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Personnel Management
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:12
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_007 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science; Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ivans Jānis Mihailovs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge in the field of economics and management. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students’ understanding about work with personnel, the role and function of a manager in organisations, as well as to upgrade their knowledge about practical aspects in daily personnel management. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Foundations of personnel management – organisation structure, personnel planning and evaluation, waging systems, labour law. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Role and tasks of a team leader in an organisation. Building and leading of a team. Motivation of employees. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Competences necessary to employees. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Different management styles. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Practical class. Situation analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Competences necessary to a manager. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Practical class. Situation analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Conflict situations in the work environment, their occurrence, types. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Resolution of conflict situations, theory and practice. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Practical class. Situation analysis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To link the knowledge obtained during lectures and practical classes with practice, developing a situation analysis about the specific personnel management situation from own experience. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation in lectures. Participation and activity in practical classes. Quality of fulfilment, presentation and defence of an independent work – situation analysis. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After mastering the course students understand the nature of personnel management in general, learn different management styles and methods, competences necessary to managers and employees, their evaluation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After mastering the course students use obtained knowledge analysing cases from students’ experience (situation analysis). Model team building and employee motivation situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After mastering the course students are able to analyse different personnel management situations, constructively resolving personnel management related matters. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Darba likums | ||||||||
| 2 | I. Daliba Personāla atlases mārketings. Kā rekrutēt veiksmīgāk. Mansards, 2017. | ||||||||
| 3 | I. Vorončuka Personāla vadība: teorija un prakse. Rīga, Latvijas Universitāte: 2009. | ||||||||
| 4 | I. Ešenvalde Personāla vadības mūsdienu metodes. Rīga, Merkūrijs LAT: 2008. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | M. Armstrong. Armstrong's Handbook on Human Resources Management Practice. Kogan Page Ltd, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | L. Spensers, S. Spensere. Darba kompetences. Rīga: Eiropersonāls SIA, 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Interneta portālu materiāli. | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvijas personāla vadības asociācija www.lpva.lv | ||||||||
| 3 | Human Resource Management www.humanresourcemanagement.co.uk | ||||||||
| 4 | HR Guide Homepage www.hr-guide.com | ||||||||
| 5 | Journal of Human Resources http://www.ssc.wise.edu/jhr/home.html | ||||||||
