MGT 283 Intro Human Resource Management

GREAT BASIN COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS MGT 283 Intro Human Resource Management Fall 2015, 3 Credits

Instructor: La Fleur, MBA Hours: Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. 6:30am-5pm Unit 6 Classroom: Education Building Multi Purpose Room Textbook: Human Resource Management Fourteenth Ed. (Mathis, Jackson and Valentine)

Course Description:

This course will outline human resource management Duties and responsibilities of personnel management. Areas covered include employee needs, human relationships, orienting and training employees, benefit programs, and economics of supervision.

Course Objective:

The objective of this course is to give the students an introduction to the basic principles of human resource management. Students will learn the fundamentals of human resource planning and retention, risk management and worker protection along with employee rights and responsibilities as it relates to management. Students will learn through practical application based principles and real-world examples to further their understanding of human resource management.

Learner Outcomes and Measurements

Listed in the table below are the expected learner outcomes of the course, and the methods that will be used to measure students’ success in achieving these outcomes.

Expected Learner Outcomes Outcome Measurements Upon completion of the course the student will be The expected outcomes will be able to: measured by: 1. Understand the basic principles of Human Resource Chapter readings, Discussion, Critical Management. Thinking Challenges and Case Questions, Home Work and Assignments, Exam One 2. Demonstrate the ability to recruit and develop a Chapter readings, Critical Thinking quality workforce. Challenges and Case Questions, Home Work and Assignments, Exam Two

3. Demonstrate the ability to motivate and create Chapter readings, Critical Thinking incentives for employees. Challenges and Case Questions, Home Work and Assignments, Exam Three

4. Demonstrate and understand the factors of employee Chapter readings, Critical Thinking benefits, employee rights, risk management and worker Challenges and Case Questions, Home protection. Work and Assignments, Final Exam Method of Instruction:

Emphasis is placed on in class discussion questions, responses, class assignments, group work, and presentations.

Course Schedule:

Date Week Subject Readings / Assignments Chapter 1 Changing Nature of Human Sept 3 1 Resource Management Chapter 1 Reading and Exercise Chapter 2 Strategic HR Management Sept 10 2 Planning Chapter 2 Reading and Exercise

Chapter 3 Equal Employment Sept 17 3 Opportunity Chapter 3 Reading and Exercise Exam One Chapter 4 Workers, Jobs, and Job Sept 24 5 Analysis Chapter 4 Reading and Exercise Chapter 5 Human Resource Planning Oct 1 6 and Retention Chapter 5 Reading and Exercise Oct 8 7 Chapter 6 Recruiting and Labor Markets Chapter 6 Reading and Exercise Chapter 7 Selecting Human Resources and Chapter 8 Training Human Oct 15 8 Resources Chapter 7 and 8 Reading and Exercise Oct 22 9 Mid Term Exam Exam Two

Oct 29 10 Chapter 9 Talent Management Chapter 9 Reading and Exercise Chapter 10 Performance Management Nov 5 11 and Appraisal Chapter 10 Reading and Exercise Chapter 11 Total Rewards Compensation and Chapter 12 Incentive Plans and Nov12 12 Executive Compensation Chapter 11 and 12 Reading and Exercise Chapter 13 Managing Employee Chapter 13 Reading and Exercise Exam Nov 19 13 Benefits Three Chapter 14 Risk Management and Nov 26 14 Worker Protection Chapter 14 Reading and Exercise Chapter 15 Employee Rights and Dec 3 15 Responsibilities Chapter 15 Reading and Exercise Chapter 16 Union Management Dec10 16 Relations Chapter 16 Reading and Exercise Dec 17 17 Final Exam Final Exam

Student Learning Assessment:

A standard grading scale will be used. The following items will be graded accordingly and will carry the assigned grading values.

Class participation 400 points • Attendance • Discussion questions • Class Assignments • Group activities • Presentations

Student Learning Assessment Continued:

Three exams 400 points Final exam 200 Points Total = 1000 Points

Grade Values:

A = 90 – 100% B = 80 – 89% C = 70 – 79% D = 60 – 69% F = 59% or less

Course Expectations and Policy of Academic Integrity:

GBC subscribes to the traditional policy of academic integrity. Students are expected be honest. That means that students are expected to do their own work. In work that utilizes sources written by others, those sources must be given credit for exact words and ideas. Students who plagiarize (copy the work of others and pass it off as their own.) are violating the standards of intellectual honesty and are subject to punishments ranging from failing the assignment to dismissal from the institution. Students who assist other students to cheat or plagiarize are subject to the same disciplinary measures.