Rīgas pedagoģijas un izglīTĪbas vadības augstskola

Form of assessment of the acquisition of the course: examination, the assessment of which is comprised by: 25% - attendance of lectures and active participation; 50% - the average assessment of independent work; 25% - examination paper (written case study).

The course is delivered in Latvian ( it is possible to listen to the study course also in Russian and German).
Literature:

Compulsory:

Burchell B.J., Lapido D. & Wilkinson F. (2002). Job Insecurity and Work Intensification. London: Routledge (atrodas RPIVA Organizāciju psiholoģijas katedrā)

Dale R. (2000). Organisations and development, Sage Publications

Deal, T. E., Kennedy, A. A. (1986). Corporate Cultures. Reading: Addison-Wesley

Fontana, D. (2000). Personality in the workplace, London:Macmillan Press LTD

Forands I. (1999). Vadītājs un vadīšana. – Rīga: Kamene

Garleja R., Vidnere M. (2000). Psiholoģijas un sociālās uzvedības aspekti ekonomikā.-R.: RaKa

Garleja R. (2001). Sosiālā uzvedība patērētāju izvēles vadīšanā. Rīga: RaKa

Garleja R. Darbs. Psiholoģija. Organizāciju kultūra. – Rīga: RaKa, 2004.

Haslam S. A. (2000). Psychology in organization, Sage Publications

Hindls T. (1998). Prasmīga intervija. – Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC

Kreitner R., Kinichi A. (1989). Organiozational behavior. BPI IRWIN Boston

Mor G. & Rigotti T. (2001). Irritation als relevante Dimension betrieblicher Gesundheitsanalysen. Kongress fur Gesundheitspsychology. Oldenburg (T. Rigoti vieslekciju materiāli RPIVA Organizāciju psiholoģijas katedrā)

Pikeringa P. (2002). Personāla vadība. – Rīga: Jāņa Rozes apgāds

Reņģe V. (1999). Organizāciju psiholoģija. – Rīga: Kamene

Schein, E. H. (1987). Organisational Culture and Leadership. New York: Jossey Bass

Занковский А. Н. (2000). Организационная психология. – Москва: Флинта

Дзюэлл Л. Индустриально организационная психология. -С-П: Питер-Пресс, 2001-456 с.

Камерон К., Квинн Р. Диагностика и изменение организационной культуры.- С-П: Питер, 2001- 320 с.

Spivak V.A. Korporativnaja kuļtura. S –Pēterburga, 2001

Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology (LNB),

Journal of Organisational Behavior

Eiropas Dzīves un Darba Apstākļu Uzlabošanas Fonda 2001. gada pētījuma dati par Latviju (IT adrese: htp://www.eurofound.ie/)

http://www.amazon.com http://www.apa.org
Recommended:

Armstrong M. (1977). Human Resource Management Practice.-London: Kogan

Brālis V. (2004). Organizācijas kultūras saistība ar uzņēmuma efektivitāti. Psiholoģija mums #5(7), 28. -33.lpp

Brenn S., Kassin S., Fein S. (1999.). Social Psychology. NY

Furnham A. (2001.). Personality and Social behavior. London, NY: Arnold

Goodman, P. S. Realities of Improving the Quality of Work Life: Quality of Work Life Projects in the 1980s. Labor Law Journal, 31, 1980.-487-501pp.

Hamilton, E. E. The Facilitation of Organisational Change: An empirical Study of Factors Predicting Change Agents Effcetiveness. Journal of Applied Bgavioral Science, 24, 1988.-37-59 pp.

Hewstone M. & Manstead R. (Eds.) (1999.). The Blakwell Encyklopedia of Social Psychology. Oxford.

