Human Resource Fundamentals

This  four part discussion

PART 1
IN 250 WORDS

HRM and Employee Relations
Share your thoughts on why organizations are striving to develop organizational cultures that value diversity, and identify ways in which individuals and organizations can enhance work force diversity.

PART 2
IN 250 WORDS

HR Recruitment and Employee Selection
Choose two of employee selection methods. This can include structured interviews, employee testing, situational tests, panel interviews, or any other you have read about or have used.  Describe how you can compare them in terms of reliability, validity, ability to generalize, utility and compliance with the law.

PART 3
IN 250 WORDS

Employee Testing & Training and Development
Consider your current job or a job you recently held. What types of training did you receive for the job? What types of training would you like to receive? Why?

PART 4
IN 250 WORDS

Employee Development
In an organization that wants to use work experiences as a method of employee development, what basic options are available? Which of these options would be most attractive to you as an employee? Why?

Course Description:

course focuses on the concepts and methods of managing human capital in an organization. Have the opportunity to explore human resource fundamentals by discussing practices in the selection, training, job analysis, evaluation, wage setting, incentive principles, merit rating, job efficiency, and labor/employee relations of human resources as applied to various types of organizations.

Course Scope:

Human Resource Fundamentals is designed to give a comprehensive overview of human resources management, as well as provide a basic overview of how to apply the components of the nine core HR topics that are the cornerstone of any organization’s human resources function: equal employment opportunity, the employment process, testing, compensation, performance management, benefits administration, employee relations, training and development, and human resources information systems.

Objectives:

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Define human resource management, and explain how HRM contributes to an organization’s performance.
2. Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
3. Summarize the types of skills needed for human resource management.
4. Discuss ethical issues in human resource management.
5. Explain how the nature of the employment relationship is changing.
6. Summarize areas in which human resource management can support the goal of creating a high-performance work system.