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| Human Resource Management |
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Management
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| Course Catalog Description and Prerequisites |
| 3860. Human Resource Management. 3 hours. An introduction to personnel management. Topics include employment, placement and personnel planning, training and development; compensation and benefits; health, safety and security; and employee and labor relations. Open to non-business majors. |
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| Course Objectives |
GENERAL COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The broad learning objectives of this course are as follows;
1. To develop an understanding of the function of human resource management and the role it plays in the management process.
2. To understand the role of the general manager in managing human resources. All managers are human resource managers.
3. To introduce students to the specific functional areas of human resource management, including, planning, recruitment and placement, training and development, compensation and benefits, performance management and appraisal, labor relations, and health and safety.
4. To provide students with an understanding of the social, political, and legal environment affecting the personnel management function.
5. To encourage students to critically examine important contemporary issues that influences the management of human resources.
6. To provide a background for further study in advanced courses in business, human resource management and industrial relations.
SPECIFIC COURSE COMPETENCIES (Selected sample of specific courses objectives and competencies are shown below)
Upon the successful completion of this course, each student should be able to…
1. Understand the fundamental Principles and Changing Nature of HRM.
2. Study specific problems such as Individual Performance, Job Satisfaction, and Employee Retention and Organizational commitment.
3. Investigate the Legal Framework for Equal Employment programs.
4. Understand the relationship between managing Diversity and EEO programs.
5. What is a Job? And how do we change the structure of a job if management needs to make adjustments.
6. Study HR’s role in Labor Markets and the need for HR to know about the Recruiting function.
7. Understand the general outline of the Selecting and Placing function of HR.
8. Develop and frame to distinguish differences while also understanding the similarities of the Training function vs. the Development function.
9. Study HR’s responsibilities in the Performance Appraisal activities.
10. Investigate the complex areas of Compensation and Benefits.
11. Develop an orientation to Employee Rights and Organizational Discipline.
12. What is the meaning in today’s work place of Union-Management relations?
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| Course Expectations |
Students are expected to:
1. commit 15 to 20 hours per week to the course
2. take and complete exams during the scheduled time periods
3. complete assignments during open days for each assignment
4. dedicate their time to studing and applying the topics covered, and
5. complete this course using professional ethics and honesty. |
| Tests/Quizzes |
| Four (4) exams will be required. |
| Major Assignments |
| A term paper will be required. |
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Acrobat Reader, Excel, PowerPoint, Word / CD ROM, Speakers, Sound Card
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Chat, Email, Online Discussion Groups
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| Textbooks |
TEXTBOOK FOR SPRING 2009 -- TO BE DETERMINED
TEXTBOOK FOR SUMMER 2008 (INSTRUCTOR - JOHNSON):
Human Resource Management, 11th Edition, Mathis & jackson, South-Western, 2006. |
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enrollment restrictions based on where I live? |
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Only students who live IN TEXAS may enroll in this section.
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Last Updated Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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