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BUSN 202 - Human Resource Management


PREREQUISITES: BUSN 105 - Principles of Management .
PROGRAM: Business Administration
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2014

Focuses on the activities of human resource management, with emphasis on employer-employee relations, job analysis and evaluation, salary administration, work measurement and standards, performance appraisal and legal compliance.

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

  1. Define the human resource management functions and how they contribute to achievement of organizational objectives.
  2. Discuss how the changing global environment and multicultural society affect human resource management.
  3. Examine job analysis methods.
  4. Describe the staffing process.
  5. Identify the different approaches to performance appraisals.
  6. Explain the components of motivation and communication and their effect on the work environment.
  7. Analyze the objectives and policies of an organization’s total compensation program.
  8. Explain the use of audit findings to improve human resource management.
  9. Discuss cultural differences as they relate to human resources management.
  10. Analyze the legal environment as it relates to human resource management.
  11. Identify the different roles that labor unions play in domestic and international business organizations.


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • Performance appraisal
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Employment law
  • Human resource planning and recruitment
  • Employee benefits
  • Training and development
  • Selection
  • Employee rights and discipline
  • Safety and health
  • Compensation management
  • Labor relations
  • Job analysis and design

 
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