Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Introduction to Human Resources Management

Course Description:

Designed to help students understand the key areas of human resource management (HRM), comprising organizational policies and practices and such external factors as government legislation, unions, demographics, competition, and others that influence those practices and policies. Presents students with a general manager’s perspective on HRM that considers human resource management to be the responsibility of all managers, as well as of the organization’s HRM functional area. Topics include strategic HRM, employment laws and employee rights, recruitment, selection, training, development, performance measurement, rewards and compensation, benefits, employee communication, HR information systems, employee and labor relations, unions and collective bargaining, and international HRM. Discusses contemporary HRM issues including work-force diversity, organizational restructuring, globalization, executive compensation, affirmative action, and technology.