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Study Plan
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Laurea magistrale in International Economics and Business - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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Economics of incentives and motivation (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S008987
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/01 - ECONOMICS
Period
primo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Oct 4, 2021 al Dec 17, 2021.
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to Personnel Economics, the application of economic approaches to classical questions in human resources management. The course aims to provide students with appropriate tools to analyze and interpret the motivations and behavior of agents in the labor market and within organizations. The course will use the most recent results of behavioral economics and organizational behavior to offer a rich and complete account of human motivation in the workplace. The student will be able to assess and judge the implications deriving from different managerial choices to increase workers’ productivity without decreasing their overall well-being.
Program
Alle the materials will be uploaded on the Moodle page of the course.
The course will cover the following topics:
1. Intro
2. Hiring
3. Modelling heterogeneity: preferences and personality
4. Organizational design
5. Job design
6. Incentives and pay for performance
7. Sorting and matching
8. Corporate culture
9. Leadership
Bibliography
Examination Methods
The exam is composed of two parts.
First part: the class will be divided in groups composed by three students each. Each group will pretend to be a Human Resource team in a firm and each group will be assigned a fictitious problem that the firm may have. Based on the scientific literature, each group will present a solution to the whole class at the end of the lectures. This part will count 40% of the final grade.
Second part: written exam composed of two questions which can be either exercises or essay-type questions. The exam will last 60 minutes. This part will count 60% of the final grade.
