Research Seminar "HR and Organizational Studies” (2024/2025 academic year)

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Sociology

Course type:

Elective course

When:

4 year, 1-3 module

Instructors

Лукоянов Александр Анатольевич

Nemirovskaya, Anna

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This seminar is primarily intended to provide students with an overview of academic reading and to assist them in preparing for their own yearly term paper / bachelor thesis. Research seminar participants will be introduced to highly cited academic articles and chapters from books in human resource management and organizational research, examine problematic cases, develop research questions and research designs, and discuss research methods and methods. Research seminar "HR and organizational studies" focuses on modern approaches to the study of human resources, people behavior in the workplace, and management issues related to human resources. Through a comparative analysis of the theory and practice of management models and organizational culture, this seminar will provide an overview of current approaches to human resource management and organizational research in Russia, the United States, Europe and Asia. In the seminars, the focus is on theories, practices, and systems of social coordinates, as well as the conceptual framework within which they were conceived. These seminars provide sociology students with a solid foundation for their professional worldview and will enable them to conduct effective research in any of the existing country management models and management models. Students will learn about the implementation of AI instruments and big data for organizational studies and HR management, cross-cultural organizational and management issues, current trends in qualitative and quantitative research in organizations, the application of various sociological research methods for human resources, and modern management approaches to teamwork in applied projects. Since efficient teamwork in organizations requires skills of cooperation, effective interaction and collaboration, students will study methods of evaluating teamwork, team dynamics research and team coaching.

Learning Objectives

• Get an overview of major theories and apply them to solving practical problems and research questions in organizational studies, explore current areas of research in organizational behavior and get an overview of major theories and apply them to solving practical problems and research questions in organizational studies

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Develop research tools for professional tasks
• Know the stages of team dynamics
• Be acquainted with the management methods necessary to work with a team at different stages
• Know the core social problems in HR and organizational studies and basic theories to tackle them
• Be able to analyze practical issues in HR and organizational studies by applying sociological theories and concepts
• Gain skills in designing their own research on HR and organizational problems
• Find their personal career paths in HR
• Learn trends and goals in organizational behavior research
• • Be able to analyze practical issues in HR and organizational studies by applying sociological theories and concepts
• Have practiced methods of working in teams

Course Contents

• Module 1. Topic 1. An introductory class on academic reading
• Module 1. Topic 2. The changing organizational environment
• Module 1. Topic 5. Digital platforms and ecosystems
• Module 1. Topic 4. Data driven innovations, AI and digital tools in organizations
• Module 2. Topic 1. Classification of country management and organizational models: approaches, concepts, schools.
• Module 2. Topic 2. Soviet and Russian organizational studies: scientific organization of labor, industrialization, qualification systems, Soviet Schools and Skolkovo School of Management.
• Module 2.Topic 3. Studying the American management model: from Taylorism to Silicon Valley innovation management.
• Module 2. Topic 4. Asian management model: studies of the “Japanese” and “Chinese” Economic miracles.
• Module 2. Topic 5. Scandinavian management model: management in the north. A study of the experience of Sweden and Finland.
• Module 3. Development of the students’ research proposals

Assessment Elements

• Class activity
• Homework
• Homework
  Homework for module 1 is an individual assignment in the format of an extended abstract of an empirical or methodological paper.
• Class activity
• Сlass activity
• Homework

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  For ecch module: Class activity * 0.3 + Homework (Extended abstract) * 0.7 Module 1 grade + Module 2 grade + Module 3 grade / 3

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Essentials of organizational behavior, Robbins, S.P., 2022

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations., Griffin, R.W., 2017
• Organizational theory, design, and change, Jones, G., 2007
• Social research methods, Bryman, A., 2008

Authors

• NEMIROVSKAYA ANNA VALENTINOVNA
• Ильина Мария Ивановна
• Sorokin Aleksandr Nikolaevich