ECON 4000
Economics of Human Resources
Spring 2008
Course
 Outline

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Introduction  

Economics of Human Behavior

Labor Supply and Demand

2  Selection and Investing in Employees

Setting Hiring Standards [1]

Recruitment  [2]

Education and Training [3]

Turnover [4]

3  Organizational Structure and Job Design

Decision Making [5]

Organizational Architecture [6]

Job Design [7]

Teams [8]

4  Motivation and Incentive Compensation

Performance Evaluation [9]

Rewarding Performance [10]

Career-Based Incentives [11]

Executive Pay (Maybe) [12]

The relevant chapters in Lazear and Gibbs are given in brackets.