MAN 607 Human Resource Planning and Staffing January 8 - March 12 Time: 6:00 10:00 p.m. Thursday Place: O Malia Classroom Section 11 Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Maynard-Patrick Email: Smaynard-patrick@stu.edu Phone: 305-628-6540 Office Hours: Thursdays 2-6pm BOOK Human Resource Selection, 7th Edition Robert Gatewood, Hubert S. Feild, Murray Barrick ISBN-10: 0538469943 ISBN-13: 9780538469944 CONTACTING THE INSTRUCTOR Meetings can be held prior to the beginning of each class or as needed by appointment. Otherwise, email is the best way to reach me. I will respond within 24-36 hours (usually less), and so I encourage you to use that for getting in touch with me. Please communicate with me immediately if a team or personal problem arises. I can t help fix it if I don t know what is wrong, and I can t fix things or provide alternative arrangements once everything has gone awry or at the end of the semester. COURSE OVERVIEW One function of Human Resource Management is to identify, find, recruit, and select staff support to organizations and their members in achieving an organization s mission. This class on human resource staffing emphasizes the recruitment, selection, and retention of an organization s employees. Understanding the job analysis, the core building block of HRM, is required for this class as we will then move into succession planning, forecasting, and developing staffing plans. COURSE DESCRIPTION The course explores the processes for forecasting staffing needs, and planning for the fulfillment of those needs through effective recruitment programs and valid selection methodologies. Developing an understanding of the legal framework covering staffing is a major objective of this course. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES As a result of successfully completing this course, students will: 1. Identify the challenges facing the modern organization in planning for, recruiting, and selecting candidates who best mesh with an organization s culture and the demands of a specific job assignment. 2. Develop insights about major HRM concepts including: Problems in forecasting human capital requirements Challenges in conducting a proper job analysis to meet organizational design and mission needs Determination of best methods for internal and external recruitment Issues that affect valid methods of employee selection and testing Factors that impact best practice and legal requirements in selection Methods of assisting organization departments and leaders in selection decisionmaking.
Problems that occur in retention management Develop refined skills in writing, team collaboration, and the presentation of information which are critically important in the management role, including the demonstrating of graduate level research and writing skills required in preparing a case analysis and writing an article summary using online and other library resources. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES It is my philosophy that students learn best when they can apply and practice what they are learning. However, I also recognize that everyone has strengths and weaknesses and so provide a number of different kinds of assessments for you to demonstrate your mastery of the skills and knowledge gained in the course. LATE ASSIGNMENTS AND INCOMPLETES Part of your responsibility as a professional is to complete assigned work and meet deadlines. Therefore, in this class, late assignments ARE NOT ACCEPTED unless special arrangements have been made in advance with the instructor for special circumstances (illness, family emergency). You have been given assignment due dates. Please plan ahead to ensure you do not miss any deadlines. EVALUATION A 90-100% B+ 87-89.9% B 80-86.9% C+ 75-79.9% C 70-74.9% D 60-69.9% F 0-59.9% ASSIGNMENTS Class Participation: Students are expected to actively participate in the discussion and activities in every class and maintain regular attendance. Each week we will have a case that we go over in class that you will need to read, prepare for, and contribute to the discussion (15%). Interview Packet. In order to help your prepare for applications and interviews, you will be preparing your resume, responding to a series of interview questions (they will be written and so will your responses, however it is to help prepare with your ability to answer these questions), and your 30 second elevator pitch. (15%). Staffing and Recruitment Plan -- Each team will be given an organization for which they will have to develop a staffing plan and prepare a paper that explains the future staffing needs of the company over the next 5 years (new positions/jobs and vacancies), a full recruitment plan of how the company will use internal and external recruitment to fill the future vacancies, the training that will be needed in order for the succession plan you made succeed, and how performance will be monitored. Papers must be submitted to the University Writing Center before submitting to the instructor. A presentation of your plan will be given the last class (30%). Midterm Exam: An essay exam will be administered online and you will have a 10 day window to complete the exam. (20%)
