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University of Houston

Spring 2014

TELS 3345 – Human Resources in Technology

Section 19033
25604

Main Campus/ AH 201 …… Tuesday 7:00 to 8:30pm
Sugar Land Campus/ Room TBA… Saturday 10:00 to 11:30am
Instructor
Lawrence Wagoner – wagoner@central.uh.edu - Blackboard
Text
Bohlander, George and Snell, Scott Managing Human Resources, 16h edit.

Prerequisites

Junior standing and prior approval of the College of Technology are required to take this course. The College of Technology strictly enforces prerequisites. Students inappropriately enrolled in this course may be administratively dropped without receiving a refund.

Course Description

This course addresses the functions of personnel administration in human resource development, employee-supervisor relationships, interviewing, recruiting and selection techniques, and training and development strategies and programs.

Course Objectives

To study the elements, processes, and functions of human resource management: how investments in intellectual resources contribute to a positive, satisfying, productive workplace environment: the value of attitude, motivation, humor, creativity and leadership in maximizing human capital: and how human resource development continues to evolve in a technology oriented, economically driven global society.

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59-0

Assignments

Textbook, Lectures, and Cases:

Students are responsible for reading all text assignments prior to class. It is assumed and understood that any information or material passed on in class may become part of any subsequent exam.

Students will be

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