Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Professionally communicate and present original work both orally and in writing.
• Conduct scientific reasoning on complex or innovative management issues.
• Communicate and interact in a clear and structured manner, orally and in writing, on issues, analyses and projects.
• Present and structure data in a clear, precise, neutral, and non-oriented way.
• Act in an international and multicultural context.
• Assimilate the components of the social and economic environment of a company.
• Communicate and interact in a clear and structured manner, orally and in writing in two other language other than French, on issues, analyses and projects.
• Collaborate within a team and exercise leadership.
• Contribute to the coordination and animation of a team, by putting in place the most effective means of collaboration in a given situation.
• Plan activities so as to best utilise the time available.
• Be independent and regularly adapt to new contexts.
• Demonstrate independence and persevere, despite the difficulties or initial errors, to find an optimal solution.
• Understand interactions between companies and their socio-economic environments.
• Assimilate the components of the social and economic environment of a company.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the course, students will be able to apply microeconomic principles to problems related to human resource management, arising in the daily business life (compensation methods, diversity, job design, training, worker evaluation, hiring and firing, ...).

Content of UE

Personnel economic practices are numerous and changing (recruitment, remuneration, promotion, evaluation, training). The introduction briefly presents each of these practices, while some of them will be presented into detail. Scientific articles will be read and presented.
Econometric estimation techniques applied to panel data will also be approached, and then students will have to analyze the influence of a practice of personnel economics on a variable of performance, using the econometric software Stata.

Prior Experience

Econometrics.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Students will have to write a " mini " scientific article, developing the problematic and the results of their microeconometric analysis on the influence of a personnel economics practice on firm performance. An oral examination will be organized, where students will have to present their project. During the classes, students will also have to present a scientific article.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Students will have to write a " mini " scientific article, developing the problematic and the results of their microeconometric analysis on the influence of a personnel economics practice on firm performance. An oral examination will be organized, where students will have to present their project. During the classes, students will also have to present a scientific article.

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable.