Course Schedule

Course Schedule*

Class

8/22

Introduction

	Introductions
	Review syllabus and assignments
	Why have a required class in HRM?

P: 1

R&J: 1

8/27

8/29

9/5

Changing Nature of HRM

	Historical development of civil service systems
	Changing work environment
	Societal, organizational, individual, generational changes
	Doing more with less

P: 2, 3, 12

P: Cases 3, 13

R&J: 14, 2, 3

RES: #1

	P: p. 34, Ex. 2
	P: p. 59, Ex. 1

9/3

Labor Day - No Class

9/10

9/12

Legal Context of HRM and Labor Relations

	Constitutional rights, restrictions, & laws
	Major statutes
	Labor relations and bargaining

P: 4, 5

P: Cases 1, 6, 9, 14

R&J: 13

RES: #2, #3

	P: p. 97, Ex. 1, 2
	P: p. 136, Ex. 2

9/17

9/19

Strategic Planning, Leadership, and Organizational Change

	Strategic HRM and organizational change
	Importance of leadership
	Strategies for changing organizations

P: 6

P: Cases 7, 8

R&J: 16, 11

Paper proposal is due (9/17)

9/24

9/26

Job Design & Analysis

	Job analysis
	Position descriptions
	Job evaluation
	Job classification
	Job design

P: 7

P: Case 11

Part 1: Job Analysis (9/24)

10/1

10/3

10/17

Recruitment, Selection, & Organizational Culture

	Recruitment
	Selection processes
	Using recruitment & selection to create organizational culture

P: 8

R&J: 15

RES: #4, #5

	Part 2: Recruitment (10/3)
	Part 3: Organizational Culture (10/17)

10/8

Fall Break - No Class

10/10

Mid Term Exam

10/15

10/17

10/22

10/24

Motivating Employees: Salaries & Benefits

	Review motivation theories
	Different types of compensation systems
	Different types of benefit systems
	Guest Speakers: Frank Blackley, Asst. Chief Fire & Life Safety Wilmington Fire Dept. & Frank Tom Robinson, President Local 129 Professional Firefighters Association

P: 9, 10

P: Cases 4, 5, 10, 12

R&J: 5, 6

RES #9: Assessment of WFD

	P: p. 280, Ex. 1, 2
	Part 4: Compensation (10/24)

10/29

Evaluating Employees

	Performance appraisal techniques
	Perceptions & biases

P: 11

R&J: 4

RES: #6

	P: p. 314, Ex. 2, 3
	Part 5: Performance Evaluation (10/29)

10/31

Communication Problems

	Communicating with employees
	Using modern technology

R&J: 10

11/5

11/7

11/12

Managing Workplace Conflicts

	Sexual harassment
	Diversity
	Age discrimination
	Other emerging issues
	Guest Speaker: William Fleming,Assistant to the Chancellor for Human Resources (11/5)

R&J: 7, 12, 13

RES: #7, #8

11/14

11/19

Discipline and Termination

	Rights & responsibilities
	Due process

P: 13

P: Case 13

R&J: 13

P: p. 367 - 368, Ex. 1, 2, 3

11/26

Managing Teams

	Group behavior
	Motivating teams
	Evaluating teams
	Disciplining teams

R&J: 8, 9

11/28

Policy & Procedures Manuals

	Why have a manual?
	Policies for an evolving workplace
	Practical approaches to policy development
	Ethical considerations

P: 14

P: p. 388, Ex. 1, 2, 3

12/3

12/5

Emerging Issues in HRM

	New roles and competencies
	Research roundtables to discuss issue papers

P: 15

P: p. 407, Ex. 1

12/5

Issue Paper is Due

12/7

Final Exam is scheduled for 7:00 - 10:00 PM in LH 110

Extra Credit Assignment is due at the start of the exam

P = Patton, et al., Human Resources Management; R&J = Robbins & Judge, Essentials of Organizational Behavior; RES = Reading is on reserve in the library; W = reading is contained in link on the class web site.

*Class schedule is subject to change.

Students should check the schedule frequently for announcements made via the web or by email.

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