Hofstede G. Organisation culture.// http://www.onepine.demon.co.uk/phof.htm

Huczunski A.A., Buchanan D. A. (1991). Organizational behavior.- Prentice Hall

Jackson T. (1993). Organizational behavior in International Management, Butterworh Heinemann

LU Raksti. Psiholoģija. R.: Zinātne, 2004

Mc Clelland D.C., Striger P.A. (1966). Motivation and organizational climate.Boston: Harvard Business School, Division of Reserrch

Myers D. G. (1996). Social Psychology, by The McGraw – Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved, (tulkojums krievu val., 1998)

Reņģe V. (2002). Sociālā psiholoģija. R.: Zvaigzne ABC

Eiropas vērtību pētījums (www.bszi.lv/down 1 oads/resources/evp1999.pdf

International Journal of Management Reviews

Psiholoģijas Pasaule

Bizness & Psiholoģija

Specific remarks:

Preliminary knowledge which is necessary for the acquisition of the course.

REVIEWED

at the meeting of the Department___________

_____________, 2005

Head of the Dept._______________

Professional specialization courses of the branch

Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy

Riga, Imantas 7.līnija, L V -1083, telephone: [phone], fax: [phone]
Faculty of Psychology

ADOPTED

at the meeting of the Department of Organisational Psychology

on October 13, 2005.

Proceedings No.

Head of the Department: ___________________

(A. Plaude)
Description of the study course

Title of the study course Work Psychology
Title of the study programme Personnel management
Amount. 4 CP, 6 ECTS
Author and lecturers of the course. M.oec., B.psych. Iveta Seržante
Aim of the course.

To provide information about the basic concepts, tasks and methods of work psychology, which is necessary in the professional activity of the personnel manager

Expected result.

On the completion of the course students will have acquired the following knowledge and skills:

• 
  the understanding of the subject of work psychology, its tasks and methods;
  
• 
  the research and description of the professional activity, its role in personnel management, the skill to devise the description of the professional activity;
  
• 
  the fundamentals of professional self-determination and methods of its promotion;
  
• 
  the psychological basis of professional training and its use in personnel selection, training and evaluation;
  
• 
  professional adaptation, formation of individual working style and the application of this knowledge to personnel management;
  
• 
  management of professional motivation;
  
• 
  psychic ( functional) make up in the professional activity and the possibilities of the increase in the employee’s capacity of work;
  
• 
  psychological prevention of traumas.
  

Contents of the course.

Thematic planning of the contents

No.	Title and contents of the topic	Contact lessons		Hours of student autonomous study
		Full-time studies	Part-time studies	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
1.	Work psychology as a branch of science.	4	2	1	2
2.	Methods of work psychology.	6	3	2	4
3.	Research and description of professional activity.	12	6	5	10
4.	Professional self-determination.	10	5	2	4
5.	Psychology of professional training.	6	3	1	2
6.	Professional adaptation.	6	3	1	2
7.	Management of professional motivation.	6	3	1	2
8.	Psychic make ups in the professional activity.	10	5	2	4
9.	Safety of professional activity.	6	3	1	2
Total		64	32	16	32

Planning of autonomous study

No.	Topic	Type of work	Form of assessment
1.	Work psychology as a branch of science	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
2.	Methods of work psychology.	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
3.	Research and description of professional activity	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
4.	Professional self-determination.	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
5.	Psychology of professional training	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
6.	Professional adaptation.	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
7.	Management of professional motivation.	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
8.	Psychic make ups in the professional activity	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper
9.	Safety of professional activity.	Individual assignment	Defence of the paper

Form of assessment. Examination
The language of the acquisition of the course. Latvian, Russian
Literature.

Compulsory:

1. 
   Garleja R. Darbs, organizācija un psiholoģija. – R.: RaKa, 2003. – 200 lpp
   
2. 
   Vorunčuka I. Personāla vadība: teorija un prakse. – Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte, 2001. – 318 lpp.
   
3. 
   Психология и работа / Д. Шульц, С. Шульц ; [пер. с англ.]. - Санкт-Петербург [и др.] : Питер, 2003. - 557 с.
   
4. 
   Психология труда./Под ред. Проф. А. В. Карпова. — М., 2003.
   
5. 
   Самоукина Н. В. Психология профессиональной деятельности : [учеб. пособие для студентов непсихол. вузов] . - Санкт-Петербург : Питер, 2003. - 219, [1] с.
   

