|
|
|
| Course: |
Human Resources Management I |
| Place: |
ST1 |
| Time: |
8:45 - 12:00, Wednesday |
| Instructor: |
Ph.D. F. Patrick Butler |
|
|
|
|
Course
Content: This course gives an introduction to the
principles and practices of human resources management. Surveying the areas of human
resource planning, job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development,
performance appraisal, compensation, labor relations, and outplacement it illustrates how
human resource management contributes to achieve the organization’s overall
objectives. At the end of this course students will have developed an understanding of the
strategic value of human resource management. |
Methodology:
The course will rely on lectures, class discussions in a seminar style environment, exams,
research papers, presentations, cases, videos and possibly guest speakers. To aid in the
class discussion students will be expected to bring articles to class which they have
researched and which they feel adds to the understanding of the Human Resource Management
topic at hand. All the articles obtained by the students must be saved in a folder and
handed in at the end of the semester. The students will be required to participate in one
of three projects: (1) Research Papers; (2) Cases; and (3) Presentations. |
| Textbooks: |
| Strategic Human
Resource Management |
|
Randall Schuler and Susan Jackson. ISBN 0631216014 (Paperback)
(In FHS library) |
| Blackwell Cases in
Human Resource and Change Management. |
|
John Storey (Ed.) Blackwell Business. 1996 |
| Website: (see assignments in Home Page drop-down
box) |
| Grading: |
|
1 = (100 - 90); 2 = (89 - 80); 3 = (79 -
70); 4 = (69 - 60); 5 = Failing |
| Grades will be based
on: (A choice of A, B, or C, plus the other three requirements. |
| A. Presentations: |
30% (Self-evaluation and
grade; student reviewer; instructor) |
| B. Research Paper*: |
30% (By instructor;
self-evaluation) |
| C. Case Work |
30% (By instructor;
self-evaluation; student reviewer) |
| Article Collection: |
10% (By instructor, hand
in by June 27)) |
| Participation: |
10% (By
instructor; attendance and class participation) |
| Final Exam: |
50% ( By instructor) |
| Total: |
100% |
| Note!!
Guidelines for the Presentations, Research Paper and Case Work will be posted on website. |
|
|
Schedule of Activity |
... Human Resource Management ... |
|
| March |
14 |
|
Course introduction
what is it? /advocacy / presentation teams
Develop areas for presentation of issues or cases
Assignment for next time: Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 7 in Schuler
Bring in advertisements for job positions in the global environ. |
| April |
25 |
|
Lecture / discussion:
The Changing Organizational Environment
Video: Betting on the Workers
In class assignment: critique recruiting messages
Assignment for next time: Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in Schuler
Bring in article dealing with corporation recruiting and students and new employees or
other unique subjects. |
| May |
9 |
|
Lecture / discussion:
Systems approach to organizational design
Video: Essential Blue-eyed
In class assignment: Meeting the needs of students
Assignment for next time: Chapters 8, 11 and 12 |
| June |
6 |
|
Guest Speaker: To be announced. |
| June |
13 |
|
Presentation Team
A; Team B; Team C (+ hand in research papers) |
| June |
27 |
|
Cases: Team D;
Team E; Team F |
| July |
4 |
|
Cases: Team G;
Team H; Team I |
| July |
|
|
Final Exam |
|
|
|
Schedule of Presentation |
... Cases and Research Papers ... |
| June 13 |
June 27 |
July 4 |
Hand in June
13 |
| Presentations |
Cases |
Research Papers |
| Team A: 5 (students) |
Team D: 4 |
Team G: 3 |
Team J: 4 |
| Team B: 4 |
Team E: 4 |
Team H: 4 |
Team K: 3 |
| Team C: 2 |
Team F: 4 |
Team I: 4 |
Team L: 4 |
|
|
|
Team M: 4 |
|
|
|
Team N: 4 |
|
|
|
Team P: 4 |
|
