Maricopa Community Colleges  MGT276   19946-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/24/94
MGT276 19946-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Personnel/Human Resources Management
Human resource planning, staffing, training, compensating, and appraising employees in labor management relationships. Prerequisites: None. MGT101, or MGT175, or MGT229 suggested but not required.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MGT276   19946-99999 Personnel/Human Resources Management
1. Describe the past and present roles of personnel in the contemporary business organization. (I)
2. Identify and explain the stages of human resource planning. (II)
3. Explain the selection of a human resources process within an organization. (III)
4. Identify and describe specific legislative acts that deal with equal employment issues. (IV)
5. Identify and describe selected landmark equal opportunity cases. (IV)
6. Explain the major steps in handling grievances. (IV, X)
7. Explain the characteristics of an effective orientation system. (V)
8. Describe the major phases of a training system in an organization. (V)
9. Identify the components of a legal performance appraisal system. (VI)
10. Describe legal implications of internal employee relations. (VI)
11. Describe the major components of a wage and salary administration system. (VII)
12. Explain how benefits serve the needs of employees and employers. (VIII, IX)
13. Describe the role of safety and health in today's business environment. (IX)
14. Describe the collective bargaining process as well as current and future trends in unionism. (X)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
MGT276   19946-99999 Personnel/Human Resources Management
    I. The Role of Personnel Management
        A. Human resource management and personnel activity
        B. Organization and personnel
        C. Motivation
        D. Leadership
        E. Communication
        F. Trends in human resource fields
        G. Globalization of human resource today
        H. Human resource and expectations of managers
        I. The success of human resource in managing companies
      II. Human Resource Planning
        III. Human Resource Activities
            A. Recruiting: local, national, international
            B. Interviewing
            C. Selection process
            D. Departmental and organizational budget considerations
          IV. Equal Employment Opportunity
              A. Current laws
              B. Landmark legal decisions
            V. Orientation and Training
                A. Development: employee and organizational
                B. Career planning
                C. Training process
              VI. Performance Appraisals
                  A. Legal implication of performance appraisals
                  B. Ethical issues
                VII. Wage and Salary Administration
                    A. Compensation, job pricing
                    B. Job evaluation
                    C. Labor market determinant
                  VIII. Employee Incentives and Benefits
                      A. Individual vs. group incentives
                      B. Retirement benefits and various options
                    IX. Organizational Maintenance
                        A. Personnel health and safety
                        B. Personnel coordination
                        C. Work environment and current laws governing safety and health
                      X. Nature of Union and Management Relations
                          A. Trends in unionism
                          B. Process of collective bargaining for supervisors/managers
                          C. Grievance procedures
                          D. Internal employee relations
                          E. Public and private sector trends
                          F. Union structure
                          G. Future of unions in the U.S.
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