MGT508 Current Issues in Human Resources Management
This course integrates the human resource management and development knowledge and skills learned in the Master of Science in Human Resource Management and Development (MS-HRM&D) program. This course will include an examination of following functions in an integrated, organizational context: human resource planning; selection and placement; training and development; compensation and benefits; employee and labor relations; government regulatory issues; and, management practices. This course is also designed to prepare students for professional certification by the Human Resource Certification Institute, Society for Human Resource Management. (Certification testing is not a part of this course.) 4 semester hours

MGT509 Human Resources Planning
Examines the methods by which organizations and individuals develop and motivate employees. Special topics include: strategic human resource planning and forecasting, career development, employee and executive development, employee motivation, productivity improvement strategies and incentive and reward systems.
4 semester hours.

MGT513 Total Compensation Systems
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of a variety of compensation philosophies, strategies and methodologies. Total compensation systems include salaries and wages, incentive awards and bonuses, long-term income and set-asides, stock/thrift plans and profit/gain-sharing options, and other benefits. Students will learn how systematically developed compensation packages are implemented and effectively managed. Students will also learn the importance of compensation management to improved organizational productivity and employee performance. 5 semester hours

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MGT515 Training and Development: Systems and Practices
This course focuses on the nature and growth of organizational training systems and the functions involved in employee training and development. There is an emphasis on a systematic approach to the development of effective training programs which includes the assessment of organizational needs, performance outcomes, and organizational processes to determine the necessity for training as a strategic initiative or as an intervention to correct existing deficiencies. 4 semester hours

MGT520 Performance Analysis and Productivity Improvement
Enables students to identify causes of performance problems by analysing the system: its values, processes, and factors which affect individual and group behavior. Includes diagnosis individual performance deficiencies, identifying trainig needs, and learning strategies for minimizing systems problems. 4 semester hours

MGT521 Recruitment, Selection, and Retention
This course examines the criteria and techniques required in the effective recruitment and selection of employees. It also deals with how organizations can more effectively retain their employees.
3 semester hours

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MGT533 Organization Behavior, Organizational Development and Change
Explains organizational behavior on the individual, work group and organization-wide levels by introducing contemporary theories of organizations. Explores the theory and practice of change in organizations. Emphasis is placed on techniques of analysing and solving organizational problems. 5 semester hours

MGT540 Labor and Management Relations
This Course examines the growth of unions, the evolution of management/labor relations, and the legal aspects of union certification, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining and contract negotiation. An emphasis is placed on the collective bargaining process and on emerging human resource management issues which relate to labor/employee relations in union and non-union organizations. 4 semester hours

MGT541 Employee Relations and the Law
This course deals with various aspects of employee relations and their legal ramifications. Included in the course are such topics as: affirmative action and equal opportunity issues; employee discipline and termination; performance appraisals administration; and other employee relations issues, such as employee morale and productivity, health, safety, security and organizational communications. 3 semester hours

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