INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

MANA 362/1– SUMMER 2021

Professor: Nora Baronian, BSc., MBA, CCEP

Phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2750
E-mail: nora.baronian@concordia.ca
Class time (Zoom): Monday –Wednesday 6:30 pm
https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/82671852078?pwd=UjFSczVkKzQxcnNKVDJISmVRSWQvUT09

Office Hours (email): please send me an email if you have any questions pertaining to the course
content, if wished or needed, we can set up a time to have a Zoom call.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides a background in the theory and practice of human resource management. It covers the
core areas of human resource management, mainly human resource planning, recruitment, staffing,
performance appraisal, training, labour relations, and compensation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, students will understand and be able to apply core concepts in human resource
management (HRM). More specifically, students will:
Understand the importance of HRM, how HRM is linked to an organization’s corporate and business
strategy, and recognize how global trends may influence an organization’s HR strategy.
Understand the legal framework (Quebec and Canada) of HRM.
Be able to use job analysis to write job descriptions, and use job design to reach organizational goals.
Be able to project organizational human resource needs, and have a basic understanding of how to plan
an effective recruitment strategy and design a valid employee selection process.
Be able to design, implement, and evaluate training programs.
Be able to design, implement and evaluate performance appraisal systems and understand the
strengths and weaknesses of different performance appraisal processes.
Understand the basic principles of compensation, the variety of compensation and reward systems that
are available and the basic differences between them.
Understand the rights and obligations of employers and employees, and how these affect discipline in
organizations.
Understand the importance of health and safety in organizations, and be able to create a working
environment that promotes employee wellbeing and the basic principles of labour relations.

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COURSE MATERIALS

Textbook : MANA 362- Canadian edition

This open source textbook has been created specifically for this course.

Summary videos: In order to help you follow in class, short introductionary videos will be posted on Moodle
prior to each class.

COURSE EVALUATION

Team project (20% and 25%)

The team project will be an on-going assignment spanning all of the semester. In teams of 5 you will be
responsible for two reports. The two reports will be worth 20% and 25% respectively. The teams will be
assigned by myself at the beginning of the term. A video and hand-out containing the specific requirements
for the project will be provided. In completing the assignment, be careful not to plagiarize the work of
others (see “Academic Integrity”, below)

Peer evaluations: An electronic peer evaluation system will be used to evaluate individual
contributions to the team project. The result of the peer evaluations will be used to weight the
individual grades for the project from a factor of 0.7 to 1.1. That is, a student who receives
outstanding evaluations from his/her peers can have the final grade for the team project multiplied
by 1.1 (e.g., 39/45 becomes 43/45). Conversely, someone who receives poor evaluations could see
his/her grade multiplied by 0.8 (e.g., 39/45 becomes 31/45).

Quizs (3 X 15%)
The purpