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040220 SE Seminar Organization and Personnel (MA) (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Vetschera , Moodle
2 Gillenkirch , Moodle

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 information is available for each group.

Groups

Group 1

service email address: opim.bda@univie.ac.at

max. 24 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock (Kickoff Class)
  • Monday 29.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 02.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 16.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 23.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 13.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 20.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 27.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

The focus of this seminar is on the concept of bounded rationality and its impact on the design of organizations. We will review concepts of bounded rationality, their relationship to institutions in general and their relationship to specific variables of organizational design. In addition to this substantive element, the seminar also serves as a training in writing scientific papers, to prepare you for writing the Master thesis.

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar paper (group) (55%)
Oral presentation (group) (20%)
Discussion paper (individual) (15%)
In-class participation (10%)

All papers submitted will be checked for plagiarism and the rules published on our homepage will be strictly enforced.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance, oral presentation, seminar paper, discussion paper.

Successful completion of the course requires 50%:

• Grade 4: > 50%
• Grade 3: > 63%
• Grade 2: > 75%
• Grade 1: > 87,5%

Examination topics

Oral presentation
Seminar paper
Discussion paper
Attendance

Reading list

References will be provided on Moodle

Group 2

service email address: opim.bda@univie.ac.at

max. 24 participants
Language: English
LMS: Moodle

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.03. 17:00 - 18:30 Digital (Kickoff Class)
  • Wednesday 22.05. 08:45 - 16:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 23.05. 08:45 - 16:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 24.05. 08:45 - 09:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 24.05. 09:45 - 11:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 24.05. 11:30 - 13:45 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

The student will achieve knowledge on issues in incentive design and performance evaluation in various business contexts with a focus on how financial compensation affects behavior. She/he will read scientific literature on the subject assigned to her/him and write a paper on the topic. During seminar sessions, the student will present her/his paper and participate in discussions about the findings of her/his and other participant’s papers.
Contents: Topics come from three subject areas (with four topics in each area), addressing selected topics in research that have been popular in the last two decades. The first area is about how incentives can be designed to positively affect task performance in tasks that are not reflected in the standard economic models of incentive design. The second area is about the choice of performance measures in incentive design, the third area is about executive compensation.
Method: Scientific writing of papers, presentations, interactive group discussions

Assessment and permitted materials

Seminar paper 60%; Presentation and classroom participation 40%
The course grading is based on the seminar thesis, its presentation in the seminar sessions, and active participation in discussions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Successful participation requires students to complete a paper of acceptable quality on the topic assigned to her/him, to make an acceptable presentation of the own topic in class, and to actively participate in the seminar during all sessions.
Assessment scale: Excellent (sehr gut, 1), good (gut, 2), satisfactory (befriedigend, 3), sufficient (ausreichend, 4), insufficient (ungenügend, 5).

Examination topics

See assessment above.

Reading list

General introductory reading: Lazear, E. P. (2018). Compensation and incentives in the workplace. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(3), 195-214; Conyon, M. J. (2006). Executive compensation and incentives. Academy of Management Perspectives, 20(1), 25-44.
Topic-specific suggested additional readings can be found in the course syllabus.

Association in the course directory

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