HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WORKSHOP SYLLABUS
William
Holmes, Office: W4-144/31; Hours: M, T, 4:15-5:45; Phone: 617-287-7328; Email: william.holmes@umb.edu; Website: http://www.faculty.umb.edu/william_holmes/
Discussions. Students are expected to participate in
discussions. For each session, a student
should have identified one issue they consider important to that topic and pose
a question for that issues. Students may
also pose questions regarding assigned web page content or other issues related
to that week’s topic.
Plagiarism. Students may not copy other’s work, unless
they are working as a group and submit the results as a group. All sources quoted or paraphrased should be
cited. Complete references must be
provided for works cited.
Assignments. There are four
assignments for students working on the human resource management competency: a
job description, a hiring process summary, a summary of compensation and
benefit issues, and a discussion of labor/management relations. These assignments are to be done either for
an organization of the student’s choice or for a child care center arts program,
but they must be done for the same organization for each assignment. In addition, students who are also working on
a management competency will need to do a fifth assignment. For their fifth assignment they will summarize
the organization’s mission and goals and discuss a possible use of strategic
planning for the organization.
1.
Job Description.
Choose a particular job in your example agency. For that job describe the tasks the person
has to perform, skills needed, and education or experience required. Avoid language that would be discriminatory,
prejudicial, or illegal.
2.
Hiring Process Summary.
For the job described in assignment one, describe the process used by
your agency for hiring someone into that position. Include information that must be submitted,
to whom, and by what means. Describe the
interview process, what additional information is obtained by this process, and
how it is used to reject or select candidates. List three questions that should
not be asked of a job applicant. Also
describe who makes the final hiring decision.
3.
Compensation and Benefit Summary. Describe a typical compensation and benefit
package for the job described. Discuss
salary range and factors affecting starting salary. Summarize health and education benefits,
vacation, personal days, promotion possibilities, and retirement options.
4.
Labor Relations Summary.
List three laws that apply to the job you have been discussing (at least
one must be a federal law and at least one must be a state law). Discuss how
the laws apply your job. Give an example
for each law of a management practice that would violate the law.
5.
Mission, Goals, Strategic Planning Discussion
(management competency only). Provide a
mission statement and a list of goals for your chosen agency. Discuss how a strategic plan can be used to
help the agency achieve its mission and its goals. This assignment may be provided as three
separate documents, a single document, or as a portfolio.
Optional
Readings,
Mondy and Noe, Human
Resource Management, 9th edition. Prentice Hall. For those students working on a management
competency, the attached websites are additional optional readings.
Topics
1. Job Description, M&N, c2, 4
2. Hiring, M&N c3, 6, 7
3..
Compensation and Benefits, M&N c11 and c12
4.
Labor/Management Relations, M&N c
13, 14 and c15
Websites
Differences Between Profit and Nonprofit Organizations
http://nonprofit.about.com/od/qathebasics/f/nopvspro.htm
http://www.managementhelp.org/org_thry/types.htm
Mission Statement
What Should a Mission Statement Say? http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?section=03&item=21
Strategic Planning Introduction
http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/str_plan/basics.htm
Leadership and Supervision
http://www.managementhelp.org/mgmnt/prsnlmnt.htm