HRES200
HUMAN RESOURCES IN A DIVERSE SOC
(3.00)
Issues examined are: workplace laws, recruiting, hiring, setting wages,
evaluating employees, benefits, discipline, labor relations, and the
international concerns. Because it also fulfills the Cultural Diversity
Elective requirement, it addresses stereotyping, discrimination and prejudices
as they relate to work issues.
HRES301
HUMAN RESOURCES
(3.00)
A survey of workforce issues including labor force trends, diversity,
compensation, income distribution, productivity, labor unions and human
resources law/public policy.
HRES302
LABOR RELATIONS
(3.00)
Evaluation of collective bargaining as a method for dealing with issues and
problems involved in union-management relations. Focus on relationships and
contract negotiations. Mock negotiations used.
HRES303
CO-OP EDUCATION/HUMAN RES: JR
(3.00-6.00)
An elective cooperative experience where students earn academic credit while
performing approved human resources-related work experience.
Prerequisite:
MGMT 301
55 credit hours completed,
2.75 gpa,
department approval required.
HRES305
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
(3.00)
Analysis of the settlement of disputes in business; emphasis on contract
administration and the arbitration process. Casework.
HRES310
CURRENT HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES
(3.00)
Analysis of current human resource issues facing workers and their managers.
Topics will vary to keep course up to date.
HRES313
HUMAN RESOURCES LAW
(3.00)
Analysis of the law governing the relationship between workers and their
employer; emphasis on laws treating labor-management relations, working
conditions, discrimination, and individual employee rights.
HRES321
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
(3.00)
Impact of demographic diversity on organizations. Examination of the problem
of discrimination in U.S. labor markets, with primary attention to race and
sex discrimination.
HRES325
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES
(3.00)
Compare and contrast labor markets in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Compare and
contrast human resource decisions and practices in different countries
(Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Sweeden, Japan, China, and Mexico).
Analyze human resource issues and practices that today's multinational firms
are facing. Topics include: international recruitment and selection,
repatriation, training and development performance management, compensation,
and labor relations.
HRES330
INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCH
(3.00)
Application of psychological principles and procedures to a variety of
organizations. Research, measurement and human behavior are emphasized.
Cross-listed Courses:
MGMT321
PSYC321
HRES340
WORKFORCE DEV PROGRAMS & POLICY
(3.00)
Analysis of programs and policies aimed at fully employing the workforce,
especially the economically disadvantaged, minorities, women, and dislocated
workers; including remediation, job training, and governmnet employment
programs.
HRES345
COMPENSATION THEORY & PRACTICE
(3.00)
An examination of the logic and practices involved in current programs for
compensating employees.
HRES401
MORALITY & EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
(3.00)
Uses leading philosophic concepts and normative principles to apply analytic
and descriptive tools to critical workplace issues. Fulfill E/RS Focus
elective.
Prerequisite:
PHIL 100
THEO 111
One must be prerequisite and the other prerequisite or corequisite.
HRES403
CO-OP EDUCATION/HUMAN RES: SR
(3.00-6.00)
An elective cooperative experience where students earn academic credit while
performing approved human resources-related work experience.
Prerequisite:
MGMT 301
55 credit hours completed,
2.75 gpa,
departmental approval required
HRES495
CURRENT HUMAN RESOURCES PROBLEMS
(3.00)
Analysis of current human resource issues facing workers and their managers.
Topics will vary to keep course current.
HRES499
TUTORIAL IN HRES
(2.00-3.00)
Content to be determined according to the needs of the student.
Prerequisite:
Approval of program director and dean
HRES701
HUMAN RESOURCES
(3.00)
The focus is on emerging issues in human resources development and description
of the continuous analytical comprehensive process of strategic human resource
management. Topics include: traditional versus strategic human resources
management, measurement of human resources effectiveness, the role of human
resources in continuous improvement processes, international human resource
management and diversity initiatives.
Prerequisite:
Admission to the Executive MBA program
HRES901
INTRO TO HUMAN RESOURCES
(2.00)
Key processes of human resource managment including selection, employee
development, performance management, reward systems, and employee relations.
Prerequisite:
All Business Skills and Foundation Skills courses
HRES903
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY ISSUES
(3.00)
Examines issues of demographic diversity in the work force, such as employment
discrimination, work/family, affirmative action, sexual harassment, "glass
ceilings" and immigration/globalization. Evaluates the impact of diversity on
organizations and their employees.
HRES911
DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION
(3.00)
Analyzes the settlement of disputes in business without resorting to the legal
system. Emphasis on employer/employee disputes in both union and nonunion
contexts. Case work.
HRES912
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING_SEMINAR
(3.00)
An examination of contract negotiations as a tool for handling problems and
issues in labor-management relations; alternatives to adversarial bargaining.
Casework involved.
HRES913
HUMAN RESOURCES LAW
(3.00)
Analysis of current law dealing with individual employee rights; health and
safety; labor-management relations; and discrimination based on race, sex,
age, and handicap. Casework.
HRES915
PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
(3.00)
Psychological dimensions of human resource functions in organizations. Job
analysis, personnel selection, orientation and placement, performance
evaluations, training and development, employment legislation and related
topics, with emphasis upon current research and literature.
Cross-listed Courses:
PSYC522
HRES917
PERSONNEL TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
(3.00)
An examination of the field of training and developing the workforce as it
occurs in industry and government.
HRES918
EMPLOY & TRAINING POLICY ISSUES
(3.00)
Case studies in employment and training policies drected at full employment of
the U.S. labor force. Emphasis on job training, equal employment
opportunity, and government employment programs aimed at minorities, women,
dislocated workers, and economically disadvantaged.
HRES919
COMPENSATION ISSUES
(3.00)
An examination of contemporary problems and issues involved in programs for
compensating employees.
HRES995
INDIVIDUAL READING & RESEARCH
(2.00-3.00)
Open to especially qualified students with the consent of the program director
and dean.