Rīgas pedagoģijas un izglīTĪbas vadības augstskola

The title of the study course: Fundamentals of economy

The title of the study program: Personnel management
Amount: 4creditpoints, 6 ECTS
The author and the staff of the course: Dr. oec. Docent Sarmīte Jēgere
The aim of the course:

To develop students’ omprehension on the principles of economy management. To introduce theories of economics, connecting them to the practical implementation in the profession of the personnel manager

The envisaged results:

Students have to understand the process, causes, coherences, various economy unit correlations in the system of economics. Students have to find their orientation in publications on economy issues, as well as to assess how the economy development tendencies will influence various branches, enterprises, personnel management processes in organisations and the student individual opportunities.

Students’ task is to become acquainted with and empower their knowledge on different enterprise operation aspects (launching, strategy, finance management, marketing, international business and its regularities), to understand correlations among these aspects.

Thematic plan of the course

No	Theme	Contact lessons	Student autonomous work hours
1	Macroeconomics basic indices. Gross national product and gross domestic product. Nominal and real gross product. National economy indices.	2	8
2	Latvia’s business environment, economy development. Role of the state in economy, state functions and budget.	2	8
3	Latvia’s macroeconomics situation	2	8
4	Banks. Two level bank system. Commerce bank operation. The role of the central bank, monetary policy.	2	8
5	Types and forms of credits. Decisive factors of interest rates. Types of credit insurance. Analysis of client credit solvency. Personal and material credit solvency.	3	12
6	The European Union principles. US history and institutions. Structural funds, Cohesion funds, Community initiatives, pre- accession instruments – ISPA, SAPARD and PHARE.	3	12
7	Labour force demand and supply, labour market, employment and unemployment, types of unemployment, its economic consequences.	5	20
8	Economic growth. Inflation and stagflation. Inflation consequences. Inflation in Latvia, its problems and solutions.	2	8
9	Commerce transaction survey and types of enterprises in Latvia. Organisation structure. Organisation and personnel.	2	8
10	Currency course analysis and development peculiarities. Investment and insurance markets.	2	8
11	Main principles and indices of international economy. International trade. Transnational economic relations (contracts, tariffs, external tariff trade limits), export and import in Latvia. World trade organisation (WTO) and UNO Trade and cooperation conference (UNCTAD). Influence of external trade on the consumer, off-shore zones.	4	16
12	Modules of business plan/project creation. Risk analysis.	4	16
	Total:	32	128

Autonomous work planning:

No	Theme	Type of work	Assessment form
1	Latvia’s business environment	Project	Presentation
2	Bank operations	Literature studies	Individual control
3	Opportunities to use the European Union funds	Literature studies	Individual control, a seminar
4	Business plan	Project	Presentation

Literature:

1. 
   Stenleiks Dž. F. Ekonomikas pamati, Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997
   
2. 
   Ekonomika, Rīga: Jumava, 1996
   
3. 
   Vilne D., Birzniece J. Ekonomika, Rīga: Kamene, 2001
   
4. 
   Siņicins M. Biznesa ekonomiskie pamati, RaKa, 2001
   
5. 
   Ekonomikas un ārējās tirdzniecības pamati, Jumava, 1997
   
6. 
   Biznesa pamati, RaKa, 1998
   
7. 
   Libermanis G., Ceļvedis ekonomikā, R.: Kamane, 1998.
   
8. 
   Libermanis G. , Tirgus ekonomikas pamati un Latvija ceļā uz Eiropas Savienību, I daļa, R:Kamene, 2000
   
9. 
   Libermanis G. Makroekonomikas: teorija un Latvijas attīstības problēmas –I, Rīga: Kamene, 1999
   
10. 
    Šenfelde M., Ņikitina I., Lapiņa I. Makroekonomika, Rīga, Kamene, 2004
    
11. 
    Avena K. Starptautiskā ekonomika, Turība mācību
    
12. 
    Kassalis E. Makroekonomika, ievadkurss makroekonomikā, Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, Valsts Administrācijas skola, 1995
    
13. 
    Dzelmīte M., Volodina M. Uzdevumi mikroekonomikā R.: Izglītības soļi, 2002.
    
14. 
    Latvijas mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu attīstība. Nacionālā programma 1997.-2001.g., R.: LR Ekonomikas ministrija, 1997
    
15. 
    Nešpors V., Ruperte I., Saulītis J., Mikroekonomika Dr.oec. V.Nešpora redakcijā, Kamene, R:2000.
    

16. Oļevskis G., Kuzmina I., Mazais bizness Latvijā un valsts atbalsta

nepieciešamība tā attīstībai, R.: LU, 1998.

