Programme description for HR in Norwegian Working Life (2024–2025)
Facts about the program
- ECTS credits:
- 60
- Study duration:
- 1 year
- Organisation:
- Full-time
- Campus:
- Campus Kristiansand
- Study level:
- One-year programme
Table of contents
Study Model
Autumn 2024
For one-year students
- JU-207K Individual labor law 7.5 stp
- ORG213 Work Environment Development 7.5 stp
- ORG223 Staffing and Recruitment 7.5 stp
- ORG228 Introduction to HR Course page missing 7.5 stp
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Spring 2025
For one-year students
- ORG224 Work Environment and Conflicts 7.5 stp
- ORG229 The Collective Working Life Course page missing 7.5 stp
- ORG230 Competence Development and Learning Course page missing 7.5 stp
- ORG231 Internship in HR Course page missing 7.5 stp
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Learning outcomes
A candidate who has successfully completed this programme should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of general competence, knowledge and skills.
General competence
- awareness of the balance between participation and management, so that the company can be developed as a collaborative arena
- have a comprehensive understanding of how people and business can increase their learning
Knowledge
- have knowledge of key HR challenges in working life, especially organisational development, learning, human resources policy, work environment development and coaching
- know the central rules of labor law, especially collective labor law
- be able to analyse workplace contradictions, for example, that one must safeguard both collective and individual interests in a workplace, that a workplace can create both health and unhealth, that a workplace can be experienced both as a power arena and a participation arena and that a workplace should appear both as efficient and attractive
- be able to facilitate learning and innovative processes in a business
Skills
- have skills in developing personnel policy in a business
- have skills in managing organisational changes and dealing with work environment challenges
- have communication skills so that he / she can help develop human resources in a workplace
Admission requirements
Human Relations Management and Organisational Development is a third year option for bachelor students in Business Administration, and Marketing Management at the School of Business and Law.
External applicants with previous education and experience are also admitted to this one-year bachelor-level programme. Refer to the UiA admissions office for further details.
General description and profile of the programme
Teaching and learning methods
Language of instruction is Norwegian.
Contact student adviser for further details about teaching and learning methods.
Assessment methods
Internationalisation
International aspects are illustrated by comparing how HR management and organisational development are practiced in different parts of the world. Part of the syllabus is also international.
The language of instruction is Norwegian.
Exchange abroad is not facilitated in a one-year programme.