Rīgas pedagoģijas un izglīTĪbas vadības augstskola

Description of the study course

Title of the study course: The situation of labour force in Latvia and the European Union.

Title of the study programme: Personnel management
Amount: 2 credit points with a test ECTS - 3 credit points
Author and lecturers of the course: Assistant professor, Doctor of Economics Hilmārs Zīle

Aim of the course:

To introduce the future specialists of personnel management to the situation of labour force in Latvia and the EU..

Expected result:

The graduates have to be able to select employees who would satisfy the enterprise’s requirements and determine the amount of their salary according to the situation on the labour force market in the European Union, considering the trends of its development.

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
	Gross Domestic Product, its composition and dynamics. Employment.		2		8
	Value Added Tax in entrepreneurship. Work productivity in the EU member states.		2		8
	The costs of labor force in entrepreneurship.		2		8
	Nominal and real pay. Consumer price indices.		2		8
	Labor force market in the EU. Free flow of services. Free movement of population.		2		8
	Differentiation of remuneration in Latvia over branches.		2		8
	The qualification of labor force and remuneration.		2		8
	Remuneration and social processes. EU social policy.		2		8
	Total amount of hours		16		64

Planning of the independent work:

No.	Topic	Type of work	Form of testing
	Calculations of labor force costs in entrepreneurship in the EU.	Report 1 credit point	Public defense or review
	International comparison of remuneration	Report 1 credit point	Public defense or review
	Work productivity and remuneration in the enterprises of Latvia and the EU.	Seminar	Student account in the lesson
	Work productivity in the enterprises of the world and the USA.	Seminar	Student account in the lesson

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

Compulsory

1. 
   European business EU 2004
   

w w w. europa. ew. int / comm/ eurostat/

2. 
   Ziņojums par Latvijas tautsaimniecības attīstību
   

LR EM 2005. w w w. em. gov. lv

3. 
   Latvijas statistikas gadagrāmata
   

Rīga 2005 w w w. csb. gov.lv

Recommended

1. 
   H. Zīle ,,Latvijas ārējie ekonomiskie sakari” Turība Rīga 2003
   
2. 
   Eiropas Savienības materiāli par ekonomiku un sociāliem procesiem *
   
3. 
   EC economic data pocket book Quarterly*
   

• 
  Internet addresses as in the first point of compulsory luterature.
  

Specific remarks:

Preliminary knowledge from Part A are required: Fundamentals of economics, accounting and statistics.

Specific requirements: to carry out thorough research into statistics and forecast materials on the situation in the labor market in the EU, especially the situation in Latvia.

Guarantees after the acquisition of the course: The study course forms the methodological basis of student diploma papers on the issues of compiling work force and remuneration, provides skills for practical work in national economy.

REVIEWED

in the meeting of the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship

on __________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: Communication psychology
The title of the study program: Personnel management
Amount: CP 2, 3 ECTS
The author and the staff of the course: Mag.psych.Lilita Danilāne
The aim of the course:

To increase the comprehension on the principles of communication process, mechanisms developing inter-personal correlation, to enlarge the knowledge on productive elements of communication, to foster the students’ aspiration to perfect their personality growth and emotional intelligence, to encourage self-analysis and self-reflection desire.

Envisaged results:

5. 
   to acquire the basis of positive communication,
   
6. 
   to assess characteristic individual interrelation to themselves and the types of communication,
   
7. 
   to develop comprehension on communication and interrelation barriers.
   

Attained knowledge on effective positive communication, ability to empathy, tolerance, as well as skills to listen to and discuss, talk and present in front of audience and self-assessment ability.
The content of the course:

Thematic plan of the course

No	Theme	Contact lessons		Student autonomous work hours
1.	Skills of non-verbal communication: Essence of non-verbal communication, Means of non-verbal communication Body language; Speech expressiveness; Visual contact; Structuring of communication time and space by organising one’s own behaviour in a definite way (of course, subconsciously); Business etiquette. Emotional contact. Open and closed poses, their application essence and conditions, Organisation of communication distance and space. Means of non-verbal communication for information exchange. Skills of verbal communication: Skills of listening- (non-reflexive and reflexive) Skills of talking - ( in case of a speech in front of audience during a monologue, report, lecture, dialogue, discussion). By questioning clarify interests and needs, personal experience; Sum up and structure experience and knowledge; By help of questioning shift the responsibility. Comprehension of one’s own orator skills and development opportunities. Overcoming of stress and its prevention before a presentation in front of audience. Skills to produce a positive correlation link;	Full-time studies	Part-time studies 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	Full-time studies	Part-time studies
			16		16

Autonomous work planning:

No	Theme	Type of work	Assessment form
	Essay "I– in communication " A seminar on the theme "Role of human interrelation in communication" – analysis of a particular film, theatre or book Report on the offered psychological themes: Non-verbal language as a means of communication; Dialogue as the most optimal communication method; Positive interrelation and communication; Roles and positions in communication.	Report: (min) on the contents of 10 pages, introduction, conclusions, list of references.	Work defence in small groups. Participation in the seminar. Work defence and verbal examination.