Toronto Metropolitan University International College
CMHR 523 - Human Resources Management – Fall 2023
Monday 9am - 1 pm (EST) (in person)
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Instructor: Sujaykumar Vardhmane, B.Comm., MPM, CHRP, CHRL, PhD Candidate
E-mail Address: svardhmane@learning.torontomuic.ca
Personal Cell: 647 524 2058
Classroom: CPK 207 (424 Yonge Street, Toronto)
Office Hours: By appointment only. Please send an email and I will respond back within 24
hours except on weekends.
COURSE INFORMATION
Pre-requisites and/or Exclusions: Course title(s) or None
E-mail Communication: Students must use the e-mail address listed above to communicate with
the instructor. Faculty will not respond to student enquiries sent to any other e-mail address. E-mails
sent to the address above, and Moodle bulletin board postings, will generally be answered within 2
working days. Students are required to activate and maintain an TMUIC e-mail account. This shall
be the official means by which you will receive university communications.
Course Description: For organizations to succeed in today’s competitive environment, they need
to have sound human resources (HR) strategies that are closely linked to their overall business
strategy and organizational goals. This course exposes students to the dynamic and diverse field of
Human Resources Management (HRM), which is critical to current and future people managers,
whether or not their career orientation lies in HRM.
The course provides a foundation in theory and practice in areas such as job analysis, human
resources planning, recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, law and
diversity management, and union-management relations. The course has been designed to include
the needs of those students who are preparing to write the comprehensive knowledge exam (CKE)
leading to the designation of Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL). The course also develops
students’ skills for effectively working in teams.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Describe the HR function and explain the strategic role that it plays in an organization, its
relationship to other functions, and the impact of effective HRM practices on an organization’s
effectiveness, ethical and social responsibility.
2. Explain the main legal requirements pertaining to employee treatment in the Canadian
workplace and the ways in which proactive organizations have moved beyond legal compliance,
by valuing and capitalizing on workplace diversity.
3. Describe the uses of job analysis and HR planning and describe how these two functions
support business strategy.
4. Discuss current practices in employee recruitment and selection, training and development,
performance management, and employee relations, and the role HRM plays in building and
sustaining an organization’s human capital.
5. Describe how strategic pay plans are established, the various types of compensation, employee
benefits and services, and the concept of “total rewards”.
6. Describe the key concepts and best practices ensuring health and safety in the workplace, and in
managing human resources in a unionized workplace.
7. Think more critically about HRM issues and dilemmas by analyzing current human resources
issues and cases.
8. Describe the key elements of effective teamwork and develop basic teamwork skills.
Required Text:
Textbook:
Schwind, H., Uggerslev, K., Wagar, T., & Fassina. 2022. Canadian Human
Resource Management, Thirteenth Edition, McGraw-Hill.
Other Course
Materials:
Available on the course Moodle site:
All seminar exercises
Course Website
Access via Moodle
Course Assessment:
Evaluation components and their weights are as follows:
Evaluation
HR Research Assignment
Mid Term Exam
Seminar participation
Final Exam
Total
Individual/Group
Individual
Individual
Individual/Group
Individual
Weight
20%
25%
15%
40%
100%
Deadline
October 16
October 23
Ongoing
December 4
DETAILS OF EVALUATION COMPONENTS
SEMINAR PARTICIPATION (15%)
The purpose of the seminars is to reinforce key course concepts and to help you apply the
material discussed in the lecture. Short cases, exercises, and/or critical thinking questions will be
discussed. You will also participate in team building exercises and role-plays. Participation in
seminars will be used to assess your seminar participation grade.
HR RESEARCH INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (20%)
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the opportunity for your to do research into a topic
related to Human Resources Management (HRM). Your assignment should be typed, doublespaced and no longer than five (5) pages in length, excluding the cover page and references. All
references should be cited using APA format. Visit the Ryerson Library for APA style guide
references: http://www.ryerson.ca/library/subjects/style/apa.html. All assignments should be
submitted in a word document to the appropriate Dropbox folder on Moodle no later than
11:59 pm on the due date. Please include your name your section number and student number
on your submission. Late assignments are not accepted.
MIDTERM EXAM (25%)
The midterm exam will include all materials covered in the course (i.e., textbook, lectures,
seminars) up until the midterm. It will consist of multiple choice, true/false, short answer/essay
questions, and case analysis. The midterm exam will take place during the regularly scheduled
lecture in the lecture classroom.
FINAL EXAM (40%)
The final exam will include all materials covered in the course (i.e., textbook, lectures, seminars)
after the midterm exam. It will consist of multiple choice, true/false, short answer/essay
questions, and case analysis. The final exam will take place during the final exam period.
