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Personnel Management

Course developer

Prior knowledge

JurZ2026, Basics of Law

VadZ2035, Document Management

Course abstract

Students will acquire theoretical and empirical knowledge of the management of staff, the nature of the management of staff, methods, functions, types of recruitment and job interviews, ways of stimulating employment, the principles of contact, the forms of expression of power to ensure the functioning of the organisation as much as possible, and to satisfy the collective interests in general and to support the needs of each individual employee.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

• Students will be able to: demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of theoretical principles of personnel management (Tests, a multiple choice test, practical assignments).
• Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the legal framework for personnel management (Seminars).
• Assess workforce sources (Test with calculations).
• Set personnel management goals in an organisation, independently acquire information and select the most proper personnel analysis tools, design and analyse a motivation system, processes and procedures for personnel management in the organisation (Practical assignments).
• Choose the most proper methods of personnel selection and conduct job interviews (Practical assignments).
• Independently analyse personnel management problems using the legal framework (Seminar).
• Responsibly plan the completion of the assignments given (Practical assignments).
• Engage in group work and assume responsibility for the results and an analysis of the group work (Practical assignments).
• Calculate, assess and substantiate the economic efficiency of exploiting workforce sources in business (Test).

• Independently define and analyse problems and find solutions to a particular personnel management problem based on the acquired competence in personnel management in business (Practical assignments, seminars).

Course Content(Calendar)

1. The concept of personnel management (Lecture 1 Hour).
2. Operational management of staff (Lectures 1 hour, practical 3 hours, seminars3 hours).
3. Personnel scheduling (Lecture 1 Hour, practical 1 Hour, seminar 1Hour).
4. Create an optimal organizational structure (Lecture 1 hour, practical 1 hour).
5. Multiple choice test (Practical 1 Hour)
6. Searching for personnel (Lecture 1 Hour).
7. Recruitment (Lecture 1 Hour).
8. Adaptation (Lecture 1 Hour).
9. Conducting Conversations (Lecture 1 Hour)..
10. Motivation (Lecture 1 hour, practical 1 Hour).
11. Test 1 (Practical 1 Hour)
12. Guiding styles (Lecture 1 Hour, practical 1 Hour).
13. Conflict management (Lecture 1 Hour).
14. Staff Evaluation (1 Hour, 2 Hours Seminar).

15. Test 2(Practical 1 Hour).

Requirements for awarding credit points

Formal test with a mark cumulative score (100%):
• Multiple choice test (10%)
• Test 1 (20%);
• Test 2 (20%);
• Practical assignments (50%);

10% are equal to one point on a 10-point marking scale.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Material studies on the management of staff.
Internet materials studies on the management of staff.
Preparations for practical works and seminars.

Preparation for test and Multiple choice test .

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

Formal test with a mark cumulative score

Compulsory reading

1.Vadīšanas pamati. Mācību līdzeklis LLU studentiem un maģistrantiem un lauku uzņēmēju kvalifikācijas paaugstināšanai. Sast. U.Ivans un S.Ruskule. Mālnava, 2006. 502 lpp.
2.Vorončuka I. Personāla vadība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2009. 399 lpp.
3.Ešenvalde I. Personāla vadības mūsdienu metodes. Rīga: Merkūrijs LAT, 2008. 349 lpp.
4.Forands I. Palīgs personāla speciālistam. Rīga: Latvijas Izglītības fonds, 2007. 251 lpp.
5.Boitmane I. Personāla atlase un novērtēšana. Rīga: Lietišķās informācijas dienests, 2006. 160 lpp.
6.Daft L. Management. 4th Edition. New York: The Dryden Press, 1997. 712 p.

7.Latvijas Republikas likumi un normatīvie akti. Pieejami http://www.likumi.lv

Further reading

1. Gibson L., Ivancevich M., Donnely H. Organizations. Behovior. Structure. Processes. 8th Edition. Irwin, Boston, Massachusetts, 1997. 521 p.
2. Bokums Z., Forands I. Personālvadības rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Kamene, 2000. 141 lpp.
3. Grāmatvedība un revīzija. LZRA Izglītības centrs. Rīga, 2002. g 1. izdevums “Personāla vadīšana un uzņēmuma konkurētspēja”.
4. Forands I. Personālvadība. Rīga: Biznesa augstskola “Turība”, 2000. 80 lpp.
5. Personāla vadīšana. Darba burtnīca studiju priekšmetā „Personāla vadīšana”. Sast. U.Ivans. Malnava, 2007. 63 lpp.
6. Ķeniņš K. G. Amerikas pieredze uzņēmumu vadībai. Izlase lietišķām pārrunām. Rīga: Apgāds “Biznesa partneri”, 2002. 168 lpp.
7. Horvards S. Veiksmīga karjera – Curriculum Vitae. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2001. 216 lpp.
8. Kalve I. Apseglot pārmaiņu vēju. Rīga: Biznesa augstskola “Turība”, 2000. 295 lpp.
9. Pikeringa P. Personāla vadība. Rīga: J.Rozes apgāds, 2002. 125 lpp.
10. Bērta Š. Kā pieteikties darbā. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1998. 95 lpp.
11. Cole G. A. Personnel management: theory and practice. London: Letts Educational, 1997. 410 p.
12. Ньюстром В., Джон Дю. К. Организационное поведение. Поведение человека на рабочем месте. Перевод с англ. Санкт – Петербург, 2000.

13. Шермерорн Дж., Хант Дж., Осборн Р. Организационное поведение. 8-е издание. Перевод с англ. Питер, 2004.

Notes

Sectoral professional specialisation course (Part B3) for the “Business management” specialisation direction of the professional bachelor's degree programme “Business activities and enterprise ma