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The People Management minor equips students with a deep understanding of the practices and challenges associated with managing people in contemporary organizations. Through foundational courses, students are introduced to core human resource management practices such as recruitment, selection, development, performance management, and retention. These are explored within both national and international contexts, providing insights into global operations. The focus is on understanding the importance of approaching people management issues strategically, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and cultural diversity. Depending on the selected courses, the student can further deepen her/his understanding of the field by engaging with issues linked to organizational behaviour, organizational communication, people analytics and labour law.

The student 

• Can apply strategic thinking to align people management practices with organizational objectives.
• Knows and can plan for key people management practices.
• Can identify and explore contemporary and emerging issues in people management.
• Can foster diversity, equity and inclusion.

Basic information

Code: BIZ5012

Extent: 18–24 ECTS

Level: Advanced studies

Language of learning: English

Theme: Global business dynamics

Target group: All Aalto students

Teacher in charge: Saija Katila

Administrative contact: Kati Halminen

Organising department: Department of Management Studies

School: School of Business

Prerequisites: -

Quotas and restrictions: -

Application process: -

About the minor

Description of the minor

The minor in People Management offers a deep understanding of people management practices, and challenges in contemporary organizations. The minor provides graduates with skills to approach people management issues strategically taking into consideration national and international context of operations. The courses within the minor further offer an understanding of core human resource management practices such as recruitment, selection, development, performance management and retention.

When planning your minor studies, please take into consideration that some of the courses may have defined limitations as to course sizes and priorities in participation. See course descriptions for further information. Please select at least three courses from the list.

Content

^{1 Replaces MNGT-E1006 People Management Practices and Tools
2 Replaces MNGT-E1012 Organizational Development
3 Replaces 77E18000 Organizational Communication}

Basic information

Code: BIZ5012

Extent: 18–24 ECTS

Language of instruction: English

Level: Masters

Target group: All Aalto students

Theme: Global business dynamics

Teacher in charge: Saija Katila

Administrative contact: Kati Halminen

Organising department: Department of Management Studies

Prerequisites: -

Quotas and restrictions: -

Application process: -

 

Content and structure of the minor

The minor in People Management offers a deep understanding of people management practices and challenges in contemporary organizations. The minor provides graduates with skills to approach people management issues with the strategy and capabilities of the organization in mind. The courses within the minor deal with people management practices such as recruitment, development, performance management and retention from a strategic perspective. Further, the courses offered aim at enhancing the participants’ ability to understand and design both national and international organizations.

When planning your minor studies, please take into consideration that some of the courses may have defined limitations as to course sizes and priorities in participation. Please see course descriptions for further information. Please select at least three courses from the list.

Structure of studies

^{1) Replaces course 21E00051 Strategic Human Resource Management
2) Replaces course 21E00012 Gender and Diversity at Work
3) Replaces course 26E03400 People Management in Multinational Organizations
4) Replaces course 77E27000 Change Management and Communication}

Basic information

Code: BIZ5012

Extent: 24 credits

Language: English

Teacher in charge: Saija Katila (Autumn 2020), Ingmar Björkman (Spring 2021)

Administrative contact: Kati Halminen, programme-counsellors-man@aalto.fi

Target group: Master students, open to all Aalto students

Content and structure of the minor

The minor in People Management offers a deep understanding of people management practices and challenges in contemporary organizations. The minor provides graduates with skills to approach people management issues with the strategy and capabilities of the organization in mind. The courses within the minor deal with people management practices such as recruitment, development, performance management and retention from a strategic perspective. Further, the courses offered aim at enhancing the participants’ ability to understand and design both national and international organizations.

When planning your minor studies, please take into consideration that some of the courses may have defined limitations as to course sizes and priorities in participation. Please see course descriptions for further information. Please select any four courses from the list.

Structure of studies