Confirmed by

the sitting of the department of Economics and entrepreneurship

17 November 2005

Head of the department: Jānis Viržbickis

Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy

Riga, Imantas 7.līnija, L V -1083, telephone:[phone], fax:[phone]
The Description of the Study Course
The title of the study course: Fundamentals of management
The title of the study program: Personnel management
Amount: 4 credit points, 6 ECTS
The author and the staff of the course: Lecturer Mag.sc.soc. M.Virbale

The aim of the course:

a) To acquaint the students with the fundamentals of management, management aims and methods, as well as to management process in the organisation.

b) To develop their skills on the theoretical level, to be competent in management processes.

The envisaged results: To develop notion and knowledge on the management skills, organisational types, organisational corporative culture, management styles and their implementation, etc.

• 
  Skills to set organisational aims, and to project the organisational vision.
  
• 
  Comprehend the quality system, project management, as well as strategic management.
  

The content of the course:
Thematic plan of the course

No	Theme	Contact lessons		Student autonomous work hours
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
1.	What is management? Management cycle, its modules-functions.		1		4
2.	Types of management. Innovative management. Personnel management.		1		4
3.	Organisations. Types of organisations and their characteristics.		2		8
4.	The mission and aims of the organisation.		1		4
5.	Types of organisational structure. The basic principles of the structure - Matrix structure’s pros and cons.		2		8
6.	External environment direct factors influencing the running of the organisation. M. Porter’s five factor theory. Consumers.		1		4
7.	External environment indirect factors influencing the running of the organisation. Political environment.		1		4
8.	Types of decisions and the methods of decision-making.		1		4
9.	Strategy, Analysis, Planning, Management. PEST method of analysis.		2		8
10.	Strategy analysis. SWOT method.		2		8
11.	Strategic planning – Centralisation, Decentralisation.		2		8
12.	Structural change – its necessity, causes, accomplishment.		2		8
13.	Organisational culture, main principles of its development.		2		8
14.	Project management, main principles.		2		8
15.	Personnel management - adaptation, training, assessment.		2		8
16.	Types of motivation, opportunities.		2		8
17.	Manager .Formal power, manager as a leader.		2		8
18.	Management styles, their characteristics and implementation.		2		8
19.	Total quality management (TQM)		2		8
	Total		32		128

Autonomous work planning:

No	Theme	Type of work	Assessment form
1.	Analysis of the organisation	Project	Work defence
2.	Management in Latvia and beyond	Report	Work defence
3.	Organisational change	Seminar	Presentation
4.	Organisational culture analysis	Autonomous work	Test
5.	Situation analysis	Team-work

The study course acquisition assessment form: Examination in the form of a test.
The course studied in the Latvian language
Suggested literature:

1. 
   Praude V.,Belčikovs J.Menedžments-Rīga,Vaidelote,1997.-416lpp
   
2. 
   Certo,Samuel C.Principles of modern managment; Functions and systems.
   

3. Cole,Gerald A Managment;Theory and practice.London;DP Publicacions,1993

3. 
   Optner ,Stanford L Systems Analysis for Business Managment,Prentice –Hall.1960
   
4. 
   Cooke S,Slack N. Making Managment Decisions 2 nd ed Prentice,New York 1991
   
5. 
   Yong ,Stanley .Managment :a SYSTEMS ANALYSIS .Scott.Foresman and Company .Glenview –Illinois,1966
   
6. 
   Johsin R,Kast F,Rosenweig J.The theory and managment of systems,Prentice-Hall,Inc,Englewood Cliffs,N.J.1960
   

Literature:

8. 
   Bass B.M. Lidership and Performance beyond Expenctations. - Free Press, New Yourk:1994.
   
9. 
   Brown A. (1998). Organisational Culture. London, Hong Kong: Financial
   
10. 
    Times Pitman Publishing
    
11. 
    Shein E. (1998). Organisational Culture and Leadership.
    
12. 
    San-Francisco, London: Jossey – Bass Publishers
    
13. 
    AMA management handbook / William K. Fallon, ed. - 2nd ed. - New York : Amacom, 1983. - XXV, several pagination : ill., tab. - Ind. at the and of
    
14. 
    Armstrong M. “’A Handbook of Personnel Management Practice”’ – London.:” Kogan Page”, 1996
    
15. 
    Bokums Z., Forands I. “Personālvadības rokasgrāmata”, R.“Kamene” 2000. 141.lpp.
    
16. 
    Forands I. “Personālvadība” Turības mācību centrs, 1997. 72.lpp.
    
17. 
    Green Paul C. Building robust competencies : linking human resource systems to organizational strategies. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers,
    
    1. 
       1999. - XX, 213 p. - Bibliogr.: P.199-204.
       