Final Exam: You will be provided this the first week of class. It is a multiple page assignment with different parts that you will learn more about throughout the class, and so can fill it in as you gain the information needed. You may work on this with your teams, however, everyone will need to turn in his or her own completed assignment. (20%) PREPARATION OF WRITTEN MATERIALS All written materials submitted in this course should be organized in a logical manner, contain a thesis sentence, and be written in clear and understandable language. Submitted papers should be free of typographical, spelling, and grammatical errors (these will influence your grade). Proper in text citations and end of paper references using APA style are required for any materials that you use. All written assignments should be double spaced. Use 12 point font for Times New Roman or Arial and 1 inch margins (unless given other directions). All pages should be numbered. Each paper should contain the title of the paper, the student s/group s name, the date and the name of the course. Sources/references should be cited in APA format. Meeting Date Chapters and Readings Assigned Case Assignment for Class Jan. 15 Chapter One and Two Religious Discrimination and Racial Harassment: What Ever Happened to MarShawn DeMur? Application Form Corrections Comment We will review the syllabus We will create teams and assign companies. I will explain my expectations for the staffing plan. Jan. 22 Chapter Seven The Needs of STU School of Business Jan. 29 Chapter Eight Is There a Doctor in the House? Attracting Physicians for an Underserved Area Feb. 5 Chapters Three, Four, and Five Validity Case Feb. 12 Midterm Midterm Due 11:59pm 2/14/15 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Chapters Nine, Ten, and Eleven Chapters Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen Case Study: Southwood School Recruitment and Selection Selection Method Debate Mar. 5 Chapter 6 and 15 The Case of the Writer Who Couldn't Write Interview Packet Due Mar. 12 Presentations Discuss the Final Final Exam Due Students will turn in staffing plans
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INSTRUCTOR COMMUNICATION THROUGH STU EMAIL ACCOUNTS The instructor will be communicating with you via your STU email account. Please make sure you are checking your e-mail daily as it is one of the main tools of communication that will be used throughout the semester. Failure to check your e-mail is not an excuse for missed assignments or information. SPECIAL NEEDS Students are expected to communicate with instructors regarding special circumstances (such as illness, emergency, learning disabilities, etc.) which might impact their learning in the course. There is a commitment to the success of each student in this class. Students living with disabilities that require accommodation should contact Mrs. Martiza Rivera, Director of the Academic Enhancement Services at (305) 628-6564. For more information, visit: http://stu.edu/admissions/academicenhancementcenter/disabledstudentacademicservices/tabid/159/de fault.aspx. The instructor will work with AEC registered students to ensure that all educational needs are met. If any other special need or concern that may affect student learning and full participation in the course are identified, contact the instructor to discuss how to collaboratively ensure classroom success. CANCELLED CLASS In the event that any of our classes are cancelled, we will continue with the plan as outlined in the syllabus. Assignments due for the cancelled class will be due the following week as well as materials for the next week. If a class is cancelled, we shall arrange a mutually convenient make-up meeting. CRISES AND EMERGENCIES If for some reason you have a medical or family emergency that prevents you from completing your work, please contact me as soon as possible to work on a solution. It may be best to withdraw or take an incomplete, or depending upon the date, accommodate deadlines. However, I need documentation to prove that you are having these issues so a note from a doctor, a death notice, car accident report, etc. Please note that being arrested and incarcerated is not an emergency, as you as future leaders should not be engaging in acts that can result in arrest. Nor is having to appear in court, as court sessions are typically planned in advance with summons and subpoenas going out. If this happens, then you should let me know immediately and we can plan ahead. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY According to the STU Student Handbook: Academic dishonesty is considered to be the representation of another s work as one s own, either directly or through complicity in falsification; cheating; plagiarism; facilitating academic dishonesty; or infringing on the academic rights of others. In addition, Dishonesty, including: cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty that are intended to gain unfair academic advantage; furnishing false information to a University official, faculty member, campus office or government official; forgery, alteration, or misuse of a University document, key, or identification instrument.; misrepresenting oneself to be an authorized agent of the University or one of its auxiliaries (Student Code of Conduct: Part One: VII. Violation of University Standards, #3). Providing false or misleading information in an effort to receive a postponement or an extension on a test, quiz or other assignment will be considered as academic dishonesty. Students who plagiarize the work of others or who engage in
academic dishonesty will be required to meet with the Business School administration prior to being readmitted to class. COURSE EVALUATION Students are expected to complete an online evaluation at the end of the term for each course in which they were enrolled for a particular term. Evaluations are very important as they help to improve course content and provide the instructor with feedback on how he/she could enhance the course. Term course evaluations are available starting 3 weeks prior to the course end date. It is suggested that you complete your evaluations by the end of week 8.