Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Dr. Christi Sanders

Fall 2015
September 2, 2015
December 9, 2015

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

On- Campus COURSE SYLLABUS

HRM 3113
T/Th 12:20-1:40

Contents
COURSE DESCRIPTION..................................................................................................2
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:...............................................................................2
COURSE TEXTS:..............................................................................................................2
COURSE REQUIREMENTS.............................................................................................2
COURSE METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................3
COURSE EVALUATION....................................................................................................3
GRADING..........................................................................................................................5
COURSE POLICIES..........................................................................................................7
SAGU ACADEMIC POLICIES...........................................................................................7
PROFESSOR CONTACT..................................................................................................7
COURSE DESIGN.............................................................................................................9
MODEL COVER SHEET*................................................................................................13

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
A study of philosophies and policies of the personnel management system: planning
and staffing; training and development; labor relations; understanding and managing
people; financial compensation; assessment. (Prerequisite: MGT 2313) 3 Hours
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
In this course, we will acquire abilities that help us to be better Christian servant-leaders
in our modern business society. Upon successful completion of this course the student
will have the skills to:
Using critical thinking, Identify, explain and analyze the philosophies and policy
applications of the prevailing human resource management issues in todays
global environments;
Discuss, detail and synthesize a Christian perspective in professional ethics
within today's business industries as it relates to jobs, labor and training
development;
Using critical thinking, analyze, categorize, and devise the appropriate policy and
personnel management systems for employee compensation and relations in
contemporary work environments.
COURSE TEXTS:
Jackson, J. & Mathis, R., (2012) Human Resource Management, 14th Ed., Boston, MA:
Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1-133-95310-4
HR Simulation www.hrsimulations.com
Maxwell, J. & Elmore, T., (2007) Maxwell Leadership Bible, 2nd Ed., Nashville, TN:
Thomas Nelson Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-0-7180-2015-6 (Any version
acceptable)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
1. The student will access and follow all course instructions found in the Course
Content area of the Blackboard course.
2. The student will listen to all online lectures provided in the Course Content
area of the course.
3. The student will complete the assigned quizzes and exams found in the
Blackboard Assessments tool.
4. The student will respond to posted online course discussion questions using
the Blackboard Discussions tool.
5. The student will complete and submit assignments using the Blackboard
Assignments tool and the HRSimulation website.
6. The student will complete an on-going semester project in accordance with
the instructions given in this syllabus and the online course.

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COURSE METHODOLOGY
The course will be delivered using classroom lectures consisting of verbal and
multimedia presentations, group discussions, and written assessments. The students
will be assessed in obtaining the course objectives through written essays/projects and
quizzes/examinations.
COURSE EVALUATION
Grades for the course will be based upon the cumulative total of course content exams
covering lectures and textbook reading. The evaluation will also include the essay
assignments and class participation.
Student scores are to be discussed in private conference with the instructor. A rough
approximation of relative values for evaluation is included in the Grading section.
Reading Quizzes
Quizzes are open-book and un-timed and cover the contents of the chapter studied that
week. Students will take the quizzes online by accessing the Blackboard Assessments
tool. Grades will be made available to the student following the submission of the quiz.
You may take the reading quizzes as many times as you like, and Blackboard will keep
the highest score. There are no make-up dates for quizzes. They are all open the week
the course begins, but will close on Sunday at midnight of the week that chapter was
covered. Deadline to complete the quiz is at midnight. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Maxwell Leadership Bible Devotion Essays
You will be assigned two leadership devotionals from John Maxwells Leadership Bible.
You will complete a one-page (minimum) summary of the devotional and its application
to business. You may cite other scripture and/or outside sources in support of your
responses.
Exams
This course contains two exams. Exams are closed book and will cover material
covered in the textbook reading and in assigned lectures.
HR Simulation
Students will be required to participate in an online HR Simulation that will reinforce
concepts learned throughout the course. There are multiple assignments associated
with the simulation.

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Assignment Guidelines
1 Submitting Work: When you submit written work, please prepare it in a wordprocessor using a format/style consistent with professional business practice. We
will use the Style Guide of the American Psychological Association (also known
as: APA manual) as the standard. Your use of the APA style assures that you
demonstrate consistency, professional appearance, organization, and effective
authentication and documentation. Quality work is free of spelling and grammar
errors and has a professional appearance. I will consider the use of APA style
and professional appearance of your work in determining your grade for an
assignment. Below is a website that will help with APA style. It is also easy to
find examples of APA citations and references by doing key word searches on
the internet. For example citing websites.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
2 Identifying Submissions: Please include, as the first page of each assignment, a
title page that provides appropriate identifying information. You will find an
example of a title page at the end of the syllabus. If the requirements for an
assignment indicate a minimum or maximum number of pages, the title page,
table of contents, if any, and list of references are not counted in the number of
pages submitted. Your submissions should follow the following guidelines:
a
b
c
d
e
f

Use double spacing left justified (not right-left justified)

Type size of 12 points
Times New Roman font or its equivalent
One inch margin on all sides
Provide an identifying title page
Provides a reference page

3 Late Submissions/Resubmission's: No late work will be accepted.

4 You must submit assignments only in Word or RTF format. Any documents I send
to you electronically will be in Word format.

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GRADING
I will grade each exam and assignment within seven days after a student submits it
through Blackboard.
Grades will be determined as follows:
Type of Grade
Number of
Point Value for
Assignments
Each
Portfolio Development
1
25
Reading Quizzes
14
20
Maxwell Devotions
2
25
Exams
2
50
HRSim Planning Report
1
25
HRSim Quarterly
12
20
Activities
HRSim Quizzes
2
15
HRSim Peer Reviews
2
25
HRSim Annual Reports
2
50
HRSim Final
1
100
Report/Portfolio
Assignment
Total:
*Items in purple are group activities, all others are individual activities.
Undergraduate
Grading Scale
A
93-100
A90-92
B+
87-89
B
83-86
B80-82
C+
77-79

GPA
4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3

Point
Scale
930-1000
900-929
870-899
830-869
800-829
770-799

Undergraduate
Grading Scale
C
73-76
C70-72
D+
67-69
D
63-66
D60-62
F
59-below

Total Points
Possible
25
280
50
100
25
240
30
50
100
100
1000

GPA
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.0

Point
Scale
730-769
700-729
670-699
630-669
600-629
0-599

Since the various assignments in this class do not always have 100 points possible, the
letter grade for each assignment can be calculated using percentages, just as the final
grade for the course will be calculated. For example, if an assignment has a total point
value of 50 points and the point award is 41 points, 41 50 = 82%, then the letter
grade is B-. For the final course grade, the same methodology will be used. If 972 of
1040 points are earned, the letter grade will be A (972 1070 = 93.5%).

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Grading Rubric
Created by: Dr. Christi Sanders
Effective Spring 2014
Numerical
Points

Letter
Grade

93-100

90-92

A-

87-89

B+

83-86

80-82

B-

77-79

C+

73-76

70-72

C-

67-69

D+

63-66

60-62

D-

59-below

Descriptor

Excellent

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Good

Fair

Poor

Unacceptable

Explanation
Completes all required parts of the assignment,
demonstrates deep understanding of materials,
exemplifies advanced critical thinking skills, uses
very clear and effective expression appropriate to
scholarly writing, and has very few or no errors in
grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Completes all or most required parts of the
assignment, demonstrates good understanding of
materials, exemplifies good critical thinking skills,
uses mostly clear and effective expression
appropriate to scholarly writing, and has few errors
in grammar, mechanics, and APA formatting.
Completes most required parts of the assignment,
demonstrates some understanding of materials,
exemplifies some critical thinking skills, and writing
is somewhat clear, effective, and scholarly, and has
some errors in grammar, mechanics, and APA
formatting.
Completes some required parts of the assignment,
demonstrates little understanding of materials,
exemplifies few critical thinking skills, and writing is
difficult to understand and unscholarly and has
multiple errors in grammar, mechanics, and APA
formatting.
Completes few required parts of the assignment,
demonstrates little to no understanding of
materials, exemplifies little to no critical thinking
skills, and writing is impossible to understand and
unscholarly and has many errors in grammar,
mechanics, and APA formatting.

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COURSE POLICIES
Late Work
Due to the nature of the course, whereby team members are affected by the
performance of other students, there is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for late work.
Students must attend class and participate in all activities or their grades will be
negatively affected. Students who miss activities that occur during a regularlyscheduled class time will receive a zero unless they are participating in a
university activity or can prove they are too ill to come to class (doctors note).
Students who participate in extra-curricular activities will be required to make
arrangements with their team members to contribute regularly to team
assignments.
SAGU ACADEMIC POLICIES
For specific academic policies pertaining to your courses please click on the SAGU
Academic Policies button inside Blackboard.

PROFESSOR CONTACT

The best way to contact me is via email. I will respond within 24 hours.
I will be available to you via:
o Email: csanders@sagu.edu
o Office phone: 972-825-4871
o Cell phone: 817-559-5620
The best time to reach me by phone is: 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Monday through
Friday.
Office location: A4001

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Dr. Christi Sanders

Fall 2015
Phone: 972-825-4871
csanders@sagu.edu
M/W/F Schedule
Time
8:00- 9:00 am
9:05-10:00 am
10:15-11:15 am
11:35-12:30 pm

Activity
Office Hours
BUS 4473
Chapel
MGT 2383

12:30- 1:30 pm

Office Hours

Description
Strategy & Policy
Management
Communications

Location
A4015
LIB- L2007
SC
A4013
A4015

T/Th Schedule
Time
8:00-9:25
9:30-10:30
10:50-12:10
12:20-1:40

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Activity
Office Hours
Chapel
Bus 4113
HRM 3113

Description
Business Ethics
Human Resource
Management

Location
A4015
SC
FC114
A4013

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COURSE DESIGN
Wee
k No.

