2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 08, 2024  
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BUAD 132 - Human Resources Management

3 CR
An analysis of the management of personnel from the viewpoint of the individual supervisor, manager, executive and the personnel department. Subject content will include areas such as the changing legal environment, job analysis, interviewing selection and placement techniques, training and development, compensation, performance evaluation, supervisory development, employee motivation, corrective discipline, grievance procedure, collective bargaining, and relevant fair employment practices. These subjects are presented through individual and group involvement techniques, such as case studies and online discussions of current problems and issues. Lab Fee

Requisites: Take BUAD 101  with at least a grade of C.
Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Explain the role of human resource professionals and contextualize the role of human resource managers in continuously changing legal and economic environments.
  2. Explain the significance of major human resource laws as they relate to hiring, recruiting, selecting, promoting, compensating, and terminating decisions.
  3. Analyze demographic and employment trends and create policies to effectively manage diversity.
  4. Explain the various recruiting and selection devices based upon reliability and validity measures.
  5. Explain the various performance appraisal instruments and create a plan to reduce errors associated with administering performance appraisals.
  6. Develop a training package that includes the needs assessment, development and training, and evaluation phases.
  7. Design compensation packages that include both financial and non-financial employee compensation options and explain the implications of implementing egalitarian and elitist pay systems.
  8. Identify proper channels to effectively communicate information to employees.
  9. Explain the differences between progressive and positive discipline and their impacts on the workplace and employees.
  10. Explain the role of organized labor and unions in the 21st century.
  11. Describe the role of the administrative agencies OSHA and MIOSHA, and the role of a safety manager.