The student will be able to:

1. Explain the nature of human resources in organizations.
2. Evaluate techniques for recruiting and selecting employees.
3. Compare training and development methods.
4. Demonstrate ability to provide constructive feedback to individuals during the performance appraisal process.
5. Analyze compensation and benefits, and demonstrate relationship to employee motivation and satisfaction.
6. Explain employment legislation that relates to human resource management.
7. Analyze labor-relation theory and techniques.
8. Examine methods for ensuring employee safety, health, and well-being.

1. The Nature of Human Resource Management (HRM)
   1. The History of HR Management
   2. The Strategic Value of HR Management to the Organization
   3. The Basic Functions Performed in HRM
   4. The Basic Roles in HRM
   5. Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and HRM
2. Recruitment and Selection
   1. Federal Laws Affecting Employment
   2. Equal Opportunity Employment
   3. Recognizing and Preventing Discrimination
   4. Diversity and the Workforce
   5. Strategic Planning and HR Planning
   6. HR Forecasting
   7. Job Analysis Methods and Creating Job Descriptions
   8. Internal Recruitment Methods
   9. External Recruitment Methods
   10. Selection Process
   11. Preliminary Screening
   12. Selection Tests
   13. Employment Interview
   14. Background Checks
   15. Metrics for Evaluating the Recruitment/Selection Process
   16. Global Impacts for Recruitment/Selection
3. Training and Development
   1. Training and Development Process
   2. Training Methods
   3. Training Delivery Systems
   4. Metrics for Evaluating Training and Development
   5. Factors That Influence Training and Development
4. Compensation and Benefits
   1. Direct Financial Compensation
      1. Components of Direct Financial Compensation
      2. Competitive Compensation Policies
      3. Market Competitive Pay Structures
      4. Sales Representative Compensation
      5. Contingent Worker Compensation
      6. Executive Compensation
   2. Indirect Financial Compensation
      1. Legally Required Benefits
      2. Discretionary Benefits
      3. Health Care
      4. Retirement
      5. Life Insurance and Disability
      6. Paid Time-Off
      7. Employee Services
      8. Employee Benefits Legislation
      9. Workplace Flexibility
5. Performance Appraisal and Career Management
   1. Performance Appraisal Process
   2. Performance Criteria
   3. Performance Appraisal Methods
   4. Problems with Performance Appraisals
   5. Legal Considerations with Performance Appraisals
   6. Performance Appraisal Interview
   7. Employee Motivational Frameworks
   8. Careers and Career Paths
   9. Career Development Methods
6. Union-Management Relations
   1. The Origin of Unions
   2. The Purpose of Unions
   3. Union Structure
   4. Laws Affecting Collective Bargaining
   5. The Collective Bargaining Process
   6. Collective Bargaining Issues
7. Employee Safety, Health, and Well-Being
   1. Nature and Role of Safety, Health and Wellness
   2. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
   3. Employee Wellness
   4. Substance Abuse
   5. Health Care in The Global Environment

Not applicable.

Class discussions on current weekly material covered (in e-forums if online)
Case problems requiring use of personal productivity software to use computation, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving
Oral reports/presentations as individual or group projects
Quizzes and objective examinations (midterm and final exams)
Written article analysis of current information systems topics
Written critical analysis of text questions, cases, and handout materials

Lectures
Cooperative learning exercises
Demonstration
In-class and/or online discussions
Oral and/or online presentations
Individual reading/research

Martocchio. Human Resource Management, 15th ed.. 2018.

1. Weekly reading assignments from text chapters, handouts, and outside sources, ranging from 75-100 pages/week.
2. Application of concepts from weekly current topics: a weekly written assignment answering questions or case analysis, ranging from 300-500 words/week.