SEMINAR-PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

MHR 305

Policies and practices; principles and techniques applicable to problems such as employee staffing, training, labor relations, wages, communications, etc.

MHR 775

Explore emerging and current human resources topics through applied learning experiences such as personal assessments, case studies, industry meetings, and exercises or workshops. Interact with leading human resources and business professionals to gain exposure to various leadership and communication styles. Focus on enhancing leadership and communication effectiveness.

MHR 705

Two broad substantive areas are covered. (1) Evidence (theoretical and empirical) reviewed on the determinants of employee job attitudes and behavior. For example, the impact of compensation on employee satisfaction and performance. (2) Functional activities of personnel management and their impact on employee behavior evaluated. Sample topics: Selection, development, evaluation and compensation. Knowledge of Statistics strongly encouraged such asSTAT 301.

MHR 612

Labor-management relations at the firm level including its evolution, characteristics and contemporary issues. Emphasis on analysis of the labor-management relationship through reference to theory and research on collective action, bargaining behavior and conflict resolution.

MHR 999

Individual work suited to the needs of Ph.D. students may be arranged both during regular sessions and during the intersession periods.