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2026-2027 Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Catalog

BUSN 221 - Principles of Employment


PREREQUISITES: BUSN 202 - Human Resource Management .
PROGRAM: Business, Logistics, and Supply Chain
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2015

Emphasizes the employment process with an in-depth look at linking business strategies with strategic hiring practices, including forecasting, planning, recruiting, measuring, and selecting internal and external candidates in a legal context. Topics also include methods of designing job analyses and descriptions, orientation, retention, turnover, and termination.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:

  1. Develop an understanding of sourcing, recruiting, selecting, and hiring employees.
  2. Evaluate the link between the organization’s strategic goals and the staffing strategy.
  3. Determine appropriate and legal issues used in the selection and hiring process.
  4. Explain and apply legal concerns to recruiting, selecting, and hiring employees.
  5. Discuss the critical nature between hiring and strategic planning.
  6. Identify the need for forecasting and planning future staffing requirements.
  7. Evaluate measurement and assessment tools related to staffing and performance evaluation.
  8. Identify the orientation process and its importance.
  9. Discuss the different types of turnover and retention strategies.
  10. Explain how to effectively terminate employees.
  11. Complete a job analysis utilizing various data collection techniques and prepare a job description.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Sourcing methods
  • Recruiting methods
  • Selecting methods
  • Orientation process
  • Legal issues
  • Job Analysis
  • Job Description

 
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