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The program aims to create highly skilled experts who are acquainted with the modern methods and tools for HR management in the public sphere. After completing the program the student should know and be able to develop HR management strategies which includes diagnostic of the organization macro- and micro-environment, analysis of the organization state, development of strategies for organizational development; knowing the ideas in the field of the strategic HR management, from strategic planning to the real-time management, awareness raising of the need and a basis for continuous improvement in practice; knowing in a detail the main areas of work of the HR department, knowing the world trends in the HR management practice.

The program complies with the international standards in the field and fully meets the challenges of the operational programs "Human Resource Development" and "Administrative capacity".

Upon the successful completing the course the student should know and be able:

He should know:

• the current theories for HR Management and should be able to use their tools for analysis of the organizational reality;
• the evolution of the management theory and practice and be able to evaluate critically the development and possible benefits of application of the different approaches and methods in a specific environment;
• the HR management tools;
• some methods for organizational diagnosis within the Human Resources Management;
• some methods for goal setting and strategy formulation and implementation in the field of the human resources;
• some methods and approaches for effective approbation of the integrated HR management systems  within the organizations;
• some methods for use in the socio-culture layer of the organization and effective relation with the HR management;
  • the legal basis of the HR management in the public sphere;
  • the legal and administrative regulations of the work in the public administration;

Upon the successful completion of the course the student should be:

• responsible in his professional activities;
• with an attitude of continuous self-improvement and professional development;
• adaptive to the dynamics in the "Human Resource Management" sector.

The student should be:

• creative;
• highly motivated;
• in continuous search for creative methods for decision making and implementation in the field of the HR management;
• open to innovations;
• with desire for self-development and lifelong learning;
• one developing his strategic business sense and his sense to the people.

The students who have completed successfully the training program for "Human Resource Management" can find their professional realization in:

The students who have completed the specialization "Human Resources Management in the public sphere" can find their successful realization in many areas of the social life in both, Bulgaria and abroad.

They could be managers of public sphere organizations of various sizes and specifics and as experts in HR management units, dealing with strategic management and planning, HR management, operational management, such as:

-    ministries, government agencies, inspectorates;

-          public and district administration;

-          municipal administration;

-          EU institutions / in the field of the HR management/;

-           as consultants and experts for projects under the operational programs "Human Resource Development" and "Administrative Capacity";

-          as faculty and research staff.

CONDITIONS TO APPLY:

1. The applicants must have obtained a Bachelor degree in Public administration or other major.
2. The average grade of the semester and state exams of the applicants should be Good 3.50 for the paid form of the training.