Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
Exam form: Exam at the end of the semester (60 minutes)
This lecture and tutorium focus on the organisation of decentralised structures using theoretical models, empirical applications and relevant econometric methods. In addition, the impact of important institutional rules on problems of human resources management is discussed. The first part of the lecture concentrates on organizational problems of human resources management. Students gain in-depth knowledge on basic mechanisms of establishment organisation as well as the impact of important institutional rules in theory and empirical applications.
The literature will be announced during the first lecture.
Content
Introduction: Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations
Chapter 1: The Employment contract
Chapter 2: Motivation
Chapter 3: Employee resistance against reorganisations
Chapter 4: The role of works councils
Chapter 5: Works councils and the employer wage structure
Chapter 6: The behaviour of labour unions
Chapter 7: Credentials and signaling
Chapter 8: Demographic challenges of HRM
