HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to: analyze human resource planning and forecasting techniques; create employee performance management and rewards systems; describe and analyze training and development; illustrate the essential features of a human resource information system; analyze and evaluate significant contemporary issues for people and organizations including HRM’s contributions to organizational performance; apply and communicate the appropriate theoretical models (i.e., interpretation and reporting of descriptive statistics; interviewing as a data-gathering technique) to support an argument; employ a self-critical analysis to evaluate external factors (i.e., technology, the law, labor markets, and social institutions) on the way people work in organizations

Topics:

The course develops a critical understanding of the role and functions of the various human resource activities in an organization, providing students with a comprehensive review of key people and organization concepts, techniques, and issues. The topics include job analysis and design, recruitment and selection, evaluation, performance management, occupational health and safety, and the strategic contribution of people to organizational performance and evaluating effectiveness. Working with contemporary case studies, students not only engage in collaborative and individual work processes but also use communication and discourse characteristics of how people collaborate in an organizational context and environment.

Pre-requisites: Introduction to management in business