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Department of Business and Economics
Bachelor

Personnel Economics: Economics meets Human Resource Management

Module: Module 8a-d: Microeconomics I
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Lukas Buchheim
M. Sc. Gregor Jost
Scope / Credits: 4 SWS / 7,5 Credits
Course type: Lecture and exercise
Language: German 
Date and place: Lecture: Monday, 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., M127
Exercise: Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12 a.m., M127
Beginning: October 09th, 2023
Exam: Oral or written exam

Contents overview

Personnel economics deals with personnel decisions of companies from an economic, strategic perspective. The course applies methods of microeconomics to entrepreneurial questions such as optimal personnel planning (hiring and firing), optimal remuneration depending on the job profile or in-service learning. The theoretical considerations are flanked by the discussion of corresponding empirical evidence.

Competences

This course enables students to evaluate business personnel decisions from an economic perspective. This includes both the understanding of central theoretical trade-offs and their empirical relevance.

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