Business MBA Syllabus-Personnel Management

Business MBA Syllabus-Personnel Management

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

1.            COURSE NUMBER & TITLE:   BUS 402 ‑ Personnel Management

2.            COURSE DESCRIPTION:   An introduction to principles and techniques of personnel management.  Covers the recruitment, training, promotion and compensation of employees in conformance with laws, union contracts and economic structures. Emphasis on the effective use of personnel to achieve goals of the firm.

3.            COURSE GOALS: Participants in this course will be expected to:

3.1          Recognize the role of employees as human resources.

3.2          Learn major goals and activities of the personnel manager.

3.3          Acquire an understanding of problems and solutions in        personnel management.

3.4          Gain an appreciation of various motivators influencing        employee performance.

3.5          Know major figures in the development of personnel management theories.

3.6          Recognize and comprehend theories of performance motivation.

3.7          Gain an understanding of psychological principles used in personnel administration.

3.8          Become aware of major legal, social and political forces effecting personnel.

4.            COURSE CONCEPTS:

4.1          Recruitment

4.2          Selection

4.3          Training and development

4.5          Employee review and evaluation

4.6          Industrial relations

4.7          Career development

4.8          Job definitions and descriptions

4.9          Motivation

4.10       Leadership styles

4.11       Employee benefits

4.12       Work environments

4.13       Personnel planning and forecasting

4.14       Work force composition and quality

4.15       Frustration and conflict

4.16       Collective bargaining

5.            LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

5.1          Reports and projects

5.2          Reading assignments

5.3          Library research

5.4          Problem solving

5.5          Oral discussions with instructor

5.6          Term papers

5.7          Exams and quizzes

6.            PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

6.1             Discuss the activities and importance of the personnel manager as a member of the top management of a firm.

6.2             Identify, and propose solutions to, potential problems arising from equal employment opportunity legislation.

6.3             Explain how job analysis and design can assist the human resources manager in meeting the personnel requirements of the firm.

6.4             Identify, and propose solutions to, possible problems encountered in testing and interviewing potential employees.

6.5             Discuss the differences between training managers and supervisors vs. training non-managerial employees.

6.6             Outline a program you would develop for appraising and improving performance in a small manufacturing firm.

6.7             Discuss the use and utility of incentives as part of an employee compensations system.

6.8             Defend your opinion the employee’s “fringe benefits’ are, or are not, a desirable element of total compensation.

6.9             Show effective communication can contribute to creating a productive work environment.

6.10          Discuss the role and effectiveness of modern labor unions as a part of total human resources management.

6.11          Discuss the role of the manager of human resources in the collective bargaining and contract administration process.

6.12          Outline a program you would manage to develop procedures for handling employee discipline problems.

6.13          Explain how the growth of globalization has affected the process of human resources management.

6.14          Identify, and propose solutions to, problems resulting from having a work force composed of employees from a variety of cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds.

7.            ASSESSMENT PLAN:  Students are required to complete all performance requirements and demonstrate        mastery by means such as examinations, paper writing, oral presentations and course-work.

8.            RECOMMENDED TEXT: 

Sherman, Arthur; Bohlander, George; and Snell, Scott; Managing Human Resources. Cincinnati, Ohio; South-Western Publishing Co.

9.            RECOMMENDED REFERENCES:

               Ivancevich, John M.; Human Resource Management: Founda­tions of Personnel. Homewood,IL: R.D.

               Irwin, Inc.

Schuler, Randall S. & Vandra L. Huber; Personnel and Human Resources Management, Los Angeles;

               West Publishing Co.

              

Strauss, George; Personnel: The Human Problems of Management. Englewood Cliffs, NJ;                Prentice‑Hall.

               Chruden, H.J. & Sherman, A.J.; Personnel Management: The Utilization of Human Resources.                Cincinnati, OH: South‑Western Publishing Co.,

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