INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR ENHANCING THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to show how an Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) can be used to develop learners' skills on the Human Resource (HR)-Performance relationship, utilizing a systemic approach. The ILE is viewed as a powerful tool for analysing complex social systems and improving decision-making processes in the field of HR performance relationship. The ILE encourages learners to use the systems thinking perspective to understand how HR managers and professionals can achieve their sustainable organizational goals by considering multiple scenarios based on the characteristics of the internal and external environment in which the organization operates. Additionally, the ILE enable learners to reinforce their learning about how to identify the causal structures underlying the HRperformance relationship and to proactively experiment with the HR system through simulation. In fact, the ILE provides a simulated real business environment, where learners virtually manage their own company, assuming different roles to enact real-life scenarios about the HR performance relationship. The ILE also embody a section specifically aimed to permit the online assessment of learners’ learning outcomes. Such an assessment will be carried out by measuring those parameters aimed at gauging the viability, effectiveness, and efficiency of their decisions to run a firm operating in a specific environment. The ILE is designed to foster interaction and cooperation among group actors (learners and trainers) as a shared foundation for scientifically rigorous conversations around effective and sustainable decisions concerning HR-performance relationship.