Students will gain a working knowledge of planning, organizing, and managing human resource systems; and will gain hands-on abilities to design, direct, and assess human resource systems in enhancing relationships with internal and external customers, leading to organizational effectiveness.

Not required

Entrance Competencies

Through prior undergraduate and graduate studies, students are expected to be familiar with the following concepts and theories:

1) Environmental factors affecting managerial choices.
2) Economic and social costs of conflicting priorities.
3) Social and biological foundations of human behavior.
4) Psychology of motivation, satisfaction, and rewards.
5) The dynamics of organizational, group, and intergroup behavior, and
6) The various schools of management thought and practice.

Exit Competencies

By the end of this course the student will have a working knowledge of and be able to:

1) Recognize, identify, and understand the various human resource functions and their current use in modern organizations.
2) Describe major HRM functions such as recruitment, selection, career development, performance evaluation, training and development, compensation and benefits, safety and health, and labor relations.
3) Describe various laws and regulations that affect HRM, e.g., ERISA, Social Security, ADA, OSHA, EEO/AA, ADEA, Family and Medical Leave Act.
4) Distinguish between intent and current practice in organizations.
5) Diagnose reasons for labor-management disagreements and agreements and understand the fundamental philosophies of each side.
6) Analyze what is necessary for the implementation of a human resource strategy.
7) Integrate all of the above knowledge into a human resource, long range plan for an organization, and
8) Identify and synthesize all of the above into a personal philosophy of human resource management.

1. Required Materials


1. Textbooks

Human Resource Management - 6.Edition - 2008
Raymond Andrew Noe, John R. Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780073530208



APA Manual
Effective October 1^st 2009, the 6th edition of the APA Manual is required for all courses.

NSU Bookstore
Textbooks and Case Studies may be purchased from the NSU Bookstore (located in the University Park Plaza) by calling 1-800-509-2665 or online at http://www.nsubooks.bkstore.com.



2. Recommended Materials

Business-related publications such as Business Week, Fortune, Training, or The Wall Street Journal will be helpful but a subscription is not required.

The NSU libraries comprise the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center, East Campus Branch Library, Health Professions Division Library, Law Library and Technology Center, North Miami Beach Branch Library, University School Library Media Centers, and the William S. Richardson Ocean Science Library. Students are strongly encouraged to visit one of the physical locations and/or take advantage of the vast electronic library available for research. For more information, please visit http://www.nova.edu/library.

Please note that all required and recommended materials should be referenced in APA style.