Human Resources Management Concentration

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

BHRM331 - Strategic Planning for Human Resources

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the staffing function including internal and external hiring and training and development planning based on an HR plan for a firm that is tied to its corporate strategy. The student should be able to understand the relationship between business strategy and human resource planning and staffing; apply relevant employment law to staffing situations; understand the principles of measurement and know how they apply to the staffing equation.; use job analysis to solve these staffing issues; apply a variety of techniques to planning for a stable and productive workforce; apply various selection techniques to achieve a desirable person/job match; and develop a coherent staffing strategy and management approach.

BHRM332 - Recruitment and Selection

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding between planning and staffing. It provides an overview of the organizational staffing function including internal and external hiring and training and development planning based on an HR plan that is tied to corporate strategy. This course provides an up-to-date review of methods and technologies that are used to recruit and select employees in Canadian organizations, including the inherent challenges they face with the rapidly changing workforce demographics. Contemporary practices related to attracting, hiring, and deploying human resources in ways that meet professional and legal employment standards will be examined in depth.

BHRM401 - Quality Management and Organizational Excellence

This course analyzes and uses various process management techniques, continuous improvement tools, and strategies to improve quality. Students will learn how to become effective quality managers and decision makers while continually developing the quality of people, processes, products, and the work environment. Students will gain the knowledge and skills they need to achieve organizational excellence. The course covers the following topics: an overview of quality, global competitiveness, strategic alliances, establishing a culture of quality in a work environment, customer satisfaction and quality, employee empowerment, leadership and change management, team building and teamwork, education and training for quality, overcoming internal politics and conflict, quality methodologies (ex: lean, six sigma), problem solving and decision making, quality function deployment, continual improvement, benchmarking, quality implementation.

BHRM403 - Employee Relations, Workplace Safety and Wellness

This course analyzes and uses various process management techniques, continuous improvement tools, and strategies to improve quality. Students will learn how to become effective quality managers and decision makers while continually developing the quality of people, processes, products, and the work environment. Students will gain the knowledge and skills they need to achieve organizational excellence. The course covers the following topics: an overview of quality, global competitiveness, strategic alliances, establishing a culture of quality in a work environment, customer satisfaction and quality, employee empowerment, leadership and change management, team building and teamwork, education and training for quality, overcoming internal politics and conflict, quality methodologies (ex: lean, six sigma), problem solving and decision making, quality function deployment, continual improvement, benchmarking, quality implementation.

BHRM434 - IDEA, Culture and Global Human Resources Management

This course will explore how MNEs apply Human Resource Management (HRM) best practices, including inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA), to support their internationalization strategies and their ability to control and coordinate business operations in diverse geographical, legislative and cultural settings. Various HR strategies, policies, practices and systems will be explored. Students completing the course will be fluent with key issues in inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility and how culture applies in cross-border business and international people management. They will critically examine key HR tools, systems, processes and techniques to be effective in diverse socio-cultural and institutional contexts.

BHRM490 - Human Resources Management Strategy and Workforce
Development Practices

This is a capstone course in Human Resources (HR) designed to help students apply their HR knowledge to real situations. The student is placed in the position of HR Manager and asked to make strategic HR decisions for the company. The student should be able to identify the salient components of the HR system that need to be addressed in a real situation; to develop alternative approaches based on a company’s business plan and provide benchmarks for evaluating a successful HR strategy. The student would be expected to integrate the recruitment, selection, training, management development, planning, compensation, and organizational development issues and identify the key components that need to be changed or developed. This course also provides the knowledge and skill in applying training processes in organizations; strategic planning of training and development; learning, motivation, and performance; needs analysis; training design; evaluation of training, union management relations, training methods, development, and implementation.