18. 
    Heneman III Herbert G. Personnel/human resource management / Herbert G. Heneman III, Donald P. Schwab, John A. Fossum, Lee D. Dyer. - 4^th ed. - Homewood : Irwin, 1989. - XII, 740 p. : tab., graph. - (The Irwin series in management and the behavioral sciences). - Bibliogr. at the end of chap. -Name ind.: p. 719-726. - Subject ind.: p. 727-740.
    
19. 
    Heery Edmund. a Dictionary of human resource management / Edmund Heery, Mike Noon. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001. - XXVII, 449 p. 30
    
20. 
    Holbeche Linda. Aligning human resources and business strategy / Linda Holbeche. - Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, 2001. – Bibliogr.nodaļu beigās.
    
21. 
    Holbeche L.”Motivating people in lean organizations.1998.
    
22. 
    V.Dubra “Cilvēks darbavietai vai darbavieta cilvēkam”, “Biznesa partneri” Nr.11, 30.lpp., 1999.
    
23. 
    Contemplative leadership for entrepreneurial organizations; paradigms, metaphors and wicked problems.1998.
    
24. 
    Ilmete Ž., Poišs R. “Personāla vadīšana Latvijā: pieredzes un vīzijas”, Rīga, 1998.
    
25. 
    I.Miķelsone “Kliņģeris tavam padotajam – Darbinieku motivēšana sekmīgam darbam”, “Kapitāls” Nr.4, 2000.
    
26. 
    Spulle Ā.A. “Praktiskais personālmenedžments”, Rīga SIA “Biznesa Augstskola”, 1998., 303.lpp.
    
27. 
    Schmitt N. ”Personnel selection:a theoretical approach.”1998.W99-3/1084
    
28. 
    Strategic human resource management : corporate Rhetoric and human reality.1999.
    
29. 
    Strategic human resource management: corporate Rhetoric and human reality.2000.
    
30. 
    “Personāla vadība” “Austrijas Ekonomikas veicināšanas institūts” 2000. 40.lpp.
    
31. 
    Pikeringa P. “Personāla vadība” “Jāna Rozes apgāds” 2002. 125.lpp.
    
32. 
    Praude V., Beļčikovs J., “Menedžments” “Vaidelote” 1996.
    
33. 
    The IEMB handbook of human resource Management.1998.
    
34. 
    Reņģe V. “Organizāciju psiholoģija” SIA “Kamene” 1999. 171.lpp.
    
35. 
    Not just for the money :an economic theory in personal motivation, 1997.
    
36. 
    Vadības prasme” Rīga “Juventa” 1997. 200.lpp
    
37. 
    Vīksna A. “Personāla vadība” Rīga “Jumava”, 1999.120.lpp.
    
38. 
    Vorončuka I. “Personāla vadība” Rīga “Latvijas Unversitāte”, 2001. 318.lpp.
    
39. 
    Dunkan W.Jack. Great ideas in management. Jossey-Bass Publishers. San Francisko, Oxford, 1990
    
40. 
    Newstrom John W., Davis K. Organizational behavior. Human behavior at work.
    
41. 
    Баидюк Н Ю Управление трудовыми ресурсами в новых условиях хозяйствования. 1989.
    
42. 
    Маслов Е.В. Управление персоналом предприятия. 1998.
    
43. 
    Одегов Ю. Г., Журавлев П.Ж. Управление персоналом. 1997.
    
44. 
    Пушкарев Н.Ф. Работа с кадрами: организационное и техническое обеспечение. 1988.
    
45. 
    Campbell Sarah. Finding and keeping the best workers: A how-to guide for smart employers : a how-to guide for smart employers / Sarah Campbell ; The Global Network. - Washington : John Naisbitt`s Trend Letter, 1995. - 75 p. Bibliogr.:p.73.
    
