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Overview
What you will learn
After the Work Environment Economics course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, each student shall be able to:
- In their own words, describe and exemplify central terms and concepts of work environment economics and personnel economics
- Describe and reflect over methods and models used for analysing the effects of the work environment on an organisation's performance and results.
- Critically review and assess factors that affects an organisation’s results, and propose and argue for changes and interventions from a financial perspective, based on scientific literature and to reflect upon them from a Human-Technology-Organisation (HTO) perspective.
- Summarise and present their findings, both orally and in writing, and study, judge and exchange feedback on the project work in a structured way, and reflect on their own development and learning process.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Central terms and concepts related to business economics, work environment economics and personnel economics
- Work environment economics in practice, workforce analytics, key performance indicators
- Work environment as a production factor, and the effects on operational productivity, efficiency and quality
- The consultative professional; reflecting and arguing for effects of ergonomics from a systems perspective
- Project work where a workplace, task or work system is analysed to identify a problem and propose a suitable solution, based on relevant theory and best practice.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 90
Credits
7 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Economics Environmental Economics & Policy View 11 other Short Courses in Environmental Economics & Policy in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 90
Student insurance
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- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 180 university credits (hp) in engineering or natural sciences
- documented proficiency in English corresponding to English B/English 6
- 15 credits mathematics or statistics
Tuition Fee
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EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK for the full programme during 3 months.
If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or hold a residence permit in Sweden for something other than studies you generally do not have to pay tuition fees.
Living costs for Stockholm
9668 - 17248 SEK /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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