DADES IDENTIFICATIVES									2008_09
Assignatura	ECONOMIA DELS RECURSOS HUMANS							Codi	165091234
Ensenyament	Organització Industrial (2006)							Cicle	2on
Descriptors	Crèd.		Tipus	Curs	Període
	3		Optativa		Únic anual
Llengua d'impartició	Anglès Català
Departament	Economia
Coordinador/a	MAÑÉ VERNET, FERRAN				Adreça electrònica	ferran.mane@urv.cat
Professors/es	MAÑÉ VERNET, FERRAN
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Descripció general i informació rellevant	This course will examine applications of labor economics to business issues and firms' practices. Material will include both theoretical and empirical work. some of the topic to be covered include, but are not limited to, compensation practices, organizational structure, attracting, retaining and displacing workers or workplace practices.

Competències Codi   Objectius d'aprenentatge Objectius Competències This course uses economics to answer many of the practical questions that managers face when dealing with their personnel. For example, How do I set the appropriate hiring standards? Should I hire more workers or increase the hours of current workers? Should I pay workers based on their hours of work or on their output? How can I create incentives for my workers to work hard? When is a collective bargaining negotiation likely to end up in arbitration? How do I choose between buying out and laying off my workers? Which workers should I promote? Course Objectives The course objectives are: first, to provide students with a framework from which to judge the impact and appropriateness of various employment practices and second, to provide an opportunity to further critical analytical skills. Continguts Tema Subtema Theme 1: Hiring Workers A. Setting Hiring Standards 1. The Trade Off Between Highly-Skilled and Less Skilled Workers. 2. Hiring Risky Workers B. Hiring The Right People 1. Self-Selection and Contingent Contracts 2. Monitoring Costs C. Choosing the Mix of Workers and Hours D. Hiring Investments Theme 2: Educating and Training Workers A. Formal Education B. General and Specific On-The-Job Training C. Education as a Signal Theme 3: Compensating Workers A. Variable Pay or Straight Salary B. Bonuses or Penalties C. Non Monetary Compensation D. Bargaining and Arbitration Theme 4: Motivating Workers A. Promotions as Motivators 1. The Tournament Model 2. Absolute Versus Relative Performance B. Seniority-Based Incentive Schemes Theme 5: Firing and Laying Off Workers A. Turnover: Is It Desirable? B. Buyouts Versus Layoffs Theme 6: Organizing Workers A. Teams 1. The Use of Teams 2. Incentives in Teams 3. Choosing and Rotating Team Members 4. Worker Owned Firms B. The Employment Relationship 1. Outsourcing 2. Franchising C. The Job: Tasks and Authority Planificació Metodologies  ::  Proves   Competències (*) Hores a classe Hores fora de classe (**) Hores totals   (*) En el cas de docència no presencial, són les hores de treball amb suport vitual del professor. (**) Les dades que apareixen a la taula de planificació són de caràcter orientatiu, considerant l’heterogeneïtat de l’alumnat Metodologies Metodologies   Descripció Atenció personalitzada Descripció Avaluació   Descripció Pes   Altres comentaris i segona convocatòria Fonts d'informació Bàsica Complementària Recomanacions