Office: Business and Technology room 221C. Phone: (918) 444-2926
E-mail: ossom@cherokee.nsuok.edu FAX: (918) 458-2337

CLASS TEXT: Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B., and Wright, P.M. (2010). Human Resource Management. Gaining a competitive Advantage. McGraw-Hill Co. (7^th ed.).

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A study of human resource management practices: recruitment, selection, evaluation, employee retention, separation, performance management, training and development. This course also examines issues such as fair labor practices, human resource planning, training, career development, compensation, health and safety issues. Students learn the increasing role of HR in the business organization today. HR competitively equips personnel to be familiar and compliant with the human resource legal environment, providing an overview of the laws and practices dealing with equal employment, discrimination, and sexual harassment. These are the “people” functions in an organization. People make the difference in a competitive business world. This course is designed to be interesting and helpful, not only for the program requirement it fills, but for the knowledge it provides which will help anyone in their career.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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1. Be able to explain a knowledge base of the three fundamental aspects of human resource management: policies, practices, and systems.

2. Be able to understand and describe the comprehensive nature of the legal environment of HRM and the need for organizations to be in full compliance with constitutional provisions, federal, state and municipal laws, and industry standards.

3. Demonstrate how human resource management fulfills an increasing role in the organization’s strategic, developmental and administrative functions of management.

4. Be able to describe the contribution that HRM provides the organization so that it can be competitive in quality improvement measures, technology, employee improvement, strategy formulation & management, and ultimately organizational effectiveness.

5. To describe how organizations manage human resource planning initiatives in the acquisition, preparation and placement of personnel domestically, and in the global environment.

6. To demonstrate the basics of how HRM conducts employee assessment, evaluation, training and development.

7. To understand and explain the basic factors involved in the intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the reward systems in organizations and how they are tied to competitive organizational goals.

8. Be able to illustrate the principles and practices of collective bargaining, labor relations and the management of human resources in the global environment.

9. Demonstrate communication skills through oral, written, and examination exercises.

Final Course Grades. A breakdown of grades is listed below. Percentages may be lowered if class scores warrant it.
A 90 - 100% C 70 - 79% F < 59%
B 80 - 89% D 60 - 69%

Exams. Examinations one and three will consist of multiple choice questions. Exam 2 will be take home essay. Exam 3 will include a comprehensive portion covering topics from Exam 1 and Exam 2. Each exam will contain questions dealing with both the assigned readings and the in-class lectures and discussions. If a serious conflict arises that will prevent you from taking an exam (e.g., illness, funeral, etc.), you must notify me before the exam. Failure to take an exam at the time scheduled on the syllabus will result in a score of 0 for that exam.

Make-up exams: Make-up exams will be given if I authorized your absence prior to the exam. Make-up exams will be comprised of 100% essay questions and will take longer to complete than the original exam.

Grade appeals: You should arrange a conference with me concerning final grade appeals. If no settlement is reached, either you or I may refer the matter to the Dean of the College of Business and Technology for a final resolution.

Project on Employee Selection Practices. You will interview a business manager who is involved with the hiring process at his or her organization. The manager may be a family member, friend, acquaintance. The project will consist of describing the practices the organizations uses in selecting new employees and critiquing those practices based on information discussed in the text and in class. Minimum length should be 7 double-spaced pages in the body of the project. More detailed instructions dealing with the project will be provided in a handout.

Group Topic Project: Each student will be involved with a group that will select a major issue in the HR field, research it and do a write-up of the implications of that issue, subject, or theory in HR practice. This will be presented to the class.

Written Assignments. There will be written assignments both in-class and outside class which will carry points. Instructions and due dates will be announced in class.

Participation. Points will also be given on attendance and the evaluation of your contribution to class discussions and exercises. Those points will be determined through exercises done and solely by the discretion of the professor.

Attendance. Points will also be given based on your attendance. You will be allowed 1 absence without losing points. For each absence after that, you will lose 5 points from your attendance total. Absences totalling 7 or more in the semester for the Tahlequah (MWF class) will result in a one letter grade drop of your total course grade. Absences totalling 5 or more in the semester for the Tahlequah (T&R class) will result in a one letter grade drop of course grade.

Academic dishonesty: Dishonesty on assignments will not be tolerated. If you cheat, copy, or in any way attempt to present work as your own which is actually the product of another person on any assignment (e.g., exams, the case assignment, the research paper, etc.) you will receive a 0 for that assignment. In addition, you will be reported to the office of Student Conduct and Development. A meeting with the director of that office must be scheduled before you will be allowed back in class.

Late Policy: An assignment is considered late when I receive it after the papers have been collected. This means if I collect an assignment at the beginning of class, and you arrive late, your assignment will also be considered late. This also means that you will not be able to skip class to finish an assignment. If you place it under my door or in my mail box and I receive it after I have collected the papers during class, it will be late. Below are listed the penalties associated with late assignments:

- 50% turned in after I collected the assignments but before the end of the next class meeting time.
- 100% after the end of the next class meeting time.

Late assignments should be handed to me personally or placed in my mail box on the 1^st floor. If placed in my mail box, a secretary in the business office must stamp the time, date, and initial the paper to verify the time it was turned in.

Returned Assignments: If you have a dispute over a grade received on an assignment that was returned to you, you must provide the original assignment as evidence. Consequently, please keep a file of all assignments returned to you during the semester.

Dropping the Course: The last day to drop the course with an automatic "W" is Wednesday, April 14, 2010. If you drop the course after this date, whether or not you receive a "W" will depend on the grade that you have earned as of the date you drop the course. A "W" will be assigned if your grade is a "D" or higher. If you stop attending and do not drop, your grade will be an "F." Likewise, if you drop the course after failing to turn in assignments or missing examinations, your grade will be an "F."

ADA Statement: If you feel that you have a disability and need special accommodations of any nature whatsoever, I will work with you and the University Office of Student Affairs to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class. Please advise me of such disability and the desired accommodations at the first class attended.