It is recommended that the student has taken electives, itineraries or mentions related to business strategy in their undergraduate studies. For the University of Castilla-La Mancha, it is recommended that the student has taken the Strategic Management and Marketing mention of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management or the Human Resources Management mention of the Bachelor's Degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources Development.

This compulsory subject is part of the common module Business Strategy, within the subject "Advanced Strategic Management", which also includes the subjects Innovation Strategies and Knowledge Management and Corporate and International Strategies. It is taught in the first semester of the Master's Degree in Business Strategy and Marketing.

It deepens into the need to make an adjustment between human resources practices and the company's strategy. It analyzes the impact that strategic human resources management can have on business results. Special attention is given to a very topical issue in relation to the human factor: ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Course competences
Code	Description
E01	Ability to understand the general management approach and how decisions taken influence the competitiveness of the company.
E03	Ability to study the implications for the company's general management of acting in a global, intercultural and dynamic environment.
E05	Ability to consider external and internal approaches to business competitiveness, balancing the factors of adaptation of the company to its environment and of internal organisational integration.
E12	Ability to determine the influence of management style on the formulation and implementation of the company's strategy.
G01	Capacity for analysis and synthesis of specialized literature in order to interpret it from a critical perspective.
G02	Oral communication skills in Spanish and English for the presentation of projects, as well as the defense of reports, communications to congresses and scientific meetings.
G03	Written communication skills in Spanish and English for the writing of projects, as well as the defense of reports, communications to congresses and scientific meetings.
G05	Ability to work as a team in groups, and to cooperate in the implementation of projects, working papers, communications and scientific articles.
G07	Ability to understand the ethical responsibility and professional deontology of the activity of senior decision makers in the field of strategy, including aspects such as the recognition of human rights or gender issues
G08	Ability for continuous, self-directed and autonomous learning at project level.
G09	Ability to develop an innovative and creative attitude applied to the solution of strategic and research problems

Course learning outcomes
Description
To understand the management of the company according to a strategic approach, deepening in the assumptions on which this general management model is based, such as the levels of the strategy, the strategic objectives, strategy formulation and implementation, the internal and external factors of competitiveness and the adaptation of the company to its environment.
To detect the main internal, external and discretionary contingencies on which the success of a strategy depends.
To design strategies that are adapted to the contingencies that are identified in a creative manner.
Additional outcomes
Description
-To know the main theories that relate human resources practices and business results. -To understand the process of formulating human resources strategies -To analyze the process of implementing human resources strategies. - To discuss the results achieved in the main existing empirical studies. - To analyze the ethics and social responsibility of specific companies. - To deepen in current issues such as competency management and diversity management. - To understand the implications of internationalization in the human resources management process.

• Unit 1: Strategic Management of Human Resources
• Unit 2: Formulation of Human Resources Strategies
• Unit 3: Determining variables of the HR strategy (leadership, team management)
• Unit 4: Implementation of HR Strategies (HR Strategic Audit)
• Unit 5: Diversity management (outsourcing, retention and break-up strategies)
• Unit 6: Competency-based management
• Unit 7: ICTs applied to Human Resources Management
• Unit 8: New Challenges in HR Management

Training Activity	Methodology	Related Competences	ECTS	Hours	As	Com	Description
Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE]	Combination of methods	E01 E03 E05 E12 G01 G02 G03 G05 G07 G08 G09	0.75	18.75	Y	N	Combination of learning methodologies
Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE]	Combination of methods	G09	1	25	N	N	Master classes
Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE]	Assessment tests	E03 G01 G08 G09	1	25	Y	Y	Preparation of Evaluations
Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE]			1	25	Y	N
Final test [ON-SITE]	Assessment tests	E01 E03 E05 E12 G01 G02 G03 G05 G07 G08 G09	0.25	6.25	Y	N	Evaluation of the competencies acquired by the students
Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE]			1	25	Y	N
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE]			1	25	Y	N
Total:			6	150
Total credits of in-class work: 2			Total class time hours: 50
Total credits of out of class work: 4			Total hours of out of class work: 100

As: Assessable training activity
Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).

Evaluation System	Continuous assessment	Non-continuous evaluation *	Description
Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies	30.00%	0.00%	Delivered Cases
Final test	70.00%	100.00%	Final work.
Total:	100.00%	100.00%

Not related to the syllabus/contents
Hours	hours

Unit 1 (de 8): Strategic Management of Human Resources
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 2 (de 8): Formulation of Human Resources Strategies
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 3 (de 8): Determining variables of the HR strategy (leadership, team management)
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 4 (de 8): Implementation of HR Strategies (HR Strategic Audit)
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	4

Unit 5 (de 8): Diversity management (outsourcing, retention and break-up strategies)
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 6 (de 8): Competency-based management
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 7 (de 8): ICTs applied to Human Resources Management
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	1.5
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Unit 8 (de 8): New Challenges in HR Management
Activities	Hours
Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods]	2
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Assessment tests]	3

Global activity
Activities	hours

Author(s)	Title	Book/Journal	Citv	Publishing house	ISBN	Year	Description	Link	Catálogo biblioteca
Albizu, E.; Landeta, J.	Dirección Estratégica de los Recursos Humanos: Teoría y Práctica		Madrid	Pirámide	978-84-368-2528-2	2011
Alles, Martha Alicia	Dirección estratégica de recursos humanos : Gestión por com			Granica	950-641-317-7	2000
Sastre Castillo, Miguel Ángel	Dirección de recursos humanos : un enfoque estratégico			McGraw-Hill	84-481-3918-6	2003
Valle Cabrera, J.R.	La Gestión Estratégica de los Recursos Humanos		Madrid	Pearson-Prentice Hall	84-205-3673-3	2004
Werther, William B.	Administración de personal y recursos humanos : el capital h			McGraw-Hill	978-970-10-5913-5	2008