Learning Goals / Competencies:

Basic Knowledge:

•     By the end of the semester, you will be familiar with the central triad of human resource management: “Compensation & Benefits” as the remuneration for employee performance, which is subject to assessment and measurement (“Performance Management”) and, in turn, requires the “Motivation” of the participants.

•     You will have a broad overview of the key goals, principles, concepts, and practices in these areas.

•     This includes, among other things, motivation theories related to employee performance readiness, goal agreements, performance measurement, employee discussions and feedback, as well as forms and systems of compensation, wage determination, pay equity, and employee benefits.

•     In particular, you will be well-acquainted with the tools that employees and managers need to know in detail.

•     Furthermore, you will have a basic understanding of the additional expertise typically possessed by HR professionals in this field, including the various concepts, methods, and areas of work that exist.

Reflection skills & action competence:

•     You will be able to translate this knowledge into practical action, mastering the learned tools in your role as a (future) employee or as a leader in very specific operational application scenarios.

•     In doing so, you will be able to explain the specific benefits, as well as describe inherent risks and implications, critically assess them (implementation errors? Fairness? Transparency? etc.), and take them into account in specific situations.

•     This will equip you with the necessary tools to successfully tackle central human resource management tasks that every employee should master—even if they will not be working "in the HR department."

Content (Overview):

•     Framework conditions

•     Motivation (Content and Process Theories)

•     Performance (Goal Setting, Performance Appraisal, Assessment Errors, Employee Discussions)

•     Compensation (Determination of Salary, Total Compensation, Benefits, Company Pension Plans)

Methods:

•     Seminar-style teaching

•     Case studies, research

•     Exercises, individual and group work

•     Discussions and presentations

Literature:

·     Bartscher, Thomas/Stöckl, Juliane/Träger, Thomas, Personalmanagement. Grundlagen, Handlungsfelder, Praxis, München etc. (Pearson) 1. Aufl. 2012.

·     Dessler, Gary, Human Resource Management, Boston etc. (Pearson) 16. Aufl. 2019.

·     Holtbrügge, Dirk, Personalmanagement, Berlin (Springer Gabler) 8. Aufl. 2022.

·     Scholz, Christian (Hrsg.), Vahlens Großes Personallexikon, München (C.H. Beck/Vahlen) 2009.

·     Scholz, Christian/Scholz, Tobias M., Grundzüge des Personalmanagements, München (Vahlen) 3. Aufl. 2019.

·     Stein, Volker, Personalmanagement für Dummies, Weinheim (Wiley-VCH), 1. Aufl. 2013.

Further literature will be announced during the course.