HR340 Strategic Human Resource Management (3 cr.)

This course examines strategic human resource functions performed in organizations.  It includes planning, job analysis and design, job description, recruiting and hiring, training, performance management, regulation, evaluation, benefits, and labor law. Trends impacting the field are examined, including the use of technology in managing human resource functions, and the role of human resources in a global business environment.

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

1. Analyze human resource management and its component functions.
2. Examine how to align human resource management functions to support organizational operations and strategic goals.
3. Develop a strategic plan that addresses a relevant human resource issue.
4. Apply human resource management theories to practice in organizations.
5. Analyze how social and cultural factors impact human resource strategy both domestically and in the global environment.
6. Explain how technology is incorporated within human resource functions.
7. Assess the role of human resource management as consultants to organizational stakeholders.