This course focuses on styles of compensation and the various benefits offered by employers to their employees. Compensation such as bases for pay and incentive plans along with legal, health, and social benefits will be presented.

This course focuses on needs assessments, training styles, and forms of evaluation that may be utilized within an organization. Tools to implement each area of inquiry along with how training should be for the betterment of the company as well as employees.

This course addresses the sources of and the resolutions for a variety of conflicts that arise within organizations. Discussions and assignments will address the organizational leader’s roles, and responsibilities and relationships that are critical to successful conflict resolution. A case study approach is used to examine real-world conflict situations and methods for dealing with them.

In-depth research and discussions regarding employee recruitment and selection processes. Strategies of employee development, delineation of positions, and candidate selection are examined for internal and external candidates. Topics emphasize recruitment, interviewing, testing and validation from the view of an organization, the human resource department and the prospective employee. (Prerequisite: HRM 311)

Topics focus on achieving and maintaining healthy employer-employee relationships. Labor-management relations and collective bargaining are examined in-depth. Addressing internal employee issues is a key consideration. Research, role play, and case study analysis in the incorporation of topics presented within required course readings will be the bases for discussions.

This course presents the legal environment of the employer-employee relationship. It provides an overview of the main areas of employment law, including anti-discrimination, labor relations, workplace safety and health, and compensation and benefits. Course content will consider legislation that governs employment activities. Primary focus will be on compliance with government regulations (Administrative Law) that detail rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship. Case studies of significant court decisions are analyzed.

Management level study and discussions relating to the application and working functions of organizational internal and external human resource issues. Issues have the focus of employees and their roles and responsibilities when they are components in the working successes of an organization.

This culminating course prepares students for the real challenges of working in the field of human resources. An internship experience will provide an opportunity to combine actual field experience with classroom knowledge in an area of special interest. The course also provides the opportunity to re-examine learning objectives at the program level. (Instructor permission required)

This culminating course prepares students for the real challenges of working in the field of human resources. An internship experience will provide an opportunity to combine actual field experience with classroom knowledge in an area of special interest. The course also provides the opportunity to re-examine learning objectives at the program level. (Instructor permission required)