Digital HR Management & Applied Labour Law

The world of work is in a state of upheaval: tasks and demands on employees as well as labour relations are changing. Lifelong learning is becoming a vital part of working life; previously rigid and hierarchical organisational structures are becoming increasingly flexible, and leadership is being redefined. At the same time, digitalisation is making its way into many corporate areas and accelerating the redesign of work processes, fields of activity and working environments.

Human Resources.Digitalisation, Change Management

HR management in companies has a special role to play in shaping these changes: on the one hand, experts are needed who can initiate and accompany the transformation and change and thus make a significant contribution to a company’s success. On the other hand, digitisation also creates various opportunities for HR management itself to optimise core processes, simplify them and make them more user-friendly. In addition, companies need experts who can deal with labour law issues, for example, on atypical and new forms of work as well as with data protection and social law in the context of changes in the world of work.

Focal areas & qualifications

The unique selling point of the graduates from the degree programme "Digital HR Management and Applied Labour Law" results from the combination of HR management competences with a special reference to digitalisation and change management as well as competences in applied labour law.

Online info sessions (in German)

Would you like to learn more about the Work Design and HR Management degree programme and have your individual questions answered? Then register now for our online info sessions! The degree programme team will inform you about application and admission, study contents and career opportunities. The online info sessions are held in German.

Dates:

Currently, there are no online info sessions scheduled.

Graduates of this programme can:

derive strategies from current developments and changes in the world of work and implement these strategies in order to develop HR management in line with corporate objectives.
develop and optimise HR core processes along the entire candidate/employee experience (recruiting, talent management, performance management, HR development, etc.) and implement measures to digitalise HR processes.
create HR analytics projects, interpret results from data analysis and derive measures from them.
plan, and direct a team, in the implementation of change and transformation processes and, as HR business partners and internal consultants, and accompany and advise managers and employees on change and transformation management issues.
identify labour law issues arising from the digitalisation of HR systems and HR processes and - if necessary in cooperation with lawyers - develop measures for the legally compliant design of work models, employee relations, HR systems and HR processes in national and international contexts.

Carrer options:

Heads of HR, and HR business partners
HR generalists with a focus on labour law
Heads of staff units/HR teams with tasks of in-house counselling on labour law issues
HR experts such as: HR controllers, experts in HR reporting and HR Analytica
(Digital) Change & Transformation managers
HR digitisation experts
HR change agents/ organisational development experts
Consultants/trainers for digital teaching contents
Self-employed or employed management consultants

You can find more information in the current brochure of the degree programme (German)

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Short Facts

Degree

Master of Arts in Business, MA

Length of programme

4 semesters

Mode of study

Career parallel programme: three times a week in the evening and Saturdays during the day

Place of study

Campus Media Quarter St. Marx 3.4
Maria Jacobi Gasse 1
1030 Wien

Language of instruction

German and English

Credits

120 ECTS

Tuition fee

€ 363.36 per semester (+ € 22.70 student´s union fee)

Semester abroad

Students have various possibilities to go abroad and spend time at one of our partner universities. The degree programme recommends completing a semester abroad in the 2nd semester.

Admission procedure

Written application
Online multiple-choice test
Interview

Preparation for admission procedure

Preparation materials can be found on the website of the degree programme in the download area.

No external preparation courses are required.

Application period for EU/EEA citizens and applicants

1 October until 31 May

Application period for non-EU/EEA citizens and applicants

1 October until 30 April

Admission requirements

Secondary school leaving-certificate (High school Diploma) AND
Completion of a social studies/business/natural science/ law/ technical degree in Austria or equivalent degree abroad (The legalization list can be found here under downloads)

Proof of a total of 20 ECTS from the following disciplines: Business Administration, Management, Law or Statistics, of which at least 8 ECTS from the field of Business Administration and 4 ECTS from the field of Management.

Language level English C1 and German C1 (for applicants whose native language is not German).
Proof of the subject relevance required for access can be provided by a maximum of 4 ECTS through a subject-relevant initial or continuing vocational education or training at a certified institution and/or through a certified initial or continuing vocational education or training or through subject-relevant professional activity.

Bridging courses

Take advantage of the free bridging courses offered by the UAS BFI Vienna (May to July) to acquire missing ECTS and qualify for admission to a master programme.

Level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework

NQR7

Field(s) of study (e.g. ISCED-F)

0413 Management and administration

Access to further studies

Graduates of UAS master programmes are entitled to enroll in relevant doctoral programmes (pursuant to § 6 para. 4 FHG, as amended) or university courses.

