SAMG2270

Organizations combine financial, physical, and material resources to provide goods and services to consumers, but there is no resource more vital to an organization?s success than its human resources. Managing human resources is a comprehensive set of managerial activities and tasks concerned with developing and maintaining a qualified workforce that contributes to organizational effectiveness. This course covers the policies and procedures relating to acquiring, training, appraising, rewarding, and providing a safe, ethical, and fair environment for employees. The student will gain an understanding of the legal considerations and government regulations that impact employment relationships.Student Learning Outcomes

• Explain Human Resource Management as it relates to the management process, and its importance to all managers within an organization.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the legal, regulatory and ethical environment including equal employment laws and policies.
• Critique the role of human resources in developing and maintaining a diverse workforce.
• Understand and apply the policies and practices of the primary areas of managing human resources including staffing, training, and compensation.
• Analyze job analysis methods as they apply to the selection process to include job descriptions, job specifications and job postings.
• Evaluate effective screening tools and apply to the employee selection process.
• Learn and apply the steps of the interview process to the employee selection process.
• Research and calculate fundamentals of strategic pay plans.
• Analyze the decisions an employer faces regarding performance management and employee development.
• Evaluate the main employee benefits inside of the compensation package.
• Demonstrate effective training methods and procedures as they relate to the talent management process.