BUSM 2030 - Human Resource Management

Academic Division: Business, Industry and Technology
Academic Discipline: Business Management

Assistant Dean: Brooke Miller, M.B.A.

3 Credit(s)
Human resource management investigates a variety of functions considered essential to the personnel function of institutions, including legal compliance, job analysis, recruiting, selection, motivation, training, evaluation, compensation, and employee relations/labor relations. A key component of the course is the practical application of HR concepts to a small/medium sized business scenario. UG

3 Lecture Hour(s);

Required Prerequisite Course(s): Take ENGL 0040 (with minimum grade of C-), or qualifying placement test score.

College Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Learning Outcomes	Assessments - - How it is met & When it is met
Communication – Written
Communication – Speech
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
Critical Thinking
Information Literacy
Quantitative Literacy

Student Learning Outcomes for Course

Outcomes	Assessments – How it is met & When it is met
1. Define and apply federal legal requirements related to employees in the workplace.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 4. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for weeks 1 - 15. Calculate the 4/5 rule demonstrating adverse impact week 3.
2. Define and apply the processes for job analysis, personnel planning/recruitment, testing and selection, and candidate interviewing.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily assess job analysis on exam during week 4 and personnel planning/recruitment, testing and selection, and candidate interviewing during week 8. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
3. Summarize the training and development function as it applies to orientation, training, quality/productivity programs, performance appraisal, and career management.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 12. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
4. Explain the human resource function of compensation by detailing options for establishing pay and benefit plans with an emphasis on performance/incentive programs.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 12. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
5. Demonstrate organization communication with employees and define disciplinary and discharge procedures for unsatisfactory employees or employees caught in downsizing or mergers.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 16. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
6. Examine the importance of employee safety and health to include defining OSHA’s role in the work place.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 16. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
7. Give example of the historical significance of labor union evolution in both legal and union-evolution terms.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 16. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.
8. Detail the steps in union organizing, collective bargaining, impasse resolution, grievance processing, and arbitration.	Exams/quizzes throughout the semester but primarily during week 16. One Continuing Company Case is completed each week of the semester and is topic specific for the weeks 1 - 15.

Standard Grading Scale
93-100 A

90 - 92 A-

87- 89 B+

83 - 86 B

80 -82 B-

77- 79 C+

73 - 76 C

70 -72 C-

67- 69 D+

63 - 66 D

60 -62 D-

00- 59 F

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