79071 - THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION

Anno Accademico 2017/2018

  • Docente: Giulio Zanella
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • SSD: SECS-P/01
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

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.

Contenuti

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 Organizations

Testi/Bibliografia

Textbook: Personnel Economics in Practice, 3rd Edition by Edward Lazear and Michael Gibbs

Metodi didattici

Lectures and Class Project

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written exam + Class Project

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Talk, Slides, Discussions

Link ad altre eventuali informazioni

https://sites.google.com/site/giuliozanella/teaching

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Giulio Zanella