- Docente: Giulio Zanella
- Credits: 5
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Health Economics and Management (cod. 8880)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics and Economic Policy (cod. 8420)
Learning outcomes
This course deals with important aspects of the employment relationship within healthcare organizations, such as worker motivation and incentives, compensation schemes, selection of managers and employees, teamwork and the organization of work more generally. The first part of the course sets the stage by providing the theoretical background, and by presenting selected empirical evidence. The second part focuses on special topics, case studies, and organizational design pertaining to the management of human resources (personnel, in particular) in healthcare organizations.
Course contents
The inflow of skills: Recruitment
Increasing workers' skills: Training
Using workers' skills: Job Design
Encouraging the use of skills: Incentives
The outflow of skills: Turnover
Applications to Healthcare OrganizationsReadings/Bibliography
Textbook: Personnel Economics in Practice, 3rd Edition by Edward Lazear and Michael Gibbs
Teaching methods
Lectures and Class Project
Assessment methods
Written exam + Class Project
Teaching tools
Talk, Slides, Discussions
Links to further information
https://sites.google.com/site/giuliozanella/teaching
Office hours
See the website of Giulio Zanella