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RIGA TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT ACADEMY

DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Personnel Management

SECOND LEVEL PROFESSIONAL

HIGHER EDUCATION

STUDY PROGRAMME

Fee-paying study programme
(programme code 42 34519 according to LR Classifier,
Instruction No. 287 issued by MOES on May, 11, 2004)

Director of the programme Mag.psych. S.Enkuzena

APPROVED at the meeting of the Study Council on November 14, 2005 Proceedings No. 3-1 Study pro-rector Dr.paed.prof. Z. Anspoka	APPROVED at the meeeting of the Board of the Division of Management and Economics on November 7, 2005 Proceedings No. 8-1 Chairperson of the Board Mag.ing. I.Urpena

APPROVED
at the meeting of RTTEMA Senate on 28.11.2005.
Resolution of the Senate 6-4




Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy

Second level professional higher education

study programme

personnel management

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT

Director of the programme

Mag .psych. Signe Enkuzena

Riga 2005

CONTENTS

		page
1.	resolution of the senate	5
2.	licence sheet of the study programme	6
3.	agreement on the proceeding of studies at other institutions of higher education	8
4.	second level professional higher education study programme personnel management	9
4.1.	substantiation of the study programme	9
4.2.	aim and tasks of the study programme	11
4.3.	study plan and outlines of study courses	12
4.4.	terms of imatriculation	20
4.5.	requirements for the acquisition of qualification	20
4.6.	contents and organisation of the study programme	21
4.7.	assessment of study achievements	21
4.8.	comparison of the study programme with the programmes of other higher education institutions	23
5.	advertising and informative literature	28
6	prospective evaluation of the study programme from the standpoint of the interests of the republic of latvia	29
6.1.	compliance of the study programme with the higher professional education standard and professional standard	30
6.2.	results of the employers’ opinion poll	32
7.	evaluation of the study programme	37
7.1	aim and tasks of the study programme	37
7.2.	organisation of the study process - changes during the period of self-evaluation	38
7.3.	practical implementation of the study programme and assessment system	43
7.4.	students studying in the programme	50
7.4.1.	number of students in the programme	50
7.4.2.	matriculated first-year students	50
7.4.3.	number of graduates	51
7.4.4.	students’ opinion poll and its analyses	52
7.4.5.	graduates’ opinion poll and its analyses	56
7.4.6.	students’ participation in the enhancement of the study process	57
7.5.	academic staff working in the study programme	58
7.5.1.	number and qualification of the academic staff	58
7.5.2.	provision of the programme with the academic staff in alūksne and cēsis branches	63
7.5.3.	research directions of the academic personnel of the programme	65
7.5.4.	policy of the selection, renewal, training and development of the academic staff	68
7.6.	sources of financing and provision of infrastructure	69
7.7.	public relations	77
7.7.1.	link with employers and other organisations in latvia and abroad	77
7.7.2.	cooperation with similar study programmes in latvia and abroad	78
8.	plan of the development of the study programme	80
9.	appendices	82

4.SECOND LEVEL PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAMME PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
4.1. Substantiation of the study programme

From 1998 till 2004 Riga Teacher Training and Educational Mangement Academy (further in the text RTTEMA) implemented the professional study programme Office Manager- Desk Officer, which was accredited in January 2002. At the end of the accreditation term in 2004 following the recommendations to develop and update the programme in order to meet the requirements of contemporary market and comparing it with the corresponding professional standard I came to the conclusion that the programme Office Manager- Desk Officer is orientated towards two directions of the personnel management science – work organisation and social management. The programme was supplemented with study subjects which represent the third direction of personnel management science– personnel policy and strategy. In comparison with the accreditation of the previous programme, the title of the new programme was changed from Office Manager- Desk Officer to Personnel Management in 2004; consequently, the aims and tasks of the programme were changed, too.

However, as reflected in the resolution of the accreditation commission in 2005, while the title of the programme was changed, the changes in the the contents of the programme were not sufficient. The programme Personnel Management was not accredited in 2005 due to several legitimate reasons. After receiving the negative resolution, RTTEMA students, lecturers and administration have carefully evaluated the materials of the accreditation commission and worked hard to avert the shortcomings mentioned in the report of the accreditation commission. (The analyses of the study programme after receiving the resolution of the accreditation commission and corresponding programme of action can be found in RTTEMA Division of Management and Economics).

The programme is implemented in Riga and two RTTEMA study branches in Alūksne and Cēsis. In the future it can be implemented also in other RTTEMA study branches according to the demand and the Academy’s facilities, which would ensure more successful Latvia’s regional development both on the entrepreneurial level and for the improvement of governmental and municipal work.

The programme has been transformed and supplemented considering the Law on Higher Educational Establishments, Law on Professional Education, Regulations on Second Level Professional Higher Education Standard (Regulations No.481), Instruction No.424 issued by the Ministry of Education and Science on September 8, 2003 and Professional Standard Personnel Manager (Registration No. PS 0204), Regulations on the Accreditation of Higher Educational Establishments and Study Programmes (Regulations No. 442), as well as the basic requirements of the Professional Classifier of Latvia. The total amount of the second level professional higher education programme Personnel Management is 160 credit points (CP).
The study programme corresponds with the Conception of Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy on the training of a competent, educated and professional speciālist. The contents of the study programme encourages the future specialist to acquire knowledge not only during the study years but also be aware of the role of lifelong education in the person’s readiness for life activity.
4.2. Aim and tasks of the study programme