Department: Business Studies

Discipline: Business

Subject Code: MGMTCourse #: 203

Course Title: Human Resources Management

HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FORM 335

Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]

1.Digital Description [§335.2] (Insert new/revised digital description below):

Credit hours:3.0

Lecture hours: 3.0

Lab hours:0.0

Approved Online/Blended Face-to-Face Instruction Ratios:

[__] 25/75% [__] 33/67% [ ] 50/50% [X] 67/33% [__] 75/25%

(Note: The first number indicates the percentage of online instruction. The second number indicates the percentage of in-class instruction.)

2.Maximum Enrollment (Insert new/revised maximum enrollments below):

In-Class Instruction: 25

Lab Instruction:

3.Catalog Description [§335.2] (Insert new/revised description in space below):

Covers the planning of personnel requirements. The course topics include: recruitment, selection, training and development; job evaluation, wage and salary administration; employee benefits and services; labor relations, career development, safety and health; performance appraisal, disciplinary action, and employee morale; international human resources management.

Minimum Grade Required

4.Prerequisites [§335.2]:

Co-requisites:

Other: Eligibility for enrollment into ENGL 003, or 007, as identified by the College Testing & Placement Program.

5.Learning Outcomes [§335.2]

[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential

knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

  • Summarize the strategic role of human resources management in an organization including evolving technology
  • Define the structures of human resources departments and identify various career opportunities in the field of HR
  • Describe and give examples of the major components of human resources management including staffing, training, developing, and maintaining a high performance workforce
  • Explain the process for conducting a job analysis and create an appropriate example
  • Summarize the legal and ethical aspects of human resources management and identify discriminatory employment practices
  • Prepare performance-based interview questions
  • Examine various methods of employee performance and compensation systems
  • Describe, identify or examine the role of unions including collective bargaining and employee-management relations in the context of the contemporary organization
  • Evaluate current international human resource challenges
  • Prepare a portfolio to include a recruiting strategy, sample job advertisement, written warning, job analysis, training plan, and an evaluation form

6.Planned Sequence of Instruction [§335.2]

[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

  1. Understanding HRM
  2. Legal and Ethical Context of HRM
  3. Staffing the Organization
  4. Training and Development
  5. Maintaining High Performance
  6. Labor-Management Environments

7.Assessment of Student Learning [§335.44]

[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]

Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by the Shared Governance Policy – Assessing Institutional Effectiveness, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is maintained in the College’s assessment management system.

Students submit a portfolio (see learning outcomes above)that includes assignments from various areas of human resources (training, evaluations, disciplinary action, recruiting, etc.)

8.List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use) [§335.2]: C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online, BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

DeCenzo, D., Robbins, S., & Verhulst, S. Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. Wiley. Latest Edition.

Supplemental Library Resources:

The Patriot News

Central Pennsylvania Business Journal

Business Week

Fortune

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE
1. Discipline Faculty Proponent/s: Diane Mauro/Elaine Madden / 10/10/15
2. Curriculum Manager & College Catalog Editor: Erika Steenland / 10/23/15
3. Department Chairperson (Discipline Approval):Michelle E. Myers / 10/28/15

This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A/B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the College’s mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer accredited four-year colleges and universities.

NAME AND SIGNATURE / DATE
4. Associate Provost: Kathleen T. Doherty / 10/29/15
5. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Cynthia Doherty, Ph.D. / 10/30/15
  1. Original Date of course approval by the college:196910
  1. Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:

02/10/11 (Catalog Description, Pre- or Corequisite, LO, Assessments, Sequence of Learning)

03/12/12 (Update Textbook)

10/14/13 (Update Textbook, Planned Sequence of Instruction)

05/19/15 – Added new blended format & approved maximum enrollment - nb

10/10/15 (Update Learning Outcomes,Assessment Method – SP 16

12/1/04

Form Template Reviewed & Updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09; 7/14/09; 7/31/12; 7/30/13; 8/26/13; 1/31/14; 8/18/14; 5/13/15; 7/7/15