Recommended:

1. 
   Garleja R., Vidnere M. Psiholoģijas un sociālās uzvedības aspekti ekonomikā: testi. – Rīga: RaKa, 2001. -131 lpp.
   
2. 
   Garleja R., Vidnere M. Psiholoģijas un sociālās uzvedības aspekti ekonomikā. – Rīga: RaKa, 2000. -264 lpp.
   
3. 
   Nucho Ozoliņa A., Vidnere M. Stress: tā pārvarēšana un profilakse. – R.: Biznesa partneri, 2004. – 254 lpp.
   
4. 
   Psihosociālā darba vide / [no spāņu val. tulk. Vita Kempaua, Edgars Briška]. – R.: Labklājības ministrija, [2004]. - 136, [1] lpp.
   
5. 
   Occupational stress in the service professions / [ed. by] Maureen F. Dollard, Anthony H. Winefield and Helen R. Winefield. - London ;New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003. - 423 p.
   
6. 
   Personality psychology in the workplace / ed. by Brent W. Roberts and Robert Hogan. - Washington (D.C.) : American Psychological Association, 2001. - 337 p.
   
7. 
   Porter L. W. Motivation and work behaviour / Lyman W. Porter, Gregory A. Bigley, Richard M. Steers. - Boston [etc.] : McGraw-HillIrwin, 2003. - 635 p.
   
8. 
   Validation of the General Nordic Questionnaire (QPSNordic) for psychological and social factors at work / Margareta Dallner [et al.]. - Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers, 2000. - 171 p.
   
9. 
   Бодров В. А. Психология профессиональной пригодности : учебное пособие для вузов. - Москва : Per Se, 2001. - 511 с.
   
10. 
    Джуэлл Л. Индустриально-организационная психология. Учебник для вузов – СПб.: Питер, 2001. - 720с.
    
11. 
    Дмитриева М. А., Крылов А. А., Нафтульев А. И. Психология труда и инженерная психология. — Л., 1979.
    
12. 
    Зеер Э. Ф. Психология профессий : учеб. пособие для вузов. – М.:  Академический проект ;Екатеринбург : Деловая книга, 2003. - 329, [1] с.
    
13. 
    Климов Е. А. Введение в психологию труда: Учебник для вузов. — М., 1998.
    
14. 
    Климов Е. А. Психология профессионала. Избр. психол. тр. — Москва-Воронеж, 1996.
    
15. 
    Климов Е. А. Психология профессионального самоопределения. Ростов-на-Дону, 1996.
    
16. 
    Организационное поведение : основы управления : [учеб. пособие для вузов] / Дж.М. Джордж, Г.Р. Джоунс ; пер. с англ. под ред. Е.А. Климова. – М.: ЮНИТИ, 2003. - 447 с.
    
17. 
    Организационное поведение : поведение человека на рабочем месте / Джон В. Ньюстром, Кейт Дэвис ; [пер. с англ. Е. Бугаевой, В. Вольского ; под общ. ред. Ю.Н. Каптуревского]. - Санкт-Петербург : Питер, 2000. - 447 с.
    
18. 
    Поведение и саморегуляция человека в условиях стресса./ Марищук В., Евдокимов В. – СПб.: Издательский дом «Сентябрь», 2001. – 260 с.
    
19. 
    Практикум по психологии менеджмента и профессиональной деятельности/ Под ред. Г.С. Никифорова, М.А. Дмитриевой, В.М. Снеткова.- СПб: Речь, 2001. - 448 c.
    
20. 
    Психологическое обеспечение профессиональной деятельности. / Под ред. Г. С. Никифорова. — СПб., 1991.
    
21. 
    Психология, профессия, карьера / П. Мучински ; [пер. с англ.]. - Москва [и др.]: Питер, 2004. - 538 с. : ил.
    
22. 
    Фетискин Н., Козлов В., Мануйлов Г. Социально-психологическая диагностика развития личности и малых групп.- М.: Изд-во Института Психотерапии, 2002. – 490 cтр.
    

