UMUC European Division; Sarajevo, BiH (Butmir)

 

MGMT 571:  Human Resource Management

 

Faculty Member:  Dick Gerding                     Term:  III

Class Location:  Butmir, UMUC Clrm            Class Times:  M&W; 1830-2130

Class Dates:  7 JAN – 1 MAR ‘02                Phone Number:  204-286

 

Text:  Managing Human Resources, Edition 3, Gomez-Mejia, Balkin & Cardy

 

Course Description:  3 semester hours of graduate-level management.  This course addresses the contexts of human resource management, staffing, employee development, compensation, employee relations, employee rights, organized labor relations and management in the workplace.  During the course, all aspects of human resource management are addressed and the relationship it has with, and impact on, other management areas.  The course will examine the need for proactive human resource management and cooperation between line managers and the human resources department; the importance of operating within a legal framework and acting ethically; the effects of reorganizing, outsourcing and quality management; workplace diversity; and technology.       

 

Course Objectives:  By the end of this course, students should have a graduate level knowledge of the management of human resources and its relationship with other management areas within the organization workplace.

    

Evaluation:  The final grade in this course will be based on the following activities:

 

     1.  In-class participation                   15%

     2.  In-class presentation                   15%

     3.  Mid-term exam                           20%

     4.  Term (research) paper                25%

     5.  Final exam                                  25%

 

     Total:                                           100%

 

Class Policy, Procedures and Information:

 

     Grading – 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; 70-79 = C; 60-69 = D; below 60 = F

 

     Assignment (prior to first class) – Text reading of Contents, Preface and Chapter 1

 

     General Information – All other information, to include term paper, presentation and other

       assignments, will be discussed and provided at first class session.

 

Autobiography – Dick Gerding earned his Master of Science Degree in Management and Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1979.  He has served thirty years in the U.S. military and is currently the senior military advisor to the Federation Minister of Defense here in Sarajevo.  He has previously taught courses in Business, Management, Human Resources, Investments, Probability & Statistics, and Mathematics for Troy State University and the University of Maryland.