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This document outlines the syllabus and agenda for a human resource management course taught by Dr. Kate Dupré. The course will cover traditional HR topics like recruitment, performance management, and compensation as well as more current issues like diversity, workplace violence, and non-standard workers. Students will be evaluated based on class participation, a group case presentation, an individual research paper, and a final exam. The goal is for students to understand how HR practices support business strategy and consider recent research and real-world applications of HR issues.

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Class 1 Introduction For Web

This document outlines the syllabus and agenda for a human resource management course taught by Dr. Kate Dupré. The course will cover traditional HR topics like recruitment, performance management, and compensation as well as more current issues like diversity, workplace violence, and non-standard workers. Students will be evaluated based on class participation, a group case presentation, an individual research paper, and a final exam. The goal is for students to understand how HR practices support business strategy and consider recent research and real-world applications of HR issues.

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Human Resource Management

B8204
Dr. Kate Dupré
Tuesday January 10th, 2006
Agenda
• Introductions
• Introduction to Human Resource
Management (HRM)
• Why Study HRM?
• Syllabus
Introduction HRM

• The management of people in organizations


– how to use labour force, find, choose, teach,
measure, get along with
• HRM function has become the responsibility
of most managers, and many believe that
HRM functions play a critical role in the
success of organizations
– Organization must obtain, maintain, and retain
human resources
Topics in this Class
• Traditional Areas
– Strategic importance of HRM; Legal Environment,
Diversity, Hiring, Recruiting, Separations,
Withdrawal, Performance Management, Training,
Education, Employee Development,
Compensation & Rewards
• More Current Topic Areas
– Sexual Harassment, Fairness, Commitment, Trust,
Health & Safety, Stress, Non-Standard Workers,
Workplace Violence
Class Emphasis
• Show “best-in-class” HRM practices
• Understand how HRM practices
support business strategy
• How to use and design HRM products
& services
• Understand current HRM issues
• Recent research
Course Objectives
• Reinforce HRM topics
• Consider recent research & practice
• Application of HRM to real issues

• Develop individuals capable of


considering many facets of HRM
through a more informed awareness of
HRM issues
Does HRM Matter?
• Companies with “happy” employees have
greater annual return to shareholders than
companies that do not
• Companies with progressive HRM practices
significantly outperform companies on financial
indicators than those that have less
progressive practices
– Employees in those organizations tend to be
healthier and higher in indices of wellness
Time Allocation
Luthans, F., Hodgetts, R. M., & Rosenkrantz, S. A.
(1988). Real Managers. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.

100%
90% Networking
80%
70%
Human Resource
60%
Management
50%
40% Communications
30%
20% Traditional
10% Management
0%
Average Successful Effective
Managers Managers Managers
Study at Cornell
Fortune, February 17, 1997, p. 127.

250 Business School 250 “Big-Company”


Students Executives

• Most said leaders • Most said that


should be results bosses need to work
oriented harder at addressing
• 60% admired “slash- social issues like
and-burn” diversity, the
downsizers environment, and
balancing work and
family
Syllabus
• Contacting me
– Phone, e-mail, or at my office
– Office hours: 2-3 p.m. Tues & Thurs

• Course Materials
– Text: Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B., Wright, P.M., &
Steen, S. (2006). Fundamentals of Human Resource
Management. Canadian Edition. Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill
– Articles on reserve at QEII (on library website)

• http://www.busi.mun.ca/kdupre
– Slides for classes on web day before our class meetings
Assessment
• Class Participation (20%)
– Individual Contribution (10%)
– Group Exercises (10%)
• Group Case Presentation (20%)
• Research Report Paper (25%)
• Exam (35%)
Individual Contribution (10%)
• Attendance (2.5%)
• Oral participation in class discussion
(2.5%)
• Listening to what others have to say
(2.5%)
• Demonstrated preparation for class by
having read the material (2.5%)
Group Exercises (10%)
• Group exercises throughout course
– Small groups will discuss the exercise and may be asked to prepare a written
submission detailing answers to the associated exercise. Groups may be asked
to briefly discuss their findings with the class.

• Grading:
– 0=Not Submitted/Not Present
– 1=Submitted/Present/poor answers/very little thought or integration with course
material
– 2=Some reasonable answers/some thought and integration with course
material
– 3=Reasonable answers/reasonable thought and integration with course material
– 4= Above average answers/above average thought and integration with course
material
– 5= Outstanding answers/outstanding thought and integration with course
material
Case Presentation (20%)
• Participants will be assigned to one of the cases for
presentation and discussion
• Each group will have one full class to present the case
problem, present their analysis of the problem, provide the
class with potential alternatives, and finally, the group will
choose the alternative that they feel is best suited for the
situation.
• On the day of their presentation, the groups are required
to pass in a hard copy of any relevant materials (e.g.,
slides).
• Groups that are not presenting on any given day, are
required to read the case, and should be ready to pose
questions to the case presentation group.
Research Report Paper (25%)
• Each of you will be expected to investigate a current “human”/HR issue or
problem facing organizations today.
– The focus should be on issues that present strong challenges to organizations and
managers, and yet which have not been written about extensively in the
management/organizational literature.
• Your investigation should explain the problem and its consequences, and
examine how different organizations are dealing with this issue and/or should
deal with this issue.
• The topic should be researched by consulting current periodicals, academic
sources, and the Internet.
• Your paper should demonstrate that you understand and can appropriately
apply the course material, but also go beyond what is presented in class
discussions or readings and demonstrate a thorough understanding of the
issue that you choose.
• Each report should be 12-15 pages (typed, double-spaced). The style of the
paper should be in accordance with one of the leading style manuals (such as
the APA Guidelines).
• Reports are due on February 28th, in class.
Final Exam (35%)
• The final exam will be written during the exam
schedule in April.
• The exam will be based on all course material and
will test the ability to comprehend and apply material
covered in class, consisting of comprehensive,
theoretical, and applied questions.
• The exam will consist of essay-style questions that
ask you to integrate your thinking on course material.
Recognizing how topics relate and drawing on larger
themes stemming from the research presented will
be important.
Policy on late assignments,
missed exercises, etc.
• Late assignments will be penalized 5% of the
final grade per calendar day they are late.
This includes weekends.
• As an example, if your paper would have
received a 75% and it is one day late it would
receive a mark of 70%.
Course Schedule and Readings

• All readings, exercises, activities and


deadlines listed on course schedule
Your Information
1. Name:
2. Student #:
3. E-mail address:
4. Phone number:
5. Current or most recent job:
6. Number of years work experience:

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