- Provide conceptual categories and tools to understand some of the most significant issues of people management with reference to the sustainability paradigm, central to the current economic and social context. - Develop knowledge and nurture skills to critically evaluate strategies, policies and tools of people management in the perspective of "decent and sustainable work" - Apply a conceptual framework to identify and critically discuss the Sustainable HRM approach, its objectives and practices.

Knowledge and understanding: students -by actively participating to lectures, team works and other activities- will acquire basic knowledge on HRM, with a focus on instances that come from a sustainability perspective; she/he will also acquire knowledge of the main changes taking place in organizational contexts and in the external environment and its effects on HRM strategy and practices. The final written test will assess this knowledge at the end of the course. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: students will learn tools and approaches to evaluate which organizational and HR practises are more suitable in different scenarios. The Project Work will strengthen this ability. Autonomy of judgment: students will develop the ability to critically evaluate and analyse HRM strategy and practices Communication skills: students will develop the ability to understand and apply the technical and scientific language related to HRM. Throughout various activities that will take place during the course students will be able to put these communication skills into practice in various contexts, by adapting the terms used to the interlocutor in the specific case, thus gaining advanced rhetorical skills necessary for his/her professional career. Learning skills: students will develop a solid knowledge of the fundamental aspects of the subject that will allow them to autonomously select references for a thorough analysis and also to undertake a career in HRM.

- Business strategy and HRM. - The sustainability paradigm and its path. Which are the implications for organizations and work? - Sustainable work and the strategy to achieve it - Designing, organizing and implementing sustainable work - HRM practices sees through sustainability lenses -- Purpose -- Organizational well-being, identity and fulfillment -- Diversity, equity and inclusion -- Reward management and work sustainability -- Artificial intelligence and sustainable work

Mandatory Textbook: Gabrielli G., DISEGNARE E IMPLEMENTARE IL LAVORO SOSTENIBILE. Una nuova mentalità per la gestione delle risorse umane, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2025 (forthcoming) The following chapters are not to be considered 1, 4, 5, 13, 15 Further Readings (not mandatory): - Gabrielli G., Profili S. (2025), Organizzazione e Gestione delle Risorse Umane, IV Edizione, ISEDI - Capitolo 1 Capitolo 1, 9, 12 - Guerci M. (2011), La gestione delle risorse umane per la sostenibilità dell'impresa, FrancoAngeli, Milano - Lazazzara A., Za S. (2025), Intelligenza artificiale nei processi HR, FrancoAngeli, Milano - Ehnert I. (2009), Sustainable Human Resource Management, Phisica-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg - Macke J., Genari D. (2019) «Systematic literature review on sustainable human resource management», Journal of Cleaner Production 208 (2019) 806-815 - Kramar R. (2014), «Beyond strategic human resource management: is sustainable human resource management  the next approach?», The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25:8, 1069-1089

- Lessons - Teamwork and Laboratories - Case Study Analyses - Case Histories - Videos - Learning Pills

- Development ad discussion of a PROJECT WORK. The aim of the teamwork activity is to test students’ ability to analyze emerging issues in the domain of People Management and identify main managerial implications. The project work contributes for 1/3 to final grade. Project Work output is a final presentation during the last week of classes; during one dedicated meeting students will receive inputs to address their final presentation. - WRITTEN TEST (for students who have participated to the project work) consists of true/false questions to justify (up to 4 point each), multiple choice questions (up to 2 points) and a business case to be analysed and discussed in response to two open-ended questions (up to 16 points). The written exam contributes for 2/3 to final grade. - WRITTEN TEST (for students who have not participated to project work) fill be focused not only on the texts assigned for the course but also on further readings to be specified at the beginning of the course. This test consists of true/false questions to justify (up to 4 point each), multiple choice questions (up to 2 points) and a business case to be analysed and discussed in response to two open-ended questions (up to 16 points). Aim of the written test is to allow students to demonstrate that they have acquired the fundamental theoretical knowledge related to the course and can apply them, demonstrating autonomy and critical thinking.

The assignment of the final thesis is subject to the presentation of a proposal with: - thesis index/structure - abstract - main references