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Human Resources
MHR 6503
Law, Regulation and the Workplace
3 credits
This course focuses on the legal impact and effect of regulatory agencies on the development and maintenance of human resource management programs. Common practices in hiring and firing, promotion and discipline, safety, testing, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action program requirements established by public law, and the role of regulatory agencies and their requirements in the workplace are explored.
MHR 7505
Compensation Administration: Issues and Practices
3 credits
This course examines compensation administration issues and practices and their impact on the work environment. Topics discussed include wage and salary administration, incentive plans, employee benefit plans, health care, and employee assistance programs. The ways in which these issues and practices are integrated into unionized and non-unionized environments are explored. An historical framework is also provided to allow the participants to analyze historical trends as future needs.
MHR 7506
Training and Development
3 credits
The skills, practices, and procedures used by training professionals in conducting needs assessments, developing effective training programs, and presenting training programs are explored. Career development is viewed from the organization's training perspective. The use of position descriptions and training plans provides a practical approach to training and career development.
MHR 7508
Design and Development of Human Systems
3 credits
This course emphasizes the design and development of human systems and the measurement of outcomes within the context of organizational strategy. It focuses on the theory, assumptions, and implications of human resource policy and procedures and the relationship of robust systems to organizational performance. Strategy; structure; and design and measurement concepts for human systems, including job analysis, selection, performance appraisal, testing, training and development, and compensation and reward systems are emphasized.
MHR 7800
Seminar in Human Resource Management
3 credits
This course focuses on the professional practice of human resource management and the role of the practitioner in today's diverse, multi-cultural, global organizations. Emphasis is placed on the ethical utilization and development of human resources within the context of performance management and organizational processes. Major themes include participation through teams, innovation, results orientation, and stability and control within environments that are in constant states of flux and change.
MHR 7830
Finance and Accounting for Managers
3 credits
This course provides a summary of essential accounting and financial concepts as they impact upon the use of resources in an organization. The focus is on accounting reports, financial statements, ratio analysis, budgets, forecasting, and profit and cost relationships.
MHR 7900
Special Topics in Human Resource Management
3 credits
This course addresses different topics of interest in Human Resource Management. It is conducted in a seminar or symposium format where each student is an active and involved participant in the selection of topic questions and material to be covered. Topics might include organizational learning, women in leadership, adult learning, leadership and culture, re-engineering and organizational re-sizing. The course may be used to meet part of the elective requirements for business degree programs.