Human Behavior and Human Resource Management

Catalog description

What makes a good manager or employee? How are employees hired and supervised in U.S. and abroad? Human resource management can be defined as an organization's use of human capital through the management of people-related activities. In this course, students will learn about the basic principles and techniques of human resource management by covering areas such as recruitment, training, leadership, motivation, diversity, performance management, and compensation done at domestic and international levels. The following are examples of questions that will be discussed: (1) How can managers motivate employees? (2) How is a changing workforce affecting the ways that employees are selected, trained, and promoted? (3) What are some differences between domestic and international human resource management? Students will apply the principles and techniques covered in this course to the discussion of empirical studies that use statistical methods to examine personnel issues. R PAD 316, A MAT 108, or similar preparation prior to taking this course is recommended.