6 ECTS credits
154 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4015416FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business Technology and Operations
Educational team
Marie Guerry (course titular)
Brecht Verbeken
Activities and contact hours
16 contact hours Lecture
16 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
122 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The aim of this course is introducing quantitative techniques that are useful in manpower planning.  Among other subjects, there is studied career patterns, wastage analyses, recruitment- and promotion policies, modelisation of manpower systems, push (Markov) models, pull (Renewal) models, attainability and maintainability of personnel distributions.

Course material
Course text (Required) : Manpower planning, Kwantitatieve methoden voor personeelsbeleid, Marie-Anne Guerry, VUB, 2220170006628, 2019
Handbook (Recommended) : Statistical Techniques for Manpower Planning, Bartholomew D.J, Forbes A.F, McClean, S.I, BIB, 9780471928799, 1991
Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

Gain insight

  • Formulate concepts in own words

Reflecting

  • Use mathematical techniques in manpower planning

Social skills

  • Collaborate constructively for group tasks

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Intermediate Eval. group work with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 25% of the final mark.
  • Presentation+Result group work with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • The exam consists of two mandatory components:
    • Theory: oral exam (with written preparation);
    • Practice: Presentation of the results of a case study (group work).
  • During the oral exam (with written preparation) no electronic material may be used.
  • All participating students must be present during the presentation of the group work.
  • In the second exam session, the student has the possibility to keep the obtained mark for the group work in the first exam session.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Psychology: Afstudeerrichting arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Business Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)