Periodicals:

Bizness & Psiholoģija

Psiholoģija Mums

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Internet resources:

http://www.cop.es/docs_web/otros/work.htm

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: Basic accounting
The title of the study program: Personnel management

Amount: 2 CP (16 Contact lessons) 3 ECTS
The author and the staff of the course: economist-financier, Mg.sc.soc.,lect. A.Vīgnere
The aim of the course:

To provide knowledge on par accounting system, its development and standard requirements and their significance for work on personnel management.

The envisaged results:

To understand the significance of accounting, its aims and objectives in the organisation, to know the peculiarities of the accounting records system in the book-keeping of financial assets and management process and their financial result comprehension and report accomplishing, to gain the basic skills in accounting report completing, to know how to calculate accounting problems.

The content of the course:

1. Accounting report system development and basic definitions: Accounting as a calculation type, its objectives and basic principles. Accounting book-keeping and organisational basic demands

2. Accounting legislation and record-keeping system coordination process in the Republic of Latvia and beyond:

Law "On accounting "by the Republic of Latvia, its characteristics; Law "On the organisation’s annual reports", by the Republic of Latvia, its characteristics;

Accounting legislation and record-keeping system coordination process in accordance with the international regulations in the Republic of Latvia and beyond

3. Accounting organisation - documents, forms and methods:

Stock-taking, balance, account system, account plan, double-entry bookkeeping method.

4. Accounting bookkeeping basics -

Enterprise assets:

Long-term investment bookkeeping

Current assets bookkeeping

Enterprise assets sources’ bookkeeping:

Own capital bookkeeping

Liabilities bookkeeping

5. Balance sheet work-out basic principles.

6. Organisation’s operation financial result bookkeeping:

Profit and loss report

Cash-flow report

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.	Accounting records system development and basic definitions. Accounting as records type, its tasks, aims and basic principles. Accounting recording and organisational demands.		2		8
2.	Accounting legislation and record-keeping system coordination process in the Republic of Latvia and beyond. Law ”On Accounting” Law ”On annual reports” LR Accounting organisation regulations of the Republic of Latvia. International accounting standards.		2		8
3.	Accounting organisation – documents, forms, methods, accepted stock-taking, balance, account system, account plan, double-entry bookkeeping method.		4		16
4.	Accounting bookkeeping basics. Enterprise assets: Long-term investment bookkeeping Current assets bookkeeping Enterprise assets sources’ bookkeeping: Own capital bookkeeping Liabilities bookkeeping		4		16
5. 6.	Balance sheet work-out basic principles. Organisation’s operation financial result bookkeeping: Profit and loss report Cash-flow report TOTAL		1 3 16		4 12 64

Autonomous work planning:
No	Theme	Type of work	Assessment form
1.		Case study. Report, project etc.	Case study. Test, work defence, etc.
1. 2. 3.	Law "On organisation’s annual report" Accounting organisation Organisation’s assets and their sources. Organisation’s action	Case study Report, Case study Case study	Work defence X X x
	financial results account

The study course acquisition assessment form: Test with differentiated grading.

Requirements for the test: Lecture attendance - 40%

Seminars- 30%

Autonomous works - 30%

The course is studied in the Latvian language.

Literature:

Compulsory literature:

1. 
   LR 1992. gada 14. oktobra likums "Par Grāmatvedību". "Ziņotājs", 1992., Nr.44/45.
   
2. 
   LR MK 2000.gada 25.jūlija noteikumi Nr.242 "Noteikumi par grāmatvedības kārtošanu un
   organizāciju", Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2000., Nr.272/274.
   
3. 
   LR FM 1993.gada 13.maija pavēle Nr.63 "Par uzņēmumu gada pārskatiem".
   
4. 
   LR 1992.gada 14.oktobra likums "Par uzņēmumu gada pārskatiem". "Ziņotājs", 1992., Nr.44/45.
   
5. 
   V.Vasiļjeva Grāmatvedība - Rīga, RTU, 1999.-7llpp.
   
6. 
   V.Andrejeva Latvijas grāmatvedības likumu pilnveidošana, ievērojot Latvijas virzību uz iestāšanos
   ES - Latvijas Ekonomists, Nr.7/8., 2002.
   
