Universität Wien

040388 KU Personnel Economics I (MA) (2017S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 02.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 07.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 09.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 14.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 16.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 21.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 23.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 28.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 30.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
    Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 04.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 06.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 25.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 27.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
  • Tuesday 02.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 7 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Thursday 04.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 4 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Topics of this course include:
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

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.

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.

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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