Bettina Wirth

Coordinator

+43 1 720 12 86-905

bettina.wirth@fh-vie.ac.at

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Course Adaptation of the Legal Framework in the Employment Relationship

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- suitably exercise contractual right of modification and revocation proviso
- identify the need for transfers or dismissals with the option of altered conditions of employment and execute them in conformity with the law
- design special agreements regarding absenteeism, breaks or reduced and increased working hours in the employment contract by using samples
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Course Applied Change & Transformation Management

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- co-create corporate change from the perspective of HR Management
- realise the needs and fears of stakeholders in a change process and consider them when planning and designing change processes
- apply instruments and processes in corporate development
- plan the communication design during the change process
- select and set suitable interventions during change and strategy processes
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Course Applied HR Analytics

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- analyse HR-related administrative and processual data
- translate current questions of HR Management into specific hypotheses and investigate them with statistical methods
- analyse key performance indicators
- apply BI-tools and dashboards
- make decisions concerning employees, cooperation and communication based on data protection regulations
- make predictions based on collected data sets and describe connections
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Course Data Protection Law and Personality Rights

ECTS Credits 2.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- determine the current status of science and the established case law to evaluate which data may justifiably be collected during effective employment
- handle the data of applicants accordingly
- evaluate how long data may be saved
- determine which role the works council plays in the context of data protection
- determine under which circumstances the data of employees may be transmitted within the company and evaluate which sanctions must be relied on, if the data protection laws are violated
- competently participate in the successful implementation of an in-company data protection management system
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Course Digital HR Practices IIa: Performance Management & Total Rewards

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- describe the meaning of performance management and total rewards for the company’s success, the job satisfaction and engagement of employees
- identify and analyse the main objectives, programmes, measures and methods for performance management and total rewards
- select suitable methods and strategies and design evidence-based, fair and motivating framework conditions
- analyse the impact of different performance management and total rewards approaches and develop sustainable measures for improvement
- deduce requirements concerning digital tools and software solutions and suitable research tools (e.g. digital feedback tools, pulse survey)
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Course Digital HR Practices IIb: Learning, Development & Talent Management

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- explain the conecpts, meaning and impact of learning, development and talent management programmes on the strategy development, implementation, oragnisational competences and qualifications of employees
- analyse different approaches and methods of learning, development and talent management, select suitable methods and adapt them for the organisational development, qualification and motivation of employees
- analyse and design different competence models and critically reflect on their impact on diversity and sustainability
- identify talents and design programmes for further development as well as career and succession programmes
- analyse the impact of the corporate culture on learning and knowledge transfer in the company
- design measures to further develop the company culture, (digital) learning culture and employees
- define the requirements concerning (digital) learning formats, research suitable offers and explain possible applications
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Course HR Process Analysis

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- explain possibilities and challenges of process management in general and of process analysis in particular from different perspectives (e.g. from the perspective of a process owner)
- explain and apply techniques for the identification and acquisition of processes
- illustrate processes (especially from HRM) by means of the modelling language Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) and also model them by using suitable diagram editors
- explain qualitative and quantitative processes of process analysis and apply them in connection with an analysis of HR processes
- configure tools for the simulation of processes and use the results for process analysis
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Course HR Process Redesign and Automation

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language English Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- explain possibilities and challenges of process structuring and automation from a technical-methodical and an organisational perspective
- explain processes of process redesigns and categorise them in the light of different dimensions (e.g. organisations, techniques/technologies, degree of innovation)
- explain the connection between Business Process Management (and process redesign in particular) and Digital Innovation Management, select the processes in the light of exemplary application cases from the HR domain and describe the implementation and possible related risks
- use tools for process simulation for the identification of optimisation potentials
- explain techniques and benefits/risks of process automation and configurate selected tools of Robotic-Process Automation (RPA) for the automation of exemplary HR processes
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Course Participation of the Works Council

ECTS Credits 1.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- describe the legally effective meaning and areas of responsibility of the works council
- name the responsibilities and competences of the works council
- offer advisory support to the company owner when it comes to negotiations regarding the drafting of a company agreement with the works council
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Course Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics

ECTS Credits 3.00 ECTS Credits

Language German Language

Curriculum PT Curriculum

Semester 2 SS Semester
After successful completion of the course, the students can
- name the characteristics of a good scientific research question and formulate a research question and hypotheses
- describe characteristics of a study population and select/explain the suitable population in view of the research design
- develop a research design
- determine relevant statistical tests in view of the research question and apply them to the collected data (by means of SPSS)
- interpret the results of the evaluation in SPSS and deduce theory-driven conclusions
- critically analyse the quality of different HR-relevant research
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