Department of International BusinessHuman Resource Management Major

An analysis of organizations and the management processes of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling in the context of socio-technical systems. Individual, group, intergroup, and organizational responses to various environments and technologies are studied, as are pertinent techniques of manpower management.

Learning Objectives

1. Define the management functions and business processes that create value for an organization
2. Give examples of basic business concepts, principles and values that contribute to organizational performance
3. Formulate a set of management policies, practices, and procedures that influence group and individual dynamics in organizations
4. Describe situations where management decision-making should incorporate ethical reasoning, multiculturalism, and internal inter-group behavior

 

Attention is focused on the theory and practice of modern personnel management as related to other management functions. Topics include: selection; training; job and performance evaluation; and incentive schemes. Special attention is given to human resource management and development at various organizational levels.

Learning Objectives

1. Explain the interrelationship between the human resource management function and the management of the organization as strategic HR.
2. Explain the basics of recruiting, interviewing, and selection/hiring.
3. Explain the methods of training and development.
4. Explain the purposes and types of performance appraisal, feedback, and performance management.
5. Understand the basics of employee discipline and termination.
6. Explain how to maintain human resources and human capital through selection, evaluation, compensation, skill training, and career development processes.
7. Demonstrate understanding of legal issues in employment decisions and employer negligence.
8. Understand labor-management practices that foster a productive work environment and that are legally sustainable.
9. Identify the measures that create a safe work environment, the role of employee assistance programs and services for building a healthy workplace.

Presents the theories and techniques used by management in the areas of work measurement, wage incentives, and job evaluation.

Learning Objectives

1. Design and implement reward systems that facilitate the attraction, development, and retention of a flexible work force.
2. Understand the laws affecting compensation and benefits practices.
3. Design compensation structures that reflect job worth through job evaluation practices.
4. Design and implement strategically aligned skill-based and merit systems that rely on effective and defensible performance evaluations.
5. Design compensation and benefit systems for executives and global managers.

Prerequisite

1. Prerequisite: MAN 3025.

The use of cases, guest lecturers, and gaming to integrate analysis and measurement tools, functional areas, and public policy issues. The objective is to develop skill in broad areas of 318 College of Business Administration Undergraduate Catalog rational decision-making in an administrative context of uncertainty.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the contents of a company’s strategic management audit report.
2. Identify and assess the impact of opportunities and threats in a company’s environment, its industry, and its set of competitors.
3. Identify and assess a company’s strengths and weaknesses, and match them with its opportunities and threats to suggest four alternative strategies.
4. Identify, analyze, and synthesize data and information that supports company decision-making to improve customer satisfaction, and overall financial performance.
5. Describe the generic and business-specific factors that reflect a company’s overall operational performance, and its performance in its business units and functional business areas including corporate and social responsibility.

Prerequisite

1. Prerequisite: Completion of all core requirements. Must be taken in last academic semester of senior year.

In-depth study of the personnel staffing function. Includes an analysis of objectives, techniques, and procedures for forecasting manpower needs, recruiting candidates, and selecting employees.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the personnel staffing function including both legal and practical issues in the employee selection and placement processes process
2. Identify recruitment sources and techniques/strategies for design of effective recruitment ads using traditional and internet media
3. Describe how to create a systematic manpower planning system using employment data and labor market data in spreadsheet /HRIS analyses
4. Demonstrate understanding of the use of job descriptions to identify important job-related skills for particular occupations in a variety of public and private organizations
5. Discuss how to screen applicants using application forms and resumes. Demonstrate interviewing skills using various in-person and distance/global techniques
6. Provide an in-depth explanation of legal issues in personnel selection regarding discrimination, EEO compliance and creating fair and sustainable hiring protocols
7. Discuss use of tests and other measurement methods to identify specific skills and abilities using legally sustainable methods
8. Demonstrate understanding of the use of correlation/regression analysis to show reliability and validity of selection systems. Understand the different types of reliability and validity recognized in professional practice and in the legal arena.
9. Identify specific legal and practical issues in employment contracts and job offer letters
10. Demonstrate understanding of how to conduct a cost/benefit analysis to audit and determine the justification of recruitment, selection, and job orientation costs

Prerequisite

1. 1. MAN 4301.

 

 

A survey of personnel reporting requirements; assessment of information needs; manpower planning; and development of integrated personnel systems.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe considerations in evaluation, design, selection and use of human resource management systems.
2. Explain the benefits and limitations of an Human Resource Information System (HRIS).
3. Explain how HRIS are integrated with other HR systems.
4. Identify relevant criteria based on organizational needs for evaluating packaged software systems.
5. Identify current software packages that can replace manual practices in each of the major human resource management areas.
6. Demonstrate the use of an HRIS software package.
7. Identify steps required for implementing an HRIS.
8. Explain how HRIS contributes to organizational success by furthering organizational objectives.

Prerequisite

1. 1. MAN 4301.

 

 

Overview of corporate training functions including needs analysis, training program/content development, training techniques and effective delivery systems. Management development and presentation skills are emphasized.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the contents of a company’s strategic management audit report.
2. Identify and assess the impact of opportunities and threats in a company’s environment, its industry, and its set of competitors.
3. Identify and assess a company’s strengths and weaknesses, and match them with its opportunities and threats to suggest four alternative strategies.
4. Identify, analyze, and synthesize data and information that supports company decision-making to improve customer satisfaction, and overall financial performance.
5. Describe the generic and business-specific factors that reflect a company’s overall operational performance, and its performance in its business units and functional business areas including corporate and social responsibility.

Prerequisite

1. Prerequisite: MAN 4301.

Examines how workforce diversity can lead to competitive advantage and ethical, fair-minded decision making. Includes topics of gender, race, ethnicity, and other areas of diversity. Covers perception and stereotyping, sexual harassment, the “glass ceiling,” and legal issues.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the contents of a company’s strategic management audit report.
2. Identify and assess the impact of opportunities and threats in a company’s environment, its industry, and its set of competitors.
3. Identify and assess a company’s strengths and weaknesses, and match them with its opportunities and threats to suggest four alternative strategies.
4. Identify, analyze, and synthesize data and information that supports company decision-making to improve customer satisfaction, and overall financial performance.
5. Describe the generic and business-specific factors that reflect a company’s overall operational performance, and its performance in its business units and functional business areas including corporate and social responsibility.