7. 
   M.Grebenko Grāmatvedības uzskaite l.daļa - Rīga, ADREMS, 2003.- 160 lpp.
   
8. 
   M.Grebenko Grāmatvedības uzskaite 2.daļa- Rīga, ADREMS, 2003.- 152 lpp.
   
9. 
   MJanuška Grāmatvedības pamati - Rīga, RTU, 2002.- 901pp.
   
10. 
    R.Grigorjeva, A.Jesemčika, I.Leibus, A.Svarinska Grāmatvedības pamati - Jelgava, LLU, 2001,
    85 lpp.
    
11. 
    J.Benze Finansu grāmatvedība - Rīga, Grāmatvedis, 1999.- 2281pp.
    
12. 
    R.Apinis Grāmatvedības organizācija un grāmatvedības tiesu ekspertīze - Rīga. Turība, 2000.-
    120.lpp.
    
13. 
    D.Zvirbule, J.Žagare Banku grāmatvedības pamati - Rīga, Turība, 2002.-1681pp.
    

Optional literature:

1. 
   Laikraksts "Latvijas Vēstnesis".
   
2. 
   Žurnāls "Bilance", "Latvijas Ekonomists", "Grāmatvedība un Revīzija" .
   
3. 
   Starptautisko grāmatvedības standartu piemērošana Latvijā. //Grāmatvedība un Revizija, 2002/2.
   
4. 
   Likumi un MK noteikumi, http://www.likumi.lv
   
5. 
   Meтьюз M . Пepepa M . Teopия 6yxгaлтерского учета M., Юнити 1999 - 664cтp
   

Specific notes:

Previous knowledge, needed for the acquisition of the study course:

Basic Economics, Basic Entrepreneurship Rights

Confirmed by

the sitting of the department

In 2005 ___________

Head of the department_________

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. Adult study methods
Title of the study course. Personnel management
Amount. 2 CP, 3 ECTS

Author and lecturers of the course. Dr.hab.paed., prof. Daina Lieģeniece
Aim of the course.

To promote the formation of students’ comprehension at the level of personal understanding about the structural element of adult education- to study at adult age.

Expected result.

1. 
   The formation of the understanding of adult education and lifelong education from the point of view of different theories and approaches.
   
2. 
   The activation of students’ practical experience by critical reflection on their learning style, tactics and strategies, worms and methods of work.
   
3. 
   The development of students’ communicative, organizational, constructive and forecasting skills.
   
4. 
   The activation of inductive and deductive thinking in the creation of own study models.
   

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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.	Adult education in the androgogic interpretation. The policy of lifelong education nowadays. Adult people’s fields of learning (cognitive, psychomotor and emotional)and the different levels of learning strategies (J.Cerry, 1998) Self-directed learning model. The promotion of adult education workers’ motivation. The principles of efficient learning (the use of all the individual’s resources, principles of active operation, principles of cooperation and favorable attitude). The four fields of learning and studying: attitude, learning skills, study methods, assessment strategies(Weinstein, 1988) Adults’ learning methods and forms of work in relation to learning styles. Forms and methods of work in relation to the functioning of both hemisphere for the formation of cognitive activity, motivation and attitude. Experience as a learning method. The adult learning cycle worked out by D. Kolb. Inductive and deductive learning. Adult education in the working place. The different working styles of the organizers of adult education (supervisor, educator, evangelist, innovator) and methods of learning and teaching used by them (I.Petigrew, 1983)		2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2		64

Planning of independent work.

No.	Topic	Form of work	Form of assessment
1.	The choice oft adult’s learning model by critically reflecting and integrating in one’s experience the theories and methodologies acquired in the course.	Essay	Test

Form of the assessment of the acquisition o the study course. Test with a differentiated assessment.
The course is delivered in Latvian.
Literature.

