HRM713 - Human Resource Management

Description:
Organizations are composed of groups of people who work together to achieve defined outcomes. Experience has proven time and again that the key factor which differentiates successful companies from those who struggle to survive is people who make up the employee base. While the human resources function is given the specific task of planning for and resolving many employee-related issues and needs, individual managers have direct responsibility and accountability for motivating and leading employees to achieve sustained organizational success. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to work effectively with human resources to enhance the contributions of all employees to organizational effectiveness. Students will learn about the elements which drive business success, theories of motivation, and methods for creating a plan for maximizing the human capital of an organization.

Outcomes:

• Describe the major drivers of organizational effectiveness
• Describe methods for enhancing human capital and employee motivation to ensure organizational success
• Analyze the primary functions within Human Resources and how they interact within the organization
• Evaluate strategies for collaborating with Human Resources to attract, develop, sustain, and retain employees in a competitive marketplace
• Develop a plan for collaborating with Human Resources to maximize the human capital of an organization

Required Text(s):

Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. (2016). Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage (10th ed). McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9781259578120 (print), 9781259908446 (e-text).