Human Resource Management

This course will focus on the organizational context for human resources and provide students with a broad overview of the major functional areas of HR including staffing, performance management, employee and labor relations, U.S. employment law, workplace health and safety, compensation, and benefits. This course is a prerequisite course for each of the new courses being designed for this major: HRM 2010, HRM 2020, HRM 2030, and HRM 5000.

This course will provide an overview of current employment laws in the United States. Major legislation that impacts the workplace will be discussed. This course will help students gain an understanding of both the business and ethical environment associated issues like employee rights, safety and healthy, and discrimination in the work place.

This course will focus on HR's role in talent acquisition and talent management throughout the employee life cycle. Students will discuss a broad range of talent and performance management challenges including employment branding, recruiting, selection, employee engagement, and training and development. Students will gain an understanding of job analysis, job descriptions, onboarding, the ADDIE model, needs assessment, and realistic job preview throughout this course.

This course will focus on managing employee compensation and benefits. Students will evaluate compensation models used in organizations like base pay, merit pay, profit sharing, pay-for-performance, and lead/lag/match market-based strategies. Students will gain an understanding of major employee benefits offered by organizations.

HR Management Research Capstone