THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
SPRING, 2005
MGMT 315
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
PREREQUISITE: MGMT 201
3 CREDITS
DR. STEPHEN W. HARTMAN
OFFICE HOURS
TUESDAYS 3:30-4:30 PM AND WEDNESDAYS 3-4 PM
WISSER LIBRARY, 3RD FLOOR
AND BY APPOINTMENT
OFFICE TEL.: (516) 686-7972 O.W.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a course on Human Resource management.
Human Resource (HR)
responsibilities have become broader and more strategic over time as organizations'
human resource requirements have become more complex. The role of HR has evolved
from primarily being responsible for hiring, firing, payroll, and benefits administration to
a more strategic role in employee selection, training and promotion, as well as playing
an advisory role to the organization in the areas of labor relations and legal compliance.
Globalization of the world economy and other trends have triggered changes in how
companies organize, manage and use their HR departments.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
As students of management you will develop an understanding of the human resource
management and the critical role it plays in today’s organizations. In this course we will
be studying the full range of HR responsibilities in the organization including its strategic
role, job analysis, applicable equal opportunity laws, planning, testing, training,
interviewing and related HR functions.
In order to further the objectives of the course, each day the instructor will randomly
select one or more students to mention at least one business related topic that was
discussed in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune or any other
recognized business publication. Management students are therefore urged to read
these publications and keep abreast of the latest developments in the world of business.
Toward this end, the instructor will circulate on the first day of class student discount
subscription forms for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune and any
other, which are available. Students are not required to subscribe to any publication,
but are strongly urged to read any and all business publications as well as watching
business related mass media broadcasts.
REQUIRED TEXT
Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 0-13-144097-7.
REFERENCE
Dictionary of Business Terms, 3rd edition, (New York: Barrons Educational Publishing,
2000).
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GRADE WEIGHTING
Exam #1
30%
Projects 1 & 2 30%
Final Exam
30%
Class Participation (Articles)
Total
10%
100%
GRADING
92-100 = A
90-91 = A86-89 = B+
82-85 = B
80-81 = B76-79 = C+
72-75 = C
70-71 = C65-69 = D
0-64 = F
READING ASSIGNMENTS
WEEK
1..
Chapter 1: The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management
Project 1
1. Read this: As you may know by watching “the Donald” as he organizes
his business teams for “The Apprentice”, human resource management
plays an important role in what Donald Trump, and the participants on his
separate teams, need to do to be successful. For example, Donald Trump
needs to be able to appraise each of the participants. And, for their part,
the leaders of each of his teams needs to be able to staff his or her teams
with the right participants, and then provide the sorts of training,
incentives, and evaluations that help their companies succeed and that
therefore make the participants themselves (and especially the team
leaders) look like a “winner” to Mr. Trump.
2. Watch several of these shows (or reruns of the shows), and then meet
with your team and answer the following questions:
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What specific HR functions (recruiting, interviewing, and so on) can you identify Donald
Trump using on this show? Make sure to give specific examples based on the show.
What specific HR functions can you identify one or more of the team leaders use to help
manage his or teams on the show? Again, please make sure to give specific answers.
a. Provide a specific example of how HR functions (such as recruiting, selection,
interviewing, compensating, appraising, and so on) contributed to one of the
participants coming across as particularly successful to Mr. Trump? Can you
provide examples of how one or more of these functions contributed to a
participant being told by Mr. Trump, “you’re fired”?
b. Write a paper not exceeding five pages where you answer these questions. DUE
DATE Tuesday April 19, 2005.
c. Present your team’s conclusions to the class.
2.
Chapter 2: Equal Opportunity and the Law
Chapter 3: Strategic Human Resource Management and the HR Scorecard
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Chapter 4: Job Analysis
Chapter 5: Personnel Planning and Recruiting
Project 2
1. Working with your team, visit your local office of your state employment
agency. Come back to class prepared to discuss the following questions:
What types of jobs seemed to be available through this agency,
predominantly? To what extent do you think this particular agency would be a
good source of professional, technical, and/or managerial applicants? What
sort of paperwork are applicants to the state agency required to complete
before their applications are processed by the agency? What other services
did the office provide? What other opinions did you form about the state
agency?
2. Write a paper not exceeding five pages where you answer these questions.
DUE DATE Thursday May 5, 2005.
3. Present your team’s conclusions to the class.
4.
Chapter 6: Employee Testing and Selection
Chapter 7: Interviewing Candidates
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Midterm Examination. April 14, 2005.
5.
Chapter 8: Training and Developing Employees
Chapter 9: Performance Management and Appraisal
6.
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Chapter 10: Managing Careers
Chapter 11: Establishing Strategic Pay Plans
7.
Chapter 12: Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives
Chapter 13: Benefits and Services
8.
Final Exam and Review.
EXAMINATION.
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