COURSE NUMBER & SECTION:  HRDV 5000 Introduction to Human Resources Development (Requisite Course)

 

 

INSTRUCTOR:  Lynn Simson, Ed.D.

                            Phone/Fax: Available in Class           E-mail: L.Simson@earthlink.net or lsimson@webster.edu

 

 

TERM:  Spring 2, 2007 Monday, 6 - 10pm                 Kirtland AFB

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the area of human resources development.  The objective of the course is to expose students to the breadth of human resources development topics.  The primary topics are training and development, career management, and organizational development and change.  A wide variety of secondary topics may also be covered in this course, including learning principles, evaluation of human resources development interventions, employee orientation and socialization, performance management and coaching, diversity, and employee counseling.

 

INCOMING COMPETENCY: Students are expected to (1) write and communicate at a graduate level.

(2) Have e-mail and Internet capabilities and (3) utilize PC programs for presentations, written material, and data analysis.  Graduate level writing includes but is not limited to: content (analysis and synthesis); grammar; sentence structure; vocabulary or word choice; punctuation and APA format and style including citation/references.

 

INTENT OF THE COURSE:   

• To provide an overview of the subject-matter areas that constitutes human resources development. 
• To cover the primary topics of training and development, career management, and organizational development and change. 
• To cover a variety of secondary topics which will illustrate the depth and breadth of the field.
• To teach students the concepts and theories used in human resources development. 
• To prepare HRD graduate students enrolled in the M. A. with the prerequisite background in the field.
• To provide other graduate students in Business and Technology with a basic understanding of HRD as a field.

·        This course prepares students to take all of the remaining core courses, HRDV 5610, HRDV 5560, HRDV 5630, and HRDV 5700, plus the research course, HRDV 5750, and the capstone, HRDV 6000In this introductory course, the student will be given an overview of the primary subject-matter areas that constitute the human resources development area.

COURSE LEVEL LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Students will know and explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, and theories used in the field of Human Resources Development.

 

2. Students will be able to analyze Human Resource Development situations.

3.      Students will be able to design interventions for relatively simple human resource problems.

4.      Students will be able to illustrate how HRD programs influence multiple stakeholder groups.

5.      Students will be able to determine HRD needs in organizations.

6.      Students will be able to propose HRD programs and solutions for relatively simple organizational problems.

7.      Students will be able to apply simple criteria to assess the effectiveness of HRD programs in their own organizations.

8.      Students will be able to compare textbook descriptions of HRD programs and processes to their own experiences in work organizations.

9.      Students will be able to validate the relevance and adequacy of their own organization’s HRD programs.   

10.  Students will be able to interpret the significance of HRD in organizations.

 

REQUIRED TEXT:  The most current edition of Hodgetts, R. (200X).  Modern human relations at work (Xth ed.).   Fort Worth, TX: The Dryden Press.

SUGGESTED TEXT:  Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

                                      

PRIOR TO THE 1^ST NIGHT OF CLASS submit by e-mail a 1 page narrative biography of yourself which you are willing to share with the class. Include phone numbers and an e-mail address, your educational and professional background, a short summary regarding your current knowledge and understanding of HRD issues, your expectations for this class, and what you expect from your studies at Webster University.  I will hand out a copy of your Bio to each member of the class. 

 

NOTE:  All reading assignments should be completed prior to class. It is solely the responsibility of the student to obtain notes, handouts, and summary of lesson/class activities, and to learn material from any missed class.  Every written assignment must have compelling evidence of being proofread.  Lack of such evidence will result in a returned assignment for rewrite and ½ grade reduction. 

 

SCHEDULE: 

WEEK 1.   Introduction to Human Resources Development (HRD). 

Class introduction and course overview (expectations, assignments, class participation, and grading). 

Selection of Projects. 

READ: Hodgetts Chapter 1. 

 

WEEK 2. Motivation, Belief Systems and Influences on Employee Behavior.

READ: Hodgetts Chapter 2. 

Individual Topic due (A paragraph outlining the topic you are proposing).

 

WEEK 3. Individual and Group Behavior and the Informal Organization.

READ: Hodgetts Chapters 3, 4 & 5.    

1^st Current Topic paper due. The current topic paper should be two to four pages in length and should include three cited references.  Analyze a topic and also discuss how the topic either applies or does not apply to your institution.  Please bring enough copies for the entire class (this is a wonderful way to start your reference library). Every written assignment must have compelling evidence of being proofread.  Lack of such evidence will result in a returned assignment for rewrite and ½ grade reduction. 

