2018/2019
KAN-CCMVV1730U Incentives in Organizations: Theory and
Experimental Evidence
| English Title |
| Incentives in Organizations: Theory
and Experimental Evidence |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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| Course
coordinator |
- Orsola Garofalo - Department of Strategy and Innovation
(SI)
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disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
19-02-2018
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| Learning objectives |
At the end of the course students should be able
to:
- Explain core theories of motivation from economics and
psychology;
- Assess the relevance of economic and psychological factors on
motivation, performance and turnout.
- Analyze optimal reward schemes to foster individual intrinsic
motivation at work, from both a theoretical and an empirical
perspectives;
- Critically evaluate the most important empirical and
experimental insights in this field from the main findings and
implications;
- Formulate and operationalize a research question related to
incentives in organizations, for which one or more of the
experimental methods introduced in the course is suitable.
- Select experimental designs that are appropriate for analyzing
a specific research question.
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| Examination |
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Incentives in
Organizations: Theory and Experimental Evidence:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam on CBS'
computers |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter |
| Aids |
Closed book: no aids
However, at all
written sit-in exams the student has access to the basic IT
application package (Microsoft Office (minus Excel), digital pen
and paper, 7-zip file manager, Adobe Acrobat, Texlive, VLC player,
Windows Media Player), and the student is allowed to bring simple
writing and drawing utensils (non-digital). PLEASE NOTE: Students
are not allowed to communicate with others during the
exam. |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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| Course content and structure |
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The aim of this course is twofold: (1) to get familiar with
various core concepts, theories, empirical and experimental
applications within the field of economics of organization;
(2) to be able to apply these concepts to every-day
organizational phenomena within firms. The focus of the
applications will be on human resource management (motivating and
rewarding of both employees and execu-tives) and corporate
control.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
The teaching of this course will be based on a
variety of learning methods including lectures, group and class
discussions, as well as final group presentations in class.
The group presentation is a presentation and discussion in class of
an experimental design based on a research question.The professors
provide a research question and the students have to be able to
develop an experimental design. The students will need to
demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and shortcomings of
the experimental methods they present. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback on work and topics covered in the course
is given during lectures, and also during the group presentations,
where a high level of student-teacher interaction will be
guaranteed. Finally, students are encouraged to use office hours
for feedback. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation |
100 hours |
| Exam |
66 hours |
| Teaching |
40 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Textbook: Hendrikse, G., Economics and
Management of Organizations, 2003.
McGraw-Hill
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Last updated on
19-02-2018
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