Course Syllabus
BUS-2410: Human Resource Management
Course Description
This course examines the critical issues and the strategic questions that must be considered when managing diverse groups of people in today’s workplace. Topics include: selecting, training, and evaluating personnel; compensation; health and safety; bargaining units; motivation; morale; and human relations.
Essential Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Explain what human resource management is and describe its role and development in organizations.
- Summarize the differences between the personnel function and line operations.
- Discuss the primary personnel practices and apply them to specific situations, including: a) evaluate the personnel needs of an organization; b) determine specifications of a position and write a job description; c) plan a strategy for employee recruitment and selection; d) develop a wage and price scale; e) design a personnel record-keeping system; f) formulate a strategy for performance evaluation and appropriate responses; and g) identify training needs.
- Describe the influence labor unions and the collective bargaining process have on the personnel function.
- Discuss the federal and state regulations that influence the personnel function on such issues as health, safety and equity.
- Analyze and discuss ethical considerations in the personnel function including gender wage disparity and sexual harassment.
- Discuss the ethical considerations inherent in personnel decisions.
- Discuss issues of equity as they relate to personnel management.
- Recognize what constitutes harassment and describe means for resolving harassment issues.
Textbooks & Technology
Required Textbooks:
Human Resource Management, Version 2.0 by Laura Portolese. Publisher: Flatworld; ISBN# 9781453370377. This can be purchased from the CCV Bookstore.
Modular Topics
- Module 1: Human Resource Management – What is it?
- Module 2: Employees - Staff and Line & Forecasting Workforce Needs
- Module 3: How and Why Do We Analyze a Job and Create a Recruitment Strategy?
- Module 4: Compensation and Pay Scales & Organizing Personnel Files
- Module 5: Performance Evaluations and Legal Problems to Avoid
- Module 6: How Do We Identify and Meet Training Needs?
- Module 7: How Unions Affect Personnel & Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Module 8: Gender Pay Equity, Sexual Harassment, and Discrimination
- Module 9: Ethics & Equity
- Module 10: HRM Professional: Interview & Analysis
Grading
Your final grade will be based on the following assessments:
| Assignment Category | Grade Weight Percentage |
|---|---|
| Demonstrate Your Learning Forums | 25% |
| "Applying Concepts" Assignments | 25% |
| Quizzes | 30% |
| Final Project: Interview and Analysis | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
Assignments Overview
Your learning modules will consist of learning resources, demonstrate your learning forums, assignments, and quizzes. You will also be working towards a final Interview project throughout the course. Please review all of the assignment rubrics for details on grading.
Demonstrate Your Learning forums are a part of every learning module and most are post-first discussions which means that you will post your reply before seeing the replies of others. Discussions will be graded based on the following rubric:
| Exceeds Expectations | Meets Expectations | Approaching Expectations | Does Not Meet Expectations | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Comprehensive, in-depth and wide-ranging (5 points) |
Up to date and relevant (4 points) |
Relevant but not comprehensive (3 points) |
Limited superficial knowledge/response (2 points) |
5 points |
| Understanding | Outstanding ability to grasp concepts and relate theory to practice (5 points) |
High level of ability to conceptualize essential ideas and relate theory to practice (4 points) |
Some ability to conceptualize essential ideas and relate theory to practice (3 points) |
Limited ability to draw out concepts and relate theory to practice (2 points) |
5 points |
| Writing Skills | Excellent mechanics, sentence structure, and organization (5 points) |
Significant mechanics, structure and organization (4 points) |
Some grammatical lapses, uses emotional response in lieu of relevant points (3 points) |
Poor grammar, weak communication (2 points) |
5 points |
| Application & Analysis | Grasps inner relationship of concepts. Excellent use of a wide range of supporting material (5 points) |
Demonstrates the ability to analyze and synthesize, independent analysis, good use of a range of supportive material (4 points) |
Informed commentary with some evidence of genuine analysis; some supportive materials used (3 points) |
Lacks evidence of critical analysis, poor use of supportive evidence (2 points) |
5 points |
| Total Points: | 20 points |
Student Support & Policies
Please review the following policies and support services:
Course Summary:
| Date | Details | Due |
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