Course Objectives

Students will learn how to assess and implement personnel measures in workplaces. The course will increase the student’s understanding of what improvements may be achieved concerning the augmentation and development of the staff’s competence, and how this may be of great strategic importance for businesses.

Course Description

• Developmental trends in the workplace
• The main elements of personnel administration
• Important stages of the recruitment process
• Health, environment and safety requirements in the workplace
• Performance appraisal
• Job-descriptions
• Working hours arrangements
• The effect of various types of incentives in stimulating motivation and goal-achievement
• Methods and systems for competence development
• Methods and accepted practices for reducing the number of employees

Learning Methods

2-3 hours of lectures per week.

During the semester, we will plan and carry out a number of practical exercises related to personnel administration measures, which will be organised as group work. Visits to businesses and guest lectures may also be scheduled to allow the students to gain experience with the way personnel administration is actually practiced in the workplace.

Assessment Methods

Obligatory group exercise that must receive a passing grade before the students take the final examination. The course concludes with a four-hour examination.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean