Compare and contrast effective human resource management strategies.
Course Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. Compare and contrast effective human resource management strategies. 2. Estimate the impact of legal provisions on human resource management. 3. Evaluate the components of workforce planning. 4. Recommend basic human resource management (HRM) principles to develop a recruiting program for an organization. 5. Relate different selection criteria and selection methods to organizational considerations. 6. Appraise the importance of project management processes for launching training programs in organizations, to include planning, design, implementation, and evaluation. 7. Analyze the roles and responsibilities of organizational leaders in the safety and health of employees. 8. Critically evaluate the challenges to human resource management in a global corporation. 9. Formulate a compensation strategy that aligns with an organization’s business strategy. Credits Upon completion of this course, the students will earn three (3) hours of college credit. Course Structure 1. Study Guide: Each unit contains a Study Guide that provides students with the learning outcomes, unit lesson, required reading assignments, and supplemental resources. 2. Learning Outcomes: Each unit contains Learning Outcomes that specify the measurable skills and knowledge students should gain upon completion of the unit. 3. Unit Lesson: Each unit contains a Unit Lesson, which discusses lesson material. 4. Reading Assignments: Each unit contains Reading Assignments from one or more chapters from the textbook. 5. Suggested Reading: A Suggested Reading is listed in the Unit II study guide. Students are encouraged to read the resource listed if the opportunity arises, but they will not be tested on their knowledge of the Suggested Reading. 6. Learning Activities (Non-Graded): These non-graded Learning Activities are provided to aid students in their course of study. 7. 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Think of a LibGuide (a Library Guide) as a mini-website to help you with your assignments. It has relevant information such as databases, ebooks, and websites specific to your courses. If you have any questions, please reach out to your friendly library staff. Unit Assignments Unit I Assignment HR Mission Statement By now, from your textbook readings and lesson, you should have a firm grasp on the different types of human resource values and strategies that are commonplace in the workforce. From this information: 1. Create and briefly describe a fictional large company of your choice. This is your company and it should preferably be in your current or desired future industry. This company and the HR mission statement you create will be used as a foundation for future assignments in this course. 2. Compare and contrast the below sample mission statements. Evaluate them for overall effectiveness. 3. Use your analysis to write your own HR mission statement for your fictional company. Consider the following questions when evaluating and formulating your mission statement: • Why does your HR function exist? What do you want for your customers and how can HR provide that? • Who are your customers and what can you do for them that will enrich their lives and contribute to their success, both present and future? • What image of your function do you want to convey internally and externally? Customers, employees and the public will all have perceptions of your company. How will HR help create the desired picture? BHR 3352, Human Resource Management 3 • What level of service do you provide to employees and the company? Don’t be vague; define what will make your service extraordinary. • What kind of relationships will your HR function maintain with customers? Every company function is in partnership with its customers. When you succeed, so do they. • What underlying philosophies or values guided your responses to the previous questions? Some mission statements choose to list these separately (as core values or vision). Writing them down clarifies the “why” behind your mission. • Does your HR function’s mission statement describe and support what your company will do and why it will do it (the company’s core values)?