 

WEEK 4.  Technology, Productivity, Job Resign and Performance Management. 

READ: Hodgetts Chapters 6, 7 & 8. 

 

WEEK 5.  Adult Learning Theories, Learning Environments, Training and Development, Appraising and

Rewarding Personnel.

 READ: Hodgetts Chapter 10.  

Bring to class an over-head transparency of a Performance Appraisal form.

 

WEEK 6.  Communication, Leadership and Career Management and Development.

READ: Hodgetts Chapters 11 & 12.

2nd Current Topic paper due. The current topic paper should be two to four pages in length and should include three cited references.  Analyze a topic and also discuss how the topic either applies or does not apply to your institution.  Please bring enough copies for the entire class (this is a wonderful way to start your reference library). Every written assignment must have compelling evidence of being proofread.  Lack of such evidence will result in a returned assignment for rewrite and ½ grade reduction. 

(Mid-course adjustment if necessary.)

 

WEEK 7.   Conflict and Change.

READ: Hodgetts Chapter 12.

 

WEEK 8.  International and Present and Future Challenges in HRDV.   

READ: Hodgetts Chapters 13 & 14.   

Submit the written project report. The report should be eight to ten pages; APA formatted and have no less than six references.  It should expand and support the project presentation. Every written assignment must have compelling evidence of being proofread.  Lack of such evidence will result in a returned assignment for rewrite and ½ grade reduction. 

 

WEEK 9.  PRESENTATIONS.  The presentation will include a 15-20 minute presentation, a tri-fold poster board and handouts/flyers.

FINAL EXAM.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:                                                         % of Grade:

            Issues Analysis papers                                                  30 (15 pts. per paper)

            Written project report                                                               20

Oral project presentation                                                          10

            Comprehensive Final                                                                30

            Class Participation                                                                    10                                                             

            (Individual involvement in class discussions and team participation is crucial in this class).

TOTAL                                                                                             100

 

 

ATTENDANCE:  Students are expected to attend all class sessions of every course.  In the case of unavoidable absences, the student must contact the instructor.  The student is subject to appropriate academic penalty for incomplete or unacceptable makeup work or for excessive or unexcused absences.  Generally, a student who misses more than one four-hour course period (per course) without a documented military or medical excuse and advanced permission of the instructor should withdraw from the class. (See the "Course Attendance” section of the Graduate Studies Catalog.)

It is the student’s responsibility to secure all missed work and assignments. Also, if a student wants to leave early from class s/he must have the instructor’s approval otherwise that student will lose the participation point(s) for the entire 4 hour class.

 

Unexcused absences: Unexcused absences are absences without advanced permission or documented military, employer or medical excuses (this does not include email; voice mail or note in office prior to the start of class will be deemed an unexcused absence). After two (2) unexcused absences the student will be asked to withdraw from the class. If the 3^rd absence is past the withdrawal eligibility timeframe the student will be awarded a failing grade for the course. In addition, any missed class where the student has not personally contacted the instructor  

 

Unexcused absences will result in:

1^st absence = 50% of the “Participation” grade

2^nd absence = 100% of the “Participation” grade

 

Excused absences and make-up work:

A student must submit, at the next class he/she attends, a two (2) page research abstract using text and two other resources which focus on the materials of the missed session.

 

SUBMITTED WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: The incoming competencies for this course are to write and to communicate at a graduate level. Graduate level writing includes but is not limited to: content (analysis and synthesis); grammar; sentence structure; vocabulary or word choice; punctuation and APA format and style including and citation/references.

 

SUBMITTED EXAM: Students who submit identical answers to even one exam question will be awarded no points for the entire exam.  Should students copy sections from any text or reference as an exam answer no credit will be given for that particular exam question. 

 

PLAGIARISM: Students who are discovered cheating or committing plagiarism will be awarded a failing grade for the course and may be subject to dismissal or further discipline. (See the "Statement of Ethics" and "Academic Policies and Procedures: Conduct" sections of the Graduate Studies Catalog.) Assignments and/or research projects may, at the instructor's discretion, be submitted to one of several online services that search for plagiarism from the World Wide Web and from various term paper companies that sell term papers via the World Wide Web.

 

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