Compulsory

1. 
   Būt, zināt, prast. Metodes veiksmīgam darbam ar auditoriju. – LPIA, 1999.
   
2. 
   Lieģeniece D. Ievads andragoģijā jeb mācīšanās „būt” pieaugušo vecumā. – R.: RaKa, 2002.
   
3. 
   Koķe T. Pieaugušo izglītības attīstība: raksturīgākās iezīmes. – R.: Mācību apgāds NT, 1999.
   
4. 
   Mācīšana un mācīšanās. Ceļš uz sabiedrību, kas mācās (Eiropas Savienības Baltā grāmata). – R.: Akadēmisko programmu aģentūra, 1998.
   
5. 
   Mūžizglītības memorands. Eiropas komisijas darba dokuments. – Brisele, 30.10.2000. (Darba vajadzībām tulkots LPIA 2001.).
   
6. 
   Oše (Aase) G. Kā mācās pieaugušie. LAT 2 – R.: LVAVP, UNDP, 1999.
   

Recommended

1. 
   Blūma D. Kurss – pieaugušo izglītība.// Pieaugušo izglītības gadagrāmata. – R.: Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija, Latvijas pieaugušo izglītības apvienība, 19998., 71.-72.lpp.
   
2. 
   Celmiņš J. Pieaugušo izglītība – atslēga 21,gadsimtam.// Pieaugušo izglītības gadagrāmata. – R.: 1998., 9. – 15.lpp.
   
3. 
   Jākobsone A. Pilsoniskas sabiedrības veidošanās: valsts un nevalstisko organizāciju sadarbības pieaugušo izglītībā.// Pieaugušo izglītības gadagrāmata. – R.: 1998., 16.-19.lpp.
   
4. 
   Pārskats par Latvijas Pieaugušo izglītības apvienības darbu 2001.gadā.
   
5. 
   Pieaugušo izglītība, labklājība, demokrātija. Materiālu krājums. – R.: Latvijas pieaugušo izglītības apvienība, 1996
   
6. 
   Pieaugušo izglītības gadagrāmata. – R.: LR Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija, Latvijas pieaugušo izglītības apvienība, 1996, 1997, 1998.
   
7. 
   Pieaugušo izglītības attīstības plāns. Projekts 1999. – 2003.gadam.
   
8. 
   Statūti. Latvijas Pieaugušo izglītības apvienība. Rīga, 2002.g. 30.aprīlī.
   
9. 
   Cornelius S.U., Caspi A. 1987. Everyday problem solving in adulthood and old age. Psychology of Aging 2 (2); 144.-53.
   
10. 
    Chawn S.R. Morale, careers and personal potentials. Handbook of the psychology of aging. J.E.Birren and U.W.Schaie 9eds). – NY: Van Nostrand, 1977., P. 672-691.
    
11. 
    Craik F. Age differences in human memory. Handbook of the psychology of aging. – NY: 1977, P.384 0 420.
    
12. 
    Erikson E.H. 1959. Identity and the life cycle. Psycol. Iss. (1), 167 – 171.
    
13. 
    Formal, unformal and informal education. The International Encyclopedia of Education. 2nd ed. Pergamon. Oxford, 1994., P. 2364-2368.
    
14. 
    Kolb D.A. Experiental Learning. Experience asa Source of Learning and Development. – New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, 1984.
    
15. 
    Knowles M.S. (ed) Androgogy in Action. San Francisco, Califonia: Jossey – Bass, 1984.
    
16. 
    Lifespan Learning. Implications for Educators. The International Encyclopedia of Education, 1994., P.3428.-3434.
    
17. 
    Sociological Theories on Continuing Education Education. The Int. Encycl., 1994., P.1087. – 1091.
    
18. 
    Teacher Roles and Teaching Styles. Adult Education. The Int. Encycl., P. 6054. – 6058.
    

REVIEWED

In the meeting of the Department___________

_____________, 2005

Head of the Dept._______________
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: Business English
The title of the study program: Human resources management
Amount: 5 credit-points, 7.5 ECTS
The author and the staff of the course: Mag.paed., lecturer Santa Laurīte
The aim of the course:

To empower the knowledge acquired in the previous years and to ensure acquiring of advanced knowledge, so that to enable the students use the available literature in their profession in the English language, work on the internet, to communicate with their English speaking business partners.

