040388 KU Personnel Economics I (MA) (2019S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 11.02.2019 09:00 to We 20.02.2019 12:00
- Registration is open from Tu 26.02.2019 09:00 to We 27.02.2019 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 14.03.2019 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Am Do. 14.03.2019 entfällt der Kurs. Diese Kurseinheit wird nachgeholt.
Thursday
07.03.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday
21.03.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday
28.03.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday
04.04.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday
11.04.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday
02.05.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday
09.05.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday
16.05.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday
23.05.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
Thursday
06.06.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Thursday
13.06.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Thursday
27.06.
18:30 - 20:00
Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Two open-book exams (midterm and final exam).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Classroom participation is immanently relevant for examination („dieser Kurs ist
eine Lehrveranstaltung mit immanentem Prüfungscharakter“). To pass the course,
students must collect at least half of the total points of the combined two exams,
the midterm and the final exam.
Make-up exams are only available for students on sick leave (documented by
immediately handing in a doctor’s sickness note at the chair’s office) or leaves
supported by formal decision of the university, the faculty, and/or the institute. No
passing grade may be granted if the student misses more than 10% of the total
class time.
eine Lehrveranstaltung mit immanentem Prüfungscharakter“). To pass the course,
students must collect at least half of the total points of the combined two exams,
the midterm and the final exam.
Make-up exams are only available for students on sick leave (documented by
immediately handing in a doctor’s sickness note at the chair’s office) or leaves
supported by formal decision of the university, the faculty, and/or the institute. No
passing grade may be granted if the student misses more than 10% of the total
class time.
Examination topics
To study for the open-book exams it is necessary that students prepare all readings
and home-works provided by during the lecture.
and home-works provided by during the lecture.
Reading list
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:29
I. Introduction
(a) Effective vs. efficient contracting: the Salomon Brothers case
(b) Reasons for contractual incompleteness
(c) Some basic terms to describe compensation systems
II. Selection and Recruitment
(a) Setting the Base Wage
(b) Private Information and Pre-Contractual Opportunism
(c) Foundations of Adverse Selection Problems
(d) Signaling and Segmented Labor Markets
(e) Screening for Recruitment
(f) Human Capital Investments as Bonding Devices
III. Setting Incentives
(a) Forms of Incentive Pay
(b) The Basics of Effective Incentives
(c) The Trade-off in Explicit Performance Pay Contracts
(d) The LEN-Model: Developing the “Rules of Thumb” of Incentive Setting