- 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 presents fundamental economic theory and modelling behind management decisions taken in healthcare organizations. Specific case studies will be considered among HRM issues, clinical decision making, investment decisions. The general approach will structure management decision around the analysis of implied tradeoffs and constraints on available resources after having set the stage by presenting selected empirical evidence. The second part focuses on organizational design pertaining to the specific management decisions considered in healthcare organizations.
Course contents
Topics include the selection and recruitment of employees, job design, employee training, motivating and providing incentives to employees, designing compensation schemes, managing turnover, solving retention problems. The course provides theoretical background using the analytical tools of economics and presents empirical evidence from research in the field.
Readings/Bibliography
Personnel Economics in Practice, 3rd Edition by Edward Lazear and Michael Gibbs.
Teaching methods
Lectures (in class and/or remotely, depending on public health updates for in Semester 2)
Assessment methods
The exam consists of an individual presentation and discussion of a research article related to the topics studied in class, chosen from a list prepared by the instructor.
Office hours
See the website of Giulio Zanella