Tentative Schedule
Week
Sep 11
Sep 18
Sep 25
Oct 2
Oct 9
Oct 16
Oct 23
Oct 30
Nov 6
Nov 13
Nov 20
Nov 27
Dec 4
Readings/Pre-Study/Theme/Topic
Welcome and Introductions
Chapter 1 – Strategic Human Resources Management
Chapter 2 – Job Analysis and Design
Chapter 3 – HR Planning
Chapter 4 – Legal requirements and Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion
Thanksgiving Holiday
Chapter 5 – Recruitment
Chapter 6 - Selection
Mid Term Exam – Ch 1-6
Chapter 7 – Onboarding, Training, Development and
Career Planning
Chapter 8 – Performance Management
Chapter 9 – Compensation Management
Chapter 10 – Employee Benefits
Chapter 11 – Managing Employee Relations
Chapter 13 – The Union – Management Framework
Chapter 12 – Ensuring Health and Safety in the
Workplace
Assignment Due
HR Research Assignment
– 20%
HR
Final Exam – Ch 7-13
Grade Scale
For information on the conversion of percentages to letter grades or Grade Point Scale,
please consult the TMU Undergraduate Grading Scale found here:
https://www.torontomu.ca/calendar/2021-2022/policies-and-procedures/enrolmentrecords/academic-information/
POLICIES
Missed Exams and Assignments
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Students need to inform the instructor and the seminar leader of any situation which arises
during the semester which has an adverse effect on their academic performance and they
must provide acceptable documentation to support a request for consideration or
accommodation. The official Ryerson medical certificate
(www.ryerson.ca/senate/forms/medical.pdf) must be submitted to document illness.
Religious Observance requests are to be made formally within the first two weeks of class
(see www.ryerson.ca/senate/forms/relobservforminstr.pdf). The instructor must approve
other valid reasons in advance.
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Students who miss the midterm exam must inform the instructor as soon as possible and
provide acceptable documentation to your school or department within three working days of
the missed exam. If acceptable documentation is provided, you will be allowed a makeup
midterm.
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Students who miss the final exam must inform the instructor by e-mail prior to the exam.
Acceptable documentation must be provided to your school or department within three (3)
working days of the final exam in order to be eligible to write a make-up exam.
Academic Integrity
Under the university policy, students are strictly prohibited from screen grabbing, recording or
downloading, and distributing the content made available to them on MOODLE, or through
Zoom. All lecture content is the intellectual property of the instructor, and cannot be distributed
without their permission. This includes pre-recorded lectures, Zoom meetings, videos of Zoom
class activities that may be posted on Moodle, PowerPoint slides, and weekly quizzes that will be
made available on Moodle.
TMUIC’s full Academic Integrity Policy is located on the TMUIC Student portal.
In summary, the purpose of this policy is to guide the Toronto Metropolitan University
International College (the “College”) community in understanding: i) what academic integrity
and misconduct are for students; ii) the processes the College will follow when there is a
suspicion of student academic misconduct; and iii) the academic penalties and other
consequences that may be imposed if students are suspected of engaging or found to have
engaged in academic misconduct.
The College Academic Integrity policy, applies to all students at TMUIC. This aligns with the
College Academic Integrity policy, which applies to all students at TMUIC. Academic
misconduct encompasses plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), submission of AI-generated
text, contract cheating, traditional cheating, misrepresentation of personal identity or
performance, submission of false information, contributing to academic misconduct, damaging,
tampering, or interfering with the scholarly environment, unauthorized use of intellectual
property, and misconduct in regraded or resubmitted work. While this list characterizes the most
common instances of academic misconduct, it is not intended to be exhaustive. A more
comprehensive list of inclusions can be found in Appendix A.
The College Academic/Student Services team aims to ensure that this policy and the
accompanying Procedures are carried out in a fair and transparent way, and to provide
educational resources to the College community regarding academic integrity and misconduct.
The College provides guidance and support to students and decision makers and ensures that
both parties are aware of their rights and responsibilities. The College is neutral with respect to
all cases and is neither an advocate for students nor instructors. The formal processes to
investigate suspicions of academic misconduct may be initiated by any eligible investigator (ex:
instructors). All others, including but not limited to, students, other College staff, and
invigilators, who become aware of possible misconduct should report the basis for their concern
to an appropriate eligible investigator.
Students being found to have engaged in academic misconduct will be subject to the following
measures:

First Offence: Student will be awarded ‘0’ marks for the assessment and given a
permanent record on their file.
 Second Offence: Student will be awarded ‘F’ for the course, regardless of whether the
second offence was committed in the same course or another course.
 Third Offence: Student risks expulsion from TMUIC and the cancellation of their studies
with TMUIC.
All incidents of academic misconduct will be recorded in a ‘Letter of Allegation’, with one copy
given to the student and another kept in the student’s file.
Please review all TMUIC policies on the Student Portal.