1/4/2025 4:04:02 PM	HR 60 Course Outline as of Spring 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HR 60	Title:  HUMAN RESOURCE MGMT
Full Title:  Human Resource Management
Last Reviewed:1/25/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  BMG 64

Catalog Description:

What a professional needs to know about Human Resource administration: Federal and state regulations (EEO, OSHA, ERISA, etc.)  labor relations, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and services and other personnel matters. An opportunity to build skills handling grievances, disciplining, discharging, interviewing and performance appraisals.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

What a professional needs to know about Human Resource administration. A practical guideline for successful navigation through today's increasingly complex human resources issues.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will be able to:

1)  Describe the difference between Human Resource management and

   Personnel management.

2)  Summarize and apply Federal/State regulations dealing with

   discrimination, hiring, payroll, other compensation, pensions, safety

   and labor relations.

3)  Identify at least 10 new laws affecting how we manage people.

4)  Calculate and interpret the actual cost of labor, including benefits,

   labor administration costs, and employee productive hours,

   including an assessment of its importance to management.

5)  Describe effective recruitment techniques, interviewing techniques,

6)  Summarize types, nature and approaches to handling complaints,

   grievances, and disciplinary problems.

7)  Describe the types of performance appraisal methods and their

   connection to rewarding, promoting, disciplining and discharging

   employees.

Topics and Scope

A. Introduction to Human Resource management

    1. Federal/state regulations (EEO, OSHA, ERISA, etc.)

    2. Compensation administration - wages, salaries and benefits

    3. Labor relations

B. The hiring process

    1. Recruitment

    2. Interviewing

          a) Types

          b) Preparing and conducting

          c) Common problems

    3.  Selection

C. Training in the workplace

    1. The learning process

    2. Training methods, programs, and evaluations

D. Performance appraisal methods, practices and problems

E. Approaches to discipline, disciplinary programs, rules and penalties

F. Discharging employees

G. Nature of complaints and grievance procedures

Assignments:

Weekly reading in Wall Street Journal and other business publications.

Weekly text readings.

Text written assignments/projects.

Participation in experiential training exercises.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 50 - 70%
Written homework, Term papers, Case analysis
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 30%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 30%
Multiple choice, True/false, Essay exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Strategic Human Resource Management, 1st Edition by Mello.  Published by

Southwest, copyright 2002

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