Choose department Department of Computer Science Department of Business Administration Department of Law Department of Engineering Department of Preliminary Studies MBA Department of Applied Engineering Department of Sport Science Department of Psychology MPM Department of Business Administration Dean: Dr. Jón Þór Sturluson Email: vd@ru.is Website: http://www.ru.is/vd Teachers View Choose major BSc in Business Administration with a minor in law BSc in Economics and Finance BSc in Economics and Management Exchange studies - BSc Business Exchange studies - MSc Business Diploma in Business and retail management MSc in Tourism and Hospitality Management - 90 ECTS MTHM, Tourism and Hospitality Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS MINN, Innovation Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Business Management - 90 ECTS MBM, Business Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Marketing - 90 ECTS MM, Marketing - 90 ECTS MSc in Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology - 90 ECTS MHRM, Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology - 90 ECTS MSc in Corporate Finance- 90 ECTS MCF, Corporate Finance - 90 ECTS MSc in Information Management - 90 ECTS MIM, Information Management - 90 ECTS MAcc, Accounting and Auditing - 90 ECTS BSc in Business Administration BSc in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Science MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS Semesters: 3 Years: 1 ETCS: 90 Learning Outcomes View Degree title MSc in Innovation Management

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Haustönn/Fall 2023 Introduction to Management and Business Concepts V-700-IMBU ECTS 0 Creative Approaches and Entrepreneurial Mindsets V-702-CREM ECTS 7,5 Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A field of knowledge and practice V-703-INEN ECTS 7,5 Fundamentals in Tourism and Hospitality Management V-704-FTHM ECTS 7,5 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards I V-705-FIR1 ECTS 7,5 Auditing, Auditing Standards and Ethics in Accounting and Auditing V-706-AUD1 ECTS 7,5 Strategic Management V-712-STJO ECTS 7,5 Organizational Psychology V-715-ORPS ECTS 7,5 Advanced Business Informatics V-725-ABIN ECTS 7,5 Staffing: from recruitment to termination V-730-STRT ECTS 7,5 Year 1. year Semester Fall 2023 Level of course N/A Type of course Elective Prerequisites No prerequisites. Schedule No schedule found. Lecturer Guðrún Margrét Snorradóttir Herdís Pála Pálsdóttir Content The purpose of this course is to build the participant´s ability to use good practices in staffing and workforce planning to build up a great team of employees. The course will emphasise reliable and valid methods and tools in all stages of personnel selection, whether internal or external or selecting employees out. Key labour law considerations and international comparisons in staffing practices and legal environments will be covered as well as ethical issues and dilemmas that may arise in staffing. The following topics and concepts are covered: The whole process of staffing and workforce planning will be covered, including external and internal recruitment, employer branding, job analysis, job design, job specifications, evaluation of candidates, decision making, contracting, retention, turnover, layoffs and alternative downsizing methods. Among key issues covered are causes and consequences of downsizing, survivor syndrome, staffing metrics and evaluation of selection success. Learning outcome - Objectives Knowledge: Collection of facts, concepts, theories and techniques acquired by students. The student should: -Understand and explain key theories, methods, frameworks and research findings relating to workforce planning, recruitment, selection and downsizing and the skills to apply them in different organizational contexts. -Understand key legal terms relating to staffing and how international labour law developments may affect hiring practices in different countries. Skills: The ability to apply knowledge to different settings of staffing processes. The student should: -Describe and apply key staffing models, concepts and strategies to various organizational settings. -Understand, critically analyse and respond objectively to key ethical issues and dilemmas that may arise in staffing. -Collect and analyse information from internal and external sources to undertake workforce planning and forecast labour force requirements and needs. Competences: The ability to apply knowledge and skills in staffing. The student should: -Develop and design staffing strategies in alignment with organizational HR strategy and business strategy, to ensure alignment between organizations and employees and between employees and jobs. -Critically evaluate the suitability of different methods and approaches to staffing in different internal and external contexts. -Develop, design and implement valid and reliable recruitment, selection and termination processes that abide with relevant labor legislation. Course assessment Reading material No reading material found. Teaching and learning activities Language of instruction English Labour law V-731-LALA ECTS 3,75 Change management and leadership V-736-CMLE ECTS 7,5 International Marketing V-736-INMA ECTS 7,5 Fundamentals in Accounting and Finance V-737-FAFI ECTS 7,5 Advanced and digital marketing V-738-ADDM ECTS 7,5 Enterprise Architectures V-746-ENAR ECTS 7,5 Internship V-748-INTE ECTS 7,5 International Finance V-767-INTF ECTS 7,5 Corporate Taxation V-772-TAX1 ECTS 7,5 Customer Profitability Management V-776-CPRO ECTS 7,5 Advanced Topics in Emerging Technologies V-795-ATET ECTS 7,5 Performance Management V-830-PEMA ECTS 3,75 Portfolio Management V-862-PORT ECTS 7,5 Equity Analysis V-863-EQUI ECTS 7,5 Master´s Thesis - partial submission V-888-THHL ECTS 15 Research Proposal V-898-REPR ECTS 0 Master´s Thesis V-898-THES ECTS 30 Exchange Studies X-699-EXCH ECTS 30 Vorönn/Spring 2024 Consumer Behavior V-712-COBE ECTS 3,75 Innovation Management V-713-INNM ECTS 7,5 Business Ethics V-714-BETH ECTS 3,75 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Context V-715-ENIC ECTS 3,75 Business Process Management V-716-BPMA ECTS 7,5 Fixed Income Analysis V-716-FINC ECTS 3,75 Implementation of information systems V-717-IMIS ECTS 3,75 Entrepreneurial Finance V-733-ENTR ECTS 7,5 Branding and Strategic Marketing V-741-BRAN ECTS 7,5 Strategic HRM and Metrics V-745-STRA ECTS 7,5 Business Research Methodology V-746-REME ECTS 7,5 Internship V-748-INTE ECTS 7,5 Cases in corporate finance V-763-COR2 ECTS 7,5 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards II V-765-FIR2 ECTS 7,5 Applied Derivatives V-766-APDE ECTS 7,5 Consolidated Financial Statements V-767-SARE ECTS 7,5 Business Intelligence and Analytics V-784-REK5 ECTS 7,5 Corporate Law V-802-BULA ECTS 7,5 Tourism Marketing V-840-TOMA ECTS 7,5 Training and Development V-840-TRDE ECTS 3,75 Accounting for derivatives and other financial instruments V-871-AFLE ECTS 7,5 Master´s Thesis - partial submission V-888-THHL ECTS 15 Research Proposal V-898-REPR ECTS 0 Master´s Thesis V-898-THES ECTS 30 Exchange Studies X-699-EXCH ECTS 30