Provide conceptual categories and tools to understand and discuss the implications of the ongoing labor transformation – primarily driven by globalization, growing competitiveness and digital transformation - on human resource management practices. The course, focusing on the cultural, business and technological issues that sustain the most significant Human Capital Trends, will help students in understanding the essential contribution provided by HRM to organizations’ long-term success. In this framework, the course will be focused on the following topics: i) performance management (tools and different perspectives) and employees’ development, with particular regard to models and practices of Talent Management; ii) Reward Management, according to the Total Reward model. Discussions, Case Studies, readings and skills-oriented activities will be applied to each topics.

Knowledge and understanding: students -by participating in lectures, team works and other activities- will acquire basic knowledge regarding human resource management, with a focus on compensation management; 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. During the course this knowledge will be assessed through discussions, case study activities, teamwork and laboratories. 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. 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 – discussions during classes, case histories, teamwork –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.

1. Human Capital Trends. Challenges posed by the most important Human Capital Trends to leadership and HR Functions. 2. Organizational and HR Sustainbility paradigm. Implications on leadership and people management 3. Attracting, retaining and motivating: the effect of purpose seeking, psychological contract in different generations . 4. Evaluate, differentiate and value people: models and tools of Performance Management: a critical perspective. 5. Talent Management in the new scenario: priorities and main issues. 6. The Total Reward approach and non-monetary benefits. 7. Compensation Management and participation schemes in the sustainability era 8. Benefit and corporate welfare: evolution and perspectives.

Gabrielli G., La sfida organizzativa dell’impresa 4.0. Il lavoro e la leadership tra nuovi spazi e nuovi tempi, Aguaplano, Perugia, 2019 Gabrielli G., People management, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2010, capp. 3,4,5 Gabrielli G., Ricompensare: reward management e politiche retributive, in Gabrielli G., Profili S. (2020), Organizzazione e gestione delle risorse umane, Isedi, Torino III edizione, cap. 11 Gabrielli G., Welfare aziendale: un laboratorio di innovazione e di sfide per il management delle risorse umane e della remunerazione in Frigelli U. (2020), HR. Le nuove frontiere, FrancoAngeli, Milano Further readings will be provided via learn.luiss.it

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

Students will be evaluated as follows: - INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: during classes of 5th week of the course, students will be asked to prepare a short essay focused on material previously provided (eg. Academic papers, consulting reports). The score obtained with the individual assignment contributes for 20% to final grade. The score is valid only within this academic year (until February 2024) but it can be used just once. If a student fails the final written exam (grade >18) or rejects the grade, he/she loses the evaluation achieved with individual assignment. - 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 50% to final grade. Project Work output is a final presentation during the last week; moreover, during 2 update meetings students are asked to produce intermediate outputs. The project work score is valid only within this academic year (until February 2024) but it can be used just once; if a student fails (grade >18) or rejects the grade, he/she loses the evaluation achieved with the project work; - WRITTEN TEST (for students who have completed the individual assignment and the project work) will be focused on consists of true/false questions to justify (up to 4 point each) and multiple choice questions (up to 2 points). The written exam contributes for 30% to final grade. In order to keep scores obtained in the individual assignment and project works for other written tests, students must leave the exam session within the first 15 minutes. - WRITTEN TEST (for students who have not completed the individual assignment and/or the project work; have refused the scores or have failed the written exam) fill be focused not only on the texts assigned for the course but also on further material to be specified at the beginning of the course. It consists of a case discussion (up to 8 points) and a mix of true/false questions to justify (up to 4 points each) and multiple choice questions. It contributes for 100% of the final grade. 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. An excellent level of analysis of the business case and the correct answer to all the open questions will result in a score of 30/30 cum laude.

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