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Essentials of Human Resources

BUS ADM X450.1

40299
Delivery Options Online

Explore the six core areas of human resources: management practices; selection and placement; training and development; compensation and benefits; employee and labor relations; and health, safety and security. Learn how these areas function within an organization, as well as how they relate to each other. You also investigate the growing multitude of laws, rules and regulations that affect the California employer, and the role of the human resources professional in an organizational setting.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Understand how the HR function has evolved, its role and place in managing human capital and its overriding value proposition within an organization
  • Employ applicable employment laws into the recruitment and selection process
  • Develop and manage candidate analysis, interviewing and the selection process
  • Design training and development programs to strengthen an organization’s human capital
  • Analyze and develop an organization’s compensation and benefits philosophy, market position and equity
  • Develop and manage performance-management and employee-relations programs and related processes
  • Administer an employee-performance improvement plan and the termination process

What You Learn

  • Changing nature of HR management
  • Strategic HR management and planning
  • Organization and individual relations and retention
  • Legal framework of equal employment
  • Managing equal employment and diversity
  • Jobs and job analysis
  • Recruiting in labor markets
  • Selecting and training human resources
  • Talent management and development
  • Performance management and appraisal
  • Total rewards and compensation
  • Variable pay and executive compensation
  • Managing employee benefits
  • Risk management and worker protection
  • Employee rights and responsibilities
  • Union and management relations

How You Learn

  • Lectures
  • Videos
  • Guest speakers
  • Group activities
  • Discussions
  • Exams
  • Student projects

Is This Course Right for Me?
If you are new to the HR field, take this course first.

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Sections

Section 050

Mar 11, 2021 to May 20, 2021 Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (2 units)

$965.00


Type Online, Fixed Date

Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.

Dates

Mar 11, 2021 to May 20, 2021

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Instructors

  • Matthew Singer

Section Notes

Students must score a 70% or higher on the final paper/presentation/project/exam to pass the course.

Section Materials

  • Textbook (Mandatory) Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright © 2017 McGraw-Hill 10th edition ISBN 1259578127

Section 051

Jul 06, 2021 to Sep 28, 2021 Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (2 units)

$965.00


Type Online, Fixed Date

Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.

Dates

Jul 06, 2021 to Sep 28, 2021

Instructional Hours

30.00

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Instructors

  • Matthew Singer

Section Notes

Students must score a 70% or higher on the final paper/presentation/project/exam to pass the course.

Section Materials

  • Textbook (Mandatory) Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright © 2017 McGraw-Hill 10th edition ISBN 1259578127

This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Human Resource Management

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Required Courses

  • Essentials of Human Resources
  • Aligning Human Resource Initiatives With Business Success
  • Employee Recruitment, Selection and Placement
  • Effective Performance Management
  • Total Rewards
  • Employee Relations
  • Talent Management and Workforce Development

Electives

  • Human Resource Systems and Technology
  • Introduction to Human Capital Analytics
  • Employment Law
  • Organization Development and Change
  • Mediation and Conflict Resolution
  • Employee Benefit Plans

Learn More About this Program

Notes

Departmental contact: extension-business@berkeley.edu | ?(510) 642-4231
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Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer, M.B.A., has more than 25 years of experience in sales and marketing. He graduated from UC Berkeley as a sociology major. Upon completing his M.B.A. in 2006, he turned his focus to consulting working with small nonprofits, advising them on developing systems to improve efficiencies. In 2015, Singer began teaching at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont in the Business School. In 2018, he will complete his doctoral studies in entrepreneurship.

Course Fee

Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer, M.B.A., has more than 25 years of experience in sales and marketing. He graduated from UC Berkeley as a sociology major. Upon completing his M.B.A. in 2006, he turned his focus to consulting working with small nonprofits, advising them on developing systems to improve efficiencies. In 2015, Singer began teaching at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont in the Business School. In 2018, he will complete his doctoral studies in entrepreneurship.
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