46. 
    Human resource management : a contemporary perspective / ed. by Ian Beardwell and Len Holden. - 2nd ed. - London : Pitman publishing, 1997. - XVII, 797 p. : tab., fig.
    
47. 
    Ulrich Dave. human resource champions : the next agenda for adding value and delivering results / Dave Ulrich. - Boston : Harvard Business School Press,
    

Specific notes:

Demands for the test:

• 
  attendance of 50% contact lessons,
  
• 
  participation in seminars;
  
• 
  2 autonomous works.
  

Confirmed by

the sitting of the department of Economics and entrepreneurship

17 November 2005

Head of the department: Jānis Viržbickis


RIGA TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

Imantas 7. līnija 1, Riga LV – 1083, phone:[phone], fax: [phone]
Description of the study course
Title of the study course: Personality psychology

Title of the study program: Personnel management

Amount: 2 credit points (CP)

Author of the course: lecturer of the Department of Educational Psychology MA Psych. Līga Kalniņa

Aim of the course:

To introduce students to the main concepts of personality psychology, basic functions of personality theories, major components, and most common theories.

Expected result:

Students must know: the main basic concepts human, individual, subject, individuality, personality; personality theories covered in the course, highlighting the components of each theory: personality structure, motivation, personality development, pathopsychology, psychic health, therapeutic methods worked out by the specific author, diagnostic methods.

Students must be able: to analyze and compare the viewpoint of different authors on the personality within definite theories, explain people’s behavior scientifically.
Contents of the course:

Thematic planning of the contents

No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
1.	The basic concepts in personality psychology: human, individual, individuality, subject, personality.		0,5		1
2.	The functions and components of the personality theory.		0,5		1
3.	Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic personality theory. .		2		4
4.	Carl Gustav Jung’s analytical psychology.		2		3
5.	Alfred Adler’s individual psychology.		2		3
6.	Erik Erikson’s ego psychology		2		3
7.	Eric Fromm’s humanistic personality theory.		2		3
8.	Karen Horni’s sociocultural personality theory.		2		4
9.	Gordon Olport’s dispositional personality theory.		0		9
10.	Hans Izenac’s personality type theory.		0		9
11.	Albert Bandura’s social – cognitive personality theory.		1,5		3
No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
12.	Abraham Maslow’s humanistic personality theory.		0		9
13.	Carl Rogers’ phenomenological personality theory.		0		9
14.	Rollo May’s existential psychology.		1,5		3
Altogether			16		64

Planning of the independent work:

No.	Topic	Type of work	Form of assessment
1.	Dispositional direction in personality theories: G.Olport, H.Izenac.	An outline of the theories, highlighting the components of each theory.	Test work
2.	A.Maslow’s, C.Rogers’ personality theories.	An outline of the theories, highlighting the components of each theory.	Test work

Form of assessment of the study course: written examination.

The course is delivered in Latvian.

Literature:

Compulsory literature:

Karpova Ā. Personība: teorijas un to radītāji. – R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997.

Reņģe V. Personības psiholoģija. – R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 1999.

Reņģe V. Psiholoģija. Personības psiholoģiskās teorijas. – R.: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997.

Personality and personal growth R.Frager, J.Fadiman

Personality theories Larry A.Hjelle, Daniel J.Ziegler

Фрейджер Р., Фейдимен Дж. Личность. Теории, эксперименты, упражнения. – М., 2001.

Хьелл Л., Зиглер Д., Теории личности. – Cанкт – Петербург., 1997.

Recommended literature:

Adlers A. Psiholoģija un dzīve. – R., R., 1992.

Freids Z. Bērnu sit. – R., 1998.

Freids Z. Psihoanalīzes nozīme un vēsture. – Lielvārde, 1994.

Freids Z. Totēms un tabu. – R., 1995.

Fromms Ē. Māksla mīlēt. – R., 1994.

Jungs K.G. Dvēseles pasaule. – R., 1994.

Jungs K.G. Psiholoģiskie tipi. – R., 1993.

Karpova Ā. Personība un individuālais stils. – R., 1994.

Блюм Г. Психоаналитические теории личности. – М., 1996.

Психология личности. Т. 1,2. – Самара, 1999.

Теории личности в американской и западноевропейской психологии. – М., 1999.

Citi aplūkojamo autoru oriģināldarbi vai to tulkojumi.

