Obhr 428
OBHR 428: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Spring, 2013 Instructor: Professor Chris Berger Office Hours: After Class or by appointment Administrative Assistant: Sherry Fisher Office: Krannert 430 Rawls 4015 e-mail: cjb@purdue.edu Phone: 496-6812 e-mail: fishe120@purdue.edu
Course Objectives: The object of this course is to introduce you to, help you learn, and learn to apply modern Human Resource Management (HRM) policies and practices. As such, we are interested in how HRM can be used to create and implement competitive advantages in different types of firms, and how and to what degree Human Resources can increase the effectiveness of the firm. Based on the best available theory, empirical research, and organizational practice we will work to develop a sound understanding of the capabilities (and limits) of leading edge Human Resource Management. The course is taught from the perspective of the general manager, rather than an HRM specialist. As such it focuses on the application and effects of Human Resource Management, and how the HR System can increase the effectiveness of the firm. The course is also designed to increase each student’s personal knowledge and skills needed to guide their own careers, and to play constructive roles as managers. Topics focusing on the nature of managerial work, recruiting, selection, performance measurement and feedback, compensation, employee benefits, and others are designed to help students understand how their own careers will be affected by each of these systems, and the roles they must play as managers responsible for executing each of these systems. “You are responsible for your own career”. The more knowledge you have the more successfully you will be able to manage your career. Implicit in these objectives is my concern for each student’s professional and
Course Objectives: The object of this course is to introduce you to, help you learn, and learn to apply modern Human Resource Management (HRM) policies and practices. As such, we are interested in how HRM can be used to create and implement competitive advantages in different types of firms, and how and to what degree Human Resources can increase the effectiveness of the firm. Based on the best available theory, empirical research, and organizational practice we will work to develop a sound understanding of the capabilities (and limits) of leading edge Human Resource Management. The course is taught from the perspective of the general manager, rather than an HRM specialist. As such it focuses on the application and effects of Human Resource Management, and how the HR System can increase the effectiveness of the firm. The course is also designed to increase each student’s personal knowledge and skills needed to guide their own careers, and to play constructive roles as managers. Topics focusing on the nature of managerial work, recruiting, selection, performance measurement and feedback, compensation, employee benefits, and others are designed to help students understand how their own careers will be affected by each of these systems, and the roles they must play as managers responsible for executing each of these systems. “You are responsible for your own career”. The more knowledge you have the more successfully you will be able to manage your career. Implicit in these objectives is my concern for each student’s professional and