Week
Beginning:

Assignments

Due
Dates

Course Introduction/HRSim
Introduction/Team Assignments
Chapter 1: HR Management in
Organizations

Sept
2

Read HRSim Student Guide and

Complete Quiz 1 and Quiz 2

Sept 6

Chapter 1 Reading Quiz

Course Introduction
Portfolio Development
Assignment
Chapter 2: HR Strategy & Planning

Sept
7

HRSim Team Planning Assignment

Chapter 2 Reading Quiz
Meet in Computer Lab- Sept 10th

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Sept 13

Notes
All
Assignments
due at
Midnight on
the due date
unless
otherwise
specified.

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Chapter 3: Equal Employment
Opportunity
HRSim 1st Quarter Decisions Due

Sept
14

Submit Maxwell Leadership Bible

Devotion Essay p. 520, "Leaders
Broker Human Resources," I
Chronicles 18:14-17

Sept 20

Chapter 3 Reading Quiz

Meet in Computer Lab- Sept 17th
Chapter 4: Workforce, Jobs, and
Job Analysis

Sept
21

HRSim 1st Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

HRSim 2nd Quarter Decisions Due

Sept 23
Sept 27

Complete HRSim Peer Review #1

Chapter 4 Reading Quiz

Year One
5

Sept
28

Meet in Computer Lab- Sept 24th

Chapter 5: Individual /Organization
Relations & Retention
HRSim 2nd Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday
HRSim 3rd Quarter Decisions Due

Sept 30
Oct 4

Chapter 5 Reading Quiz

Meet in Computer Lab- Oct 1
Chapter 6: Recruiting & Labor
Markets

Oct
5

HRSim 3rd Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Oct 7

HRSim 4th Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 6 Reading Quiz
Meet in Computer Lab- Oct 8th

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Oct 11

Homecoming
October 10

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Chapter 7: Selecting Human
Resources
HRSim 4th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Oct
12

Oct 14
Fall Break!
Oct 16-19

HRSim Annual Report #1 Due

Oct 18
th

HRSim 5 Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 7 Reading Quiz
Meet in Computer Lab- Oct 15th
Chapter 8: Training Human
Resources
HRSim 5th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Oct
19

Oct 21

Midterm Exam Chapters 1-7

HRSim 6th Quarter Decisions Due

Oct 25

Submit Maxwell Leadership Bible

Devotion Essay, p.1093, "Efficiency
Minus Ethics Equals Emptiness." Amos
1:1-2:16

Chapter 8 Reading Quiz

in Computer Lab- Oct 22nd
Year TwoMeet
Chapter 9: Talent, Careers, and
Development

Oct
26

HRSim 6th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Oct 28

HRSim 7th Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 9 Reading Quiz

Nov 1

Meet in Computer Lab- Oct 27

NO class on Thursday- IACBE
Conference
Chapter 10:
Performance
Management
Nov
& Appraisal
10
2

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Nov 4

IACBE
Regional
Assembly

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HRSim 7th
Quarter
Activities
Report- due
Wednesday

Nov 8

HRSim 8th
Quarter
Decisions
Due
Chapter 10
Reading
Quiz
Meet in
Computer
Lab- Nov 5th
Chapter 11: Total Rewards and
Compensation

11

Nov
9

HRSim 8th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

HRSim Annual Report #2 Due

Nov 11
Nov 15

th

HRSim 9 Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 11 Reading Quiz
Meet in Computer Lab- Nov 12th
Chapter 12: Variable Pay &
Executive Compensation

12

Nov
16

HRSim 9th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Nov 18

HRSim 10th Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 12 Reading Quiz

Nov 22

Meet in Computer Lab- Nov 19th

Chapter 13: Managing Employee
Benefits

13

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Nov
23

HRSim 10th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Nov 25
Thanksgiving
Break
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HRSim 11th Quarter Decisions Due

Chapter 13 Reading Quiz

Nov 29

Meet in Computer Lab- Nov 24

Chapter 14: Risk Management &
Worker Protection

14

Nov
30

HRSim 11th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Dec 2

HRSim 12th Quarter Decisions Due

Dec 6
Complete HRSim Peer Review #2
Chapter 14 Reading Quiz

15

Dec
7

Meet in Computer Lab- Dec 3

HRSim 12th Quarter Activities Reportdue Wednesday

Dec 8

HRSim Final Report Due- in Class

Dec 9

Final Exam- Date & Time TBA

Year Three
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MODEL COVER SHEET*

[*Student - Remove these top two lines prior to submission]

SOUTHWESTERN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD UNIVERSITY

Course Name
Course Code and Section Number

Instructor: [Name]

[Appropriate Assignment Title]

STUDENT DATA:
Name (use official name as it appears in eCAMS)
E-mail
Phone
Semester

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Date

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