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http:// psy.piter.com/ library

http:// www.psylib.org.ua./ books

REVIEWED

at the meeting of the Department___________

_____________, 2005

Head of the Dept._______________

RIGA TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

Imantas 7. līnija 1, Riga LV – 1083, phone:[phone], fax: [phone]
Description of the study course
Title of the study course: Information technologies in the personnel manager’s work
Title of the study program: Personnel management (PM)
Amount: CP – 8, 12 ECTS.



Authors or lecturers of the course:

Dr. math., assistant professor Grigorijs Gorobecs, Mg. sc.soc., lecturer Gustavs Elers,.

Aim and expected result of the course:

To introduce students to the opportunities and main kinds of the application of modern information technologies to office work, as well as provide students with the opportunity to acquire software for personnel management. To achieve such a level of knowledge and skills to be able to use the computer in their professional activity and pursue self-education purposefully. The study course has been devised for the first four semesters.

Contents of the course:

Thematic planning of the contents

Semester 1.

No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
	Work in RTTEMA computer net, labor safety, rules of procedure, contents and requirements of the course, study materials. Work with files and folders in Windows environment. Configuration of Windows environment.	4	2	4	8
	The applet in MS Word: entering and formatting of the text (defining the font, size and style) Formatting passages (indents, ways of equalization) Processing texts, copying formats. Searching and replacing.	4	2	4	8
	Drawing in MS Office programs. Inserting pictures in the text. Wordart, MS Equation Editor	4	2	6	8
	Tabulation and making tables, shading and adding margins. Making single level and multilevel numeration and markers.	4	2	12	16
	Automatic making list of contents and objects, formatting and preparing documents for printing, templates.	6	3	6	8
	Merging of mails, making of screen forms, means of protecting documents.	6	3	8	8
	Local and global computer nets, INTERNET services. E mail. Retrieving information and its use in different programs..	4	2	8	8
	Test Total amount of hours	32	16	48	64

Semester 2

No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
	MS Excel workbook and worksheet, formatting tables, creating data series.	2	1	2	4
	Calculation in tables – formulas, ways and functions of addressing cells, data formats.	4	2	6	8
	Making and formatting diagrams, preparing the worksheet for printing	2	1	4	6
	Data bases in MS Excel environment: defining the structure, , data arrangement and selection, the possibilities of making surveys. (Pivot Table)	4	2	6	8
	Using several worksheets, statistic analyses of data and modeling situations.	4	2	8	8
	Activating of MS PowerPoint program and making a simple presentation, formatting slides. Tables and graphical objects on the slide.	4	2	6	8
	Formatting slides, pattern of slide design.	4	2	6	8
	Change of the parameters of slide demonstration and the possibilities of managing the presentation, control buttons and hyperlinks.	4	2	6	8
	Copying objects among different MS Office (Windows) programs	4	2	4	6
	Test Total amount of hours	32	16	48	64

Semester 3.

No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
	Composition of WWW pages. MS FrontPage vide, designing and formatting of the page (text, tables, background).	6	3	6	8
	Placing and formatting pictures and objects in the pages..	6	3	10	14
	Making hyperlinks work with frames..	8	4	14	18
	Graphical object processing software., Adobe Photoshop.	12	6	18	24
	Examination Total amount of hours	32	16	48	64

Semester 4.

No.	Topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
	Measures of data safety: organizational measures, hardware, software, making data archives.	4	2	6	8
	Program for the management of data base MS Access, the role of data bases in the record-keeping and planning of the work of personnel management. Projecting the structure of database. .	8	4	8	12
	Types and features of data base fields, introducing data in tables.	8	4	12	16
	Links between tables; requests, forms, surveys.	12	6	22	28
	Test Total amount of hours	32	16	48	64

Planning of independent work:

No.	Topic	Type of work	Form of testing
	Formatting study papers in MS Word, by using means of formatting acquired during the course.	Report	Testing by the lecturer
	Formatting a form of an enterprise or establishment in MS Word environment.	Project work	Testing by the lecturer
	Formatting the database of an enterprise’s employees in MS Excel environment.	Project work	Testing by the lecturer
	Computerized devising of materials useful for studies and the professional activity in MS PowerPoint.	Project work	Testing by the lecturer
	Devising the homepage of an enterprise or establishment in FrontPage environment. (the amount of work equals two independent papers).	Project work	Testing by the lecturer
	Making the database of an enterprise’s employees in MS Access environment (the amount of work equals two independent papers).	Project work	Testing by the lecturer