Universität Wien

040688 FK KFK ORPE/PÖ: Advanced Personnel Economics (2010W)

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

Credits earned in this class serve to partially fulfill the requirements of "Modul M3: Advanced Specializations" of the new "KFK Organisation & Personal" that is introduced beginning in Wintersemester 2010/11.
Important notice for students who have entered their studies of the "KFK Personalökonomik" (PÖ) before winter semester 2010/11:
The credits earned in this class can be fully transferred in completion of the old "KFK Personalökonomik" (PÖ).

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).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 12.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 19.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 09.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 16.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 23.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 30.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 07.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 14.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 11.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 18.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7
  • Tuesday 25.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Going beyond the fundamentals of incentive setting, this course discusses the enhanced incentive structure: lifetime employment contracts and pension incentives, reputational contracting and verification, fringe benefits, incentives to avoid sabotage, human capital investments, self-selection and recruitment. Rigorous analytics are combined with econometric models to test the theories implications.

Assessment and permitted materials

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 doctors sickness note at the chairs 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.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Readings

It is necessary that students prepare the selected chapters from textbooks listed in the course outline above. More references may be added as the course proceeds.

Association in the course directory

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