2024-2025 Catalog

 

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HRM-435 Human Resource Management

This course introduces the field of human resource management, its purpose, and how it functions within a business setting. Issues related to staffing, workforce planning and employment, human resource development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and occupational health, safety, and security will be addressed. Integrated into the application of the human resource functions are strategic management, employment law and ethics, globalization, and managing the diverse workforce. Emphasis is placed on the role of human resources in the organization and the knowledge, competencies, and skills necessary to integrate business and human resource strategies.

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HRM-470 Managing Compensation and Benefits

This course focuses on how organizations use pay systems and benefit plans to achieve organizational goals. Topics encompass the strategic implementation, administration, maintenance, and control of a comprehensive compensation and benefits program, including an examination of current theory and application. Prerequisite: HRM-435 or HCA-365

3

HRM-490 Human Resource Development

This course will emphasize the importance of developing, implementing, and evaluating activities and programs addressing employee training and development, performance appraisal, talent and performance management, and the unique needs of employees. Ensuring that the knowledge, skills, abilities, and performance of the workforce meet current and future organizational and individual needs will be addressed. Students will be challenged to establish their own plan for personal and career development and lifelong learning. A training and development project, intended to be a realistic job preview, will be completed by students in this course. Prerequisite: HRM-435 or HCA-365

3

HRM-494 Comprehensive Overview of Human Resource Management

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of key areas in human resource management. Coursework corresponds to the six functional areas, responsibilities, and associated knowledge as defined by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) that forms the basis of the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification testing. Review topics include: Strategic Management, Workforce Planning and Employment, Human Resource Development, Total Rewards, Employee and Labor Relations, and Risk Management. Prerequisite: HRM-435, HRM-470, HRM-490

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