Human Resource Management

Catalog description

Section information text: This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of human resource management. Students explore the role of human resources managers as strategic business partners who focus on the mission and goals of an organization. Students examine traditional topics, such as job analysis and design, talent acquisition, development and training, compensation and other benefits, retention, health and safety, and employee relations. They also examine tools, methods, and strategies that aid contemporary HR processes and responsibilities. Through case studies and practical exercises, students work toward gaining the skills that enable them to develop important employment policies and procedures, such as those addressing ethical and equal opportunity issues in regard to legal and environmental regulations. Students also examine the role of HR in helping an organization effect positive social change.