People and Busi­ness De­vel­op­ment Pro­ject

Course content

The three preceding modules build a capability in applying conceptual and analytical insight into HRM and Business development to practical organizational cases. The business development project is an opportunity to exercise this capability in full scale and range, while still receiving the structured feedback, reflection and supplementary theoretical input needed to hone this capability to be ready for the final test: The concluding thesis.

The “people and business development project” is a project carried out in close collaboration with a host organization about a HRM and business development and transformation problem which the organization is undertaking or contemplating. The work of the students will be based on part fieldwork-based research and part academically founded consultation. The field-work will include doing research on-site at least half of the time of the project, e.g. attached to a relevant unit/staff in the host –organization. The resulting work are required to be analytical and evidence-based drawing on the learning and capabilities built in the preceding three courses’ focus on context, value and change both in terms of theory and analytical competence.

Furthermore, the result will be tested in an examination assessing academic quality as well as the practical value as assessed by the host organization.