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Aims
This introductory course is designed to provide a broad overview of critical dimensions of human capital in the context of business strategy. Human Resource Professionals and Organizational Leaders must understand the context of the organizational environment and make decisions related to human capital. Starting with the origins of the concept of human capital, we explore the direct and indirect influences of organization structure, strategic leadership, organization culture, and talent management on human capital as a resource of the firm. We will provide a common grounding in each of the topics through practice perspectives and bring these to life with case studies along with student sharing. To help bridge the link to academic research, we will also anchor to key points in the literature.
Learning Outcomes

Participation
A significant portion of the learning experience is through class discussion. The cases and readings have been selected to provide an opportunity to apply the course concepts and frameworks to analyse and address an organizational problem, dilemma, or opportunity. To provide diversity and broad perspective, the cases are a mixture of contemporary and classic, Asian and Western. Your analyses will first be done individually, as you prepare the case prior to each class. Please be sure to read the case thoroughly before class and think through your responses to the case discussion questions. Then, in class, we will tackle the case jointly.