50% 40% 33% 33% 33% 40% 33% 33% 33% Weight Homework 30% 40% 33% 33% 33%

Grading scheme for presentation and content case study presentation: 50%, content: 50%

Content Quality of research Structure / "red thread" Quality of solution Independence Total

50% 25% 25% 25% 25% 100%

70% 25% 25% 25% 25% 100%

homework presentation: 30%, content: 70%

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Final exam (details) (8/8)

4. Written test (35%) This written test is on July 2, 2013, 10 11 am and will take 60 minutes The test covers all topics of the course and consists of questions/statements (correct/not correct) (25%) and open questions (75%)

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Rules of the game

Be on-time, we dont have much of it; also please dont leave early (if you cant avoid please inform lecturer in advance) Switch off handphones and notebooks during class Classroom language is english only You may have your drink and a little snack in class; please have your lunch outside Be fair if we tackle issues some of you might have heart of already before Ask questions if you dont understand or if you want to know more

Communication platform for documents, case studies, reports etc. is Moodle2 only (exceptions will be announced separately) ; make sure you have access and know how required

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 and last but not least

Enjoy this lecture!

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