Human Resource Management

The following modules can be taken in the winter term 2025/26:

Bachelor

• Markets and Firms
• Personnel Economics
• Managing yourself

Master

• Executive Compensation (online)
• Economics of Gambling and Betting Markets (online)
• Seminar in Human Resource Management I*
• Seminar in Human Resource Management II*

All information on the modules listed above can be found in the corresponding Moodle courses as soon as they have been activated in Moodle.

* The master’s modules HRM Research Seminar I and II can only be taken if topics are available and after prior consultation. There are no Moodle courses for these modules. If you are interested, please contact hrm@rub.de.

Guidelines for scientific work

Here you can find the guidelines for scientific work at our chair. In this document all important formalities, content guidelines, frequently committed mistakes and hints for a successful literature research are listed.

Please note that the guidelines for scientic work are currently available in German language only.

HRM Leitfaden für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (September 2025)

Writing a Master Thesis

New: If you would like to write your Master’s thesis at the Chair of Human Resource Management, you must have successfully completed 15 ECTS from the Chair’s Master’s teaching program.

Note: Depending on the applications received, the chair reserves the right to make changes to this admission requirement. If you have successfully completed more or less than 15 ECTS credits from our master’s program, you may still apply.

The chair makes a maximum of 12 places available each semester, which is just under four times the calculated average capacity of all chairs in the faculty. If more than 12 candidates apply for a master’s thesis in one semester, the 12 people with the best average grades will receive the available places.

If you wish to apply, please do so by registering in the Moodle course “HRM-Masterarbeiten XXXX” which is created for each semester. The XXXX stands for the semester designation in question. There are always 2 courses offered for the respective two subsequent semesters, so please make sure you register in the course set up for your desired semester.

The corresponding Moodle course for applications in the winter semester or summer semester is expected to be available from August or April of the respective year.

Proof of academic achievement at the chair must be submitted. You will receive an acceptance or rejection within 14 days of the application deadlines.

The deadlines are cut-off dates. Late registration and submission of academic transcripts after the deadline are not possible.

Guidelines for scientific work

Here you can find the guidelines for scientific work at our chair. In this document all important formalities, content guidelines, frequently committed mistakes and hints for a successful literature research are listed.

Please note that the guidelines for scientic work are currently available in German language only.

HRM Leitfaden für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (September 2025)

Writing a Bachelor Thesis

The faculty’s central application procedure distinguishes between two possible types of supervision commitments for bachelor’s theses. On the one hand, each chair can allocate a certain quota of bachelor’s theses on its own responsibility. On the other hand, a central allocation procedure is carried out using previously specified priorities.

If you would like to write your bachelor’s thesis at our chair and receive advance approval from us, please visit the corresponding Moodle course. There you will find all the relevant information about the application process.

We will then notify you of our decision and contact you if necessary.

As a rule, we specify the topics. No further action is required on your part until the topics have been assigned. Once you have been assigned a topic, please contact your supervisor.

From topic assignment, the processing time of 9 weeks starts. The oral examination is usually held within 5 weeks after submission. For details on the oral examination, please refer to the guidelines for the preparation of scientific papers.

Possible Topics

• Behavioral economics
• Education economics
• Human resource economics and management
• Incentive and compensation systems
• Organizational economics

Guidelines for scientific work

Here you can find the guidelines for scientific work at our chair. In this document all important formalities, content guidelines, frequently committed mistakes and hints for a successful literature research are listed.

Please note that the guidelines for scientic work are currently available in German language only.

HRM Leitfaden für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (September 2025)

Preparation of a seminar paper [Bachelor]

Every summer semester, the module “Seminar in Personnel Economics [Personalökonomisches Seminar]” takes place. In this context, a seminar paper is written. The module is limited in number of participants and prior registration is required.

Information on the procedure and registration modalities will be provided before the summer term starts. Please follow our announcements in this regard.

Preparation of a seminar paper [Master]

It is possible to take the modules “Seminar in Human Resource Management I + II [HRM Forschungsseminare I + II]”.

If you are interested, please contact hrm@rub.de and ask whether there are free capacities for supervision.

If you have received a commitment for the Seminar in Human Resource Management I or II, you must also fill out a commitment form. Herewith you commit yourself for a registration in FlexNow. The declaration of commitment does not represent a binding registration for the modules.

Declarations of commitment can be downloaded here:

Verpflichtungserklärung HRM Forschungsseminar I

Verpflichtungserklärung HRM Forschungsseminar II

If you need advice or support, or are dependent on the adaptation of the teaching or examination form, please contact the team at the Counseling Center for the Inclusion of the Disabled (BZI)!

The premises of the BZI are barrier-free. They are located in a central location on the RUB university campus on the first floor of the student building.

All contact persons at the BZI with contact details and further information can be found here: AKAFÖ: Inclusion (akafoe.de).

All relevant information and related documents regarding recognition or credit transfer of examination results can be found on the website of the Examination Office of the Faculty of Economics.

The required documents must be sent by email to hrm@rub.de. We will then contact you.

The examination review takes place every semester on the first Friday of the first week of lectures.

Prior registration is mandatory for the review. Registration takes place via the Moodle course “HRM Klausureinsicht” for the respective semester, which is made available at the beginning of the registration period. The registration period starts three weeks before each summer and winter semester and ends one week before the review date. All registration details can be found in the corresponding Moodle course.

During the exam review, you will have the opportunity to view your exam(s). Sample solutions or similar will not be provided.