Master degree program
Sociology of Work and HR Management

Sociology of Work and HR Management

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

. to synthesize sociological theories for the interpretation of socio-economic phenomena, to use their knowledge in the field of the regulatory framework for the active development of personnel strategy; to plan and predict changes in the labor potential of the organization, to assess the current state of staffing, to comprehensively analyze the current problems of personnel management in the organization and the relationship between the management of the organization as a whole and its personnel;
2. analyze behaviors and performance that demonstrate increased competence in decision-making, group leadership, oral and written communication, critical thinking, problem solving, planning, and teamwork, and evaluate the relationship between HR functions and operations and organizational strategies, structures, and culture;
3. to use modern technologies of personnel management and effectively implement them in their professional activities, to form and maintain a comfortable moral and psychological climate in the organization and an effective organizational culture;
4. to diagnose the features of the organizational behavior of people and groups in a modern organization, to analyze the vertical and horizontal constructs of the organization, to design the key elements of the organization and self-organization, management activities in the analysis of a specific case, to use the main methods of analysis and conflict resolution, to develop conflict management algorithms that can prevent them at the stage of a pre-conflict situation;
5. identify and analyze trends in the social development of organizations and personnel, develop corporate programs for social security of employees and solving problems of personnel policy; analyze sociological and socio-psychological problems of the functioning of organizations using theoretical approaches to the study of various aspects of the functioning of organizations, assess the importance of intercultural and intercultural leadership, as well as sensitivity to various social, ethical;
6. use methods of social diagnostics and monitoring, technologies for designing and forecasting social processes in the business environment, taking into account potential risks, develop research projects for setting and solving organizational and managerial tasks, including those that are outside the immediate sphere of activity;
7. design the design of sociological studies of Kazakhstan's markets using the main theoretical models, quantitative and qualitative methods for the analysis and forecasting of modern social and economic processes;
8. to collect, process, analyze and systematize information on the research topic, to prepare a review, a scientific report and scientific publications on current problems of social and labor relations, to apply the main methodological approaches to determining effective mechanisms for the implementation of social responsibility and methods of sociology for the analysis of social and labor relations.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Sociology of Work and HR Management
Speciality Code
7M03102
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Modern Methods of Social Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: use modern sociological tools of the method of collecting information on a specific sociological study, build various models for interpreting data and defend your scientific results in discussion. In studying the discipline: Mathematical and statistical methods in sociology. Methods of sociological research in modern socio-economic conditions. Online survey methods

Modern Problems of Motivation and Staff Incentives
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to develop skills for evaluating the effectiveness of the motivation and incentive system, using methods of analyzing the competitiveness of the remuneration policy in the organization. . In the study of the discipline: The structure of employees' work motives. Building an incentive system for the organization's staff. Social security of the staff. Social package.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to form in master's students fundamental knowledge about the principles and methods of research work necessary when writing scientific articles and a master's thesis. In studying the discipline: Science and its role in the development of society. Structure of scientific knowledge. Methodology of scientific knowledge. Methodology and methods of social and human sciences.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Personnel and conflict management
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to application of theoretical knowledge in the field of personnel and conflict management in practice. In the study of the discipline, the following aspects: The personnel of the enterprise as an object of management. Principles of personnel management. Methods of personnel management. Organizational and managerial conflicts.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Sociological Theories
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: demonstrate skills in using modern sociological theories and paradigms to analyze social life during research work. In studying the discipline: On sociological theories of society. Basic sociological paradigms. Postclassical and neoclassical sociology. Poliparadigmality of modern sociology.

Statistics and Forecasting in Sociological Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to develop the skills of analytical work of undergraduates using the advantages and capabilities of statistical methods and forecasting methods in sociological research. In studying the discipline, the following aspects will be considered: mathematical and statistical methods in sociology: Descriptive statistics: analysis of average values. The concept of measurement: scaling. Statistical hypothesis.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Fundamentals of human resource development: regulation and law
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to develop the ability to apply laws that define several aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including employment contracts, pay structures, personnel policy, fairness, access, and dispute resolution protocol. In the study of the discipline: personnel Management: legal, regulatory issues. Equal employment opportunity. Compensation. To protect investment of employees in their retirement. Labour relations.

Global Leadership
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to develop leadership skills among undergraduates by evaluating organizational, business, and political leaders, and analyze the main features of leadership managers. In the study of the discipline will consider the following aspects: Globalization and Economics. State and power. Work and employment. Models leadership

Global Politics of Work and Social Welfare
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to form undergraduates' basic knowledge in field of the global labor market and social and labor relations in team, ability to assess global scale of organization and implementation of types of social activities. In the study of the discipline: Global Politics. Social security. Global policy in field of labor and protection of population

Human Resources: Applied Strategies, Analysis and Evaluation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to apply their knowledge in various situations, evaluate human resources through strategic partnerships within the country and at the global level. In the study of the discipline will consider the following aspects: Planning and strategy of human resources management. Assessment of labor productivity and wages.

Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to determine the functions and role of collective bargaining in labor relations. In the study of the discipline will consider the following aspects: Collective bargaining and collective agreements. Labor relations. The main means of reducing inequality and protecting labor.

Management of HR – technology and policy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to use modern information and analytical, digital technologies in personnel management, to form modern managerial skills. In the study of the discipline will consider following aspects: Information systems and technologies in human resource management. Human resource Planning. The creation of a reserve of labour.

Management of Organizational Culture and Organizational Change
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to form of practical skills for effective management of organizational culture and modern changes in enterprises. In the study of the discipline will consider following aspects: Management of organizational culture. Formation of organizational culture, maintenance of organizational culture. Managing organizational culture: changing organizational culture.

Management of Social Processes in the Business Environment
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form fundamental knowledge and practical skills in the field of social aspects of commercial activity. When studying the discipline, the following will be considered: Business and scientific communications. Modern global management concepts. Financial diagnostics and modeling of development prospects. Corporate management. The activities of PR services in organizations. Managing organizational changes.

Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to know essence and features of using negotiations as a way to resolve disputes, the negotiation procedure, and ways to effectively resolve disagreements. In the study of the discipline: The concept of negotiations. Principles and methods of alternative dispute resolution. History of mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution.

Personality in the Organization: Values, Attitudes, Behavior
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: To form knowledge of basic socio-psychological theories, methodological approaches explaining human behavior, to study personal characteristics that are significant for human behavior in the workplace. Course content: Human behavior in organization. Psychological characteristics and their influence on behavior of people in organization. Values in field of work.

Personnel and conflict management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: to application of theoretical knowledge in the field of personnel and conflict management in practice. In the study of the discipline, the following aspects: The personnel of the enterprise as an object of management. Principles of personnel management. Methods of personnel management. Organizational and managerial conflicts.

Social Responsibility of Business
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: рossess modern concepts of company management, methods of analysis and assessment of corporate social responsibility of the company. In the study of the discipline will consider: The business and its place in society. The structure of the business. Elements of corporate social responsibility.

Theory and practice of organizational behavior
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose: To form a systematic understanding of organizations, their functions, the basic laws of their existence and development, to improve the skills of forecasting and managing the behavior of people in the organization, to increase their organizational effectiveness. Course content: Basic concepts of the theory of organization. Business processes. The life cycle of the organization. Evaluation of organization.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years