Companies need to deal with different stakeholders: clients, suppliers, competitors, the governmental bodies and so on. One important group of stakeholders are the companies’ employees. How do you attract talented employees to work for your company or team? How do you motivate your team members? How can you manage and reduce stress at work and try to make sure that your employees are happy and engaged at work? In this minor we will focus particularly on how to understand and manage the people in a company adequately.
This minor enables you to solve issues around human resource management ('people management'). You will be encouraged to adopt a critical approach towards the many theoretical perspectives within the professional field and then apply the knowledge that you have gained to practical situations.
This minor does not provide direct admission to the Master’s programme in Business Administration. Depending on your Bachelor's programme, it may provide enough in depth knowledge for a conditional admission.
The minor contains of 30 EC and can be completed in 1 year (2 semesters).
The new course catalogue containing the final programme will be published in the beginning of June.
Important Dates and selection process
You can apply for this minor between 30 April 2024 10:00 AM and 1 August 2024 01:00 PM (or earlier if the maximum number of participants for the minor has been reached). Selection for this minor is based on the first come first serve principle.
Please note that you can only be admitted to one minor at UvA Economics and Business at a time. However, you can apply for a maximum of two minors. A potential second choice will only be taken into consideration if you are not selected for the minor you applied for first.
What do you need to apply?
Non UvA-students
UvA students
*To apply for the minor via the application form, you must log in with your UvA-net-ID. If you log in automatically with your personal account, it will not let you in. If this occurs, please make sure to open the minor application link in an incognito window.
After admission: register for courses
After being admitted to the minor, you need to register for the individual courses of the minor. The course registration period for the first semester will take place on the following dates:
All information about course registration will be included in the email you receive after you are admitted to the minor. All minor students have a guaranteed spot for a course.
For more general information about applying for and taking a minor, visit the student website about minors at UvA Economics and Business. Or you can contact the Education Desk ((make sure to choose an UvA Economics and Business programme to see the correct information).