HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Catalog description

This course is an examination of the human resource function including its historic and evolving roles in the organization with increased emphas is on strategic HR management. Ethical, social and legal considerations will be examined as well as principal human resource management components such as st affing, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, performance and appraisal, safety and health, workforce diversity, equal employment opportunities and affirmative action, employee compensation, benefits and labor relations. Students will be expected to prepare a paper and present it to the class as a member of a small group. This exercise will assist the students in both written and oral presentation skills. Upon successful completion, students will have knowledge and skills (terminology, classifications, methods, trends) of and learn fundamental principles, concepts and generalizations related to human resource management sufficient to implement HRM techniques and methods in business.