DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Public Administration Sciences
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 1° Year

VALUTAZIONE DEL RENDIMENTO ISTITUZIONALE E DEL PERSONALE

Teaching Staff

Learning Objectives

• METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA POLITICA E SOCIALE
  
  The course focuses on key research methodologies and provides tools for analyzing the performance of social and political phenomena.
• L'ANALISI DEL RENDIMENTO
  
  Analyzing theoretically and empirically public institutions, the course offers the opportunity to define and estimate institutional performances of the main public organizations.
• LA VALUTAZIONE DEL PERSONALE
  
  It should be noted that elements of psychological, educational, cultural and legislation have redefined the last decade the question of staff assessment at national and European level, profoundly changing the duties and functions of the staff of the PA and executives within the changes introduced by the administrative decentralization that is characterized by being a system regulated directions and organizational by subsidiarity (meaning of subsidiarity either vertical or horizontal). In conjunction with this change, the guidelines are placed psychological, pedagogical and regulations about the issue of assessment and certification of skills in order to raise the quality of services provided and the services offered. Specific learning objectives as to reach are: - Know the tools to identify the specific skills and competencies, analyzing the personality of the candidates, in constant search of the best talent and the best propensity for a specific role or a certain position; - To analyze the actual use of these tools in businesses, in order to understand the strengths and areas for improvement; - Reflect on the individual instruments both in terms of the theoretical foundations on which the operational tools that can facilitate improved application; - Learn the strategic perspective that gives the ability to create value through the work of each person.

Detailed Course Content

• METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA POLITICA E SOCIALE
  

  THE LOGIC OF SOCIAL RESEARCH; The paradigms of social research; Quantitative research and qualitative research.

• LA VALUTAZIONE DEL PERSONALE
  

  The course show the main human resource management strategies. It will focus, in detail, on the assessment of staff. This argument wants to ensure the proper functioning of an organization, to support the staff and the personal and professional growth paths; Moreover, the issues related to the behavior of individuals in organizations will be addressed, from the entrance in the company for evaluation, going through the selection, analysis and design work, training and development of people.

Textbook Information

• LA VALUTAZIONE DEL PERSONALE
  

  Gabrielli G., Profili S., Organizzazione e gestione delle risorse umane, Isedi, 2016

  (chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16)