Required Human Resource Management Courses

HRM601
Human Resource Management Strategy (3 cr.)
This course examines human resource management in the context of business policy and competitive strategy. The core competencies required to become a successful human resource manager are discussed. Topics include an overview of business policy, role of human resource planning, strategic human resource management, initiating organizational change, promoting an ethical perspective and using technology for planning and administering human resource functions.

HRM602
Organizational Measurement and Assessment Issues in Human Resources (3 cr.)
This course examines research design for organizational measurement and assessment. Assessment and evaluation tools are examined for hiring, career development, retention, and termination processes.

HRM604
Developing Human Capital (3 cr.)
This course covers assessing, developing, and aligning the organization's human assets with corporate strategies. Various models of adult learning are examined.

HRM606
Employment Law (3 cr.)
This course examines employment law and its impact on business. It reviews employment law practices and trends, the statutory framework, major court cases, how the law of contract and tort apply to employment situations, and anti-discrimination laws.

HRM607
Managing Reward Systems (3 cr.)
This course considers various philosophies of reward systems. It focuses on how to conduct job analysis and job evaluations and how to design pay levels and pay structures. This course examines pay for performance, compensation of special groups, and the impact of international pay systems on corporate strategies.

HRM612
Conflict Management Skills in Human Resources (3 cr.)
This course focuses on identifying conditions within organizations that cause conflict, modifying those conditions that contribute to escalation, and identifying appropriate interventions for effective resolution of conflicts. Emphasis is placed on the human resource manager's role as an important strategic partner in mediating conflict within the organization.

GM620
Communication Skills (2 cr.)
Prerequisite: It is recommended that this course be taken in the student's first semester.
The focus of this course is on written and oral communications in professional and academic settings with an emphasis on academic writing. Theories of interpersonal and organizational communication, appropriate writing style based on audience, academic voice and style, literature searches, writing that incorporates source material, ethical use of source materials, APA style and effective presentations are examined.

GM625
Leadership and Decision Making (2 cr.)
This course introduces selected models and practices in This course introduces selected models and practices in the exploration and understanding of what is effective leadership and decision-making. Skills necessary for effective decision-making and problem-solving within organizations are emphasized from the role of the manager.

GM630
Quantitative Methods (3 cr.)
This course focuses on statistical analysis of data for professional applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies. The course covers populations, sample selection, descriptive, and inferential statistics. Significance, Chi Square, correlations, analysis of variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity and levels of measurement are addressed.

GM660
Financial Management (3 cr.)
ACM660 may be taken instead of this course.
This course introduces, discusses, and analyzes financial issues facing profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today's domestic and global business environment. The course provides the general manager with an ethical financial manager's perspective by way of examination of various financial areas including: types of organizations, sources of capital, investment in the U.S. and in foreign countries, asset management, time value of money, international payments and foreign exchange rates, trade theory and policy, and financial statement analysis.

GM670
Strategic Management (2 cr.)
This course examines both the theory and application of strategic management tasks. Among the tasks considered are: developing a mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.

GM675
Managerial Ethics and Issues (2 cr.)
This course examines various theories and methods that can be used to resolve organizational dilemmas involving ethical behavior. Students apply philosophical principles and managerial techniques to the ambiguous and ethical issues facing today's organizations, domestically and globally.

HRM689
Human Resource Management Capstone (3 cr.)
Prerequisite: Must be taken in student's final semester
This course focuses on integrating human resource management knowledge, skills, and tools developed in previous courses. It emphasizes critical analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of the theories and application of human resource management. It includes a major research paper and presentation on a Human Resource management topic of the student's choice.

GM600
Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral concepts which underlie effective management practice in private and public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that especially addresses the expectations, needs, and performances of people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal, and global cultures that influence organizational structure, behavior, and change.

GM605
Creative Problem Solving and Critical Thinking (2 cr.)
This course gives students the opportunity to learn and practice higher level thinking skills such as curiosity and imagination, divergent thinking, idea generation, creative problem solving, evaluation, synthesis, critical thinking and analysis. Students develop strategies to search for challenges, identify problems, produce creative ideas, research solutions, design innovative applications, and build a case for the solution.

GM610
Information and Research (1 cr.)
This course introduces electronic databases, the internet, and print materials relevant to the research process and how to use them. It examines how to evaluate information retrieved from those resources and how to integrate that information into various research projects. How information is created and transformed through social, political, economic, and cultural forces is discussed. This course also explores the legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of information in personal, professional, and academic life.

GM643
Multicultural Perspectives (2 cr.)
This course focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences both organizational behavior and client outcomes. The place of culture in society, the marketplace and workplace is examined. The importance of cultural competence is explored along with the knowledge and skills needed to work with, manage and serve diverse groups of workers and clients.

GM667
Information Technology (2 cr.)
This course provides an overview of planning and managing technology and information flow in organizations. It addresses present and future issues regarding computer systems and their impact on management and operations.

HRM605
Economics and Demographics of Labor Markets (3 cr.)
This course covers the changing nature of the workforce, including race, gender and other demographic characteristics. It focuses on human resource management tracking and gaining competitive advantage through judicious use of changing workforce characteristics. Human resource information systems are examined.

HRM608
Employee Benefits (3 cr.)
This course considers a broad spectrum of employee benefits. Historical and contemporary issues associated with the design, financing, and legal issues of healthcare benefits will be examined. Various retirement programs are explored along with their impact on employers and employees. Public policy issues affecting healthcare and pensions and their impact for employers and employees are also discussed.

HRM609
Labor Relations (3 cr.)
This course examines how changes in product and service markets affect the way labor and management relate to each other. The history of collective bargaining and its impact on labor relations, and state and federal employment laws and their impact on labor-management cooperation are explored. Various dispute resolution mechanisms and their impact on due process for all employees are examined.

HRM611
Managing International Human Resources Practices (3 cr.)
This course examines the interplay of various factors associated with evaluating managers, employees, and customers from a different culture. Students explore the varied components of expatriate recruitment, selection, orientation, and training strategies. International labor standards and public policy issues associated with trade agreements are explored to determine their impact on organizational strategy.