Human Resource Management

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the challenges, current practices, and regulations of human resources in an organization
• Identify domestic and international issues related to human resources and methods for addressing them
• Comprehend the elements involved in making human resource decisions
• Identify strategies for recruiting, motivating, and managing a diverse workforce
• Identify the elements involved when determining compensation, educating about benefits, and processing performance appraisals

Human Resource Management Module 1

Human Resource Management & Regulations

• Contemporary Perspectives

• Evolution of HR

• Emerging HR Challenges

• Enhancing Productivity & Quality

• The Setting for HR Management

• Small versus Large Organizations

• Careers in HR Management

• The Legal Environment

• Equal Employment Opportunity

• Human Resource Regulations

• Evaluating Legal Compliance

Human Resource Management Module 2

Global & Competitive Environments

• Growth of International Business

• Global Issues in HR Management

• Cultural Environments

• HR Function in International Business

• Domestic & International Issues

• Managing International Transfers & Assignments

• Training Expatriates

• The Competitive Environment for HR Management

• The Top Management Team

• The Role of Corporate Governance

• Business Strategy & HR Management

• The Impact of Organization Design

• The Impact of Corporate Culture

Human Resource Management Module 3

Human Resource Decision Making

• Making HR Decisions

• Human Resource Planning

• Strategy as a Source of Information

• Economic Conditions

• Job Analysis Process

• Ethics and HR Management

• Rightsizing the Organization

• Managing Terminations & Retention

• Progressive Discipline

• Managing Voluntary Turnover

• The Causes of Job Dissatisfaction

• HR Management During Mergers & Acquisitions

Human Resource Management Module 4

Recruitment & a Diverse Workforce

• Sources for Recruits

• The Selection Process

• Popular Selection Techniques

• The Selection Decision

• Reliability & Validity

• Legal & Effectiveness Issues

• The Nature of Workforce diversity

• Dimensions of Diversity

• Impact of Diversity on Organizations

• Managing Diversity in Organizations

• Managing the Knowledge Function

• HR Management & Social Issues

Human Resource Management Module 5

Compensation, Benefits & Performance Appraisals

• Developing a Compensation Strategy

• Determining What to Pay

• Wage & Salary Administration

• Pay Secrecy

• The Nature of Benefits Programs

• Mandated & Nonmandated Benefits

• Contemporary Issues in Compensation & Benefits

• Conducting Performance Appraisals

• The Performance Appraisal Process

• Methods for Appraising Performance

• Legal Issues in Performance Appraisals

• HR Management & Career Management

• Career Development Issues & Challenges

Human Resource Management Module 6

Labor Relations, Safety, Health & Security

• The Role of Labor Unions

• Trends in Unionization

• The Unionization Process

• The Collective Bargaining Process

• Negotiating Labor Agreements

• Resolving Impasses

• Labor Unions in the 21st Century

• Employee Safety & Health

• The Physical Environment

• Stress & Stress Management at Work

• Workplace Security

Human Resource Management Module 7

Motivation & Enhancing Performance  

• Motivation at Work

• A Basic Model of Performance

• Motivation & Needs

• Process Theories of Motivation

• Perspectives on Motivation

• Goal Theory

• Agency Theory

• Enhancing Performance at Different Levels

• Incentives & Performance Based Rewards

• Performance Management & Feedback

• Evaluating Performance Enhancement Programs

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.