The envisaged results:

To ensure the English language skills on B1 level in accordance with the European language acquisition standard, i.e., to understand the main ideas and essential details in the texts of their respective branch, to have the skills for participation in business conversations.

The content of the course:

Thematic plan of the course

No	Theme	Contact lessons	Student autonomous work hours
		Part-time studies	Part-time studies
	Getting a Job: Job Advertisements, Applying for a Job (application forms, CV, motivation letter), Job Interview	4	16
	Job Responsibilities	4	16
	Describing Business Trends	4	16
	Talking about your Company	4	16
	Telephoning	4	16
	On a Business Trip: Filling in Forms, Asking the Way, Hotels, Eating out and Entertainment	4	16
	Presentation Skills, Equipment, Agenda, Minutes	4	16
	Making a Speech: Suggesting, Agreeing / Disagreeing, Expressing Opinion, Preferences	4	16
	Decision Making	4	16
	Business and Finance; Banking	4	16

Autonomous work planning:

No	Theme	Type of work	Assessment form
1.	Getting a Job: Job Advertisements, Applying for a Job (application forms, CV, motivation letter), Job Interview	Job advertisement selection for a definite organisation	Analysis of the chosen advertisements
2.	Job Responsibilities	Work responsibilities’ analysis	Letter
3.	Describing Business Trends	Text analyses	Discussion
4.	Talking about your Company	Description of a company operation and running	Presentation of the company
5.	Telephoning	Situation analysis	Dialogues
6.	On a Business Trip: Filling in Forms, Asking the Way, Hotels, Eating out and Entertainment	Construction of dialogues	Dialogue presentation
7.	Presentation Skills, Equipment, Agenda, Minutes	Agenda timetable creation	Minute taking
8.	Making a Speech: Suggesting, Agreeing / Disagreeing, Expressing Opinion, Preferences	Report	Presentation
9.	Decision Making	Problem situation analysis	Grounding of the solution
10.	Business and Finance; Banking	Filling in of forms	Analysis

The study course acquisition assessment form: test and examination
The course studied in the English language
Literature:

1. 
   Naunton J. Head for Business, Intermediate – Oxford University Press, 2000
   
2. 
   Tullis G., Power s. NEW Insights into Business. Workbook – Longman, 2004
   
3. 
   Tullis G., Trappe T. NEW Insights into Business. Students’Book – Longman, 2004
   
4. 
   Graustiņa M. Kā pareizi rakstīt vēstules angliski – Likteņstāsti, 1998.
   
5. 
   Ekonomisko terminu vārdnīca uzņēmējdarbībai – Rīga, ERI, 1997.
   
6. 
   Biznesa terminu vārdnīca – Jumava, 1999.
   
7. 
   Gorman G. GCSE Business Studies – Macmillan, 1995
   
8. 
   Grant D., McLarty R. Business Basics – Oxford University Press, 1995.
   
9. 
   Zemīte M. Let’s Get Talking. Themes 4 – Zvaigzne ABC, 1999.
   
10. 
    Interneta materiāli
    

www.studentzone.org.uk

www.english-to-go.com

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
Specific demands:

For the course acquisition the students need at least the previous English language knowledge of A2 level (according to the European common system for language acquisition).

1. 
   Autonomously study 20 pages of the respective branch articles (using also the articles recommended by other study courses), are able to substantiate the choice of the text, has written a glossary of at least 50 terminology items;
   
2. 
   Can participate in a business conversation, expressing their personal opinion and argument it;
   
3. 
   During the semester 2 – 3 successful presentations on the read literature;
   
4. 
   Obtained positive grading for the passed tests ;
   
5. 
   Regular attendance and active participation in the training-sessions.
   

Confirmed by

the sitting of the Language department

In 2005 ___________

Head of the department_____________
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: Statistics
The title of the study program: Personnel management
Study course level: Professional study programme Part B
Amount: 2 credit points ,3 ECTS