GM655 Human Resource Management (3 cr.)

This course examines core areas of talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and employee development in both service and product-driven organizations. It emphasizes the application of effective human resource management principles to the issues faced by organizations today.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Outline the key components of the human resource management and the value added by this functional area.
2. Identify HR issues and situations in today’s organizations and relevant laws impacting them.
3. Analyze human resource management’s organizational role in strategic planning and organizational effectiveness.
4. Apply the fundamentals of effective analysis and job descriptions and evaluation.
5. Leverage performance review strategies to motivate and develop employees and support accountability.
6. Analyze the components of cultural competency and how to use it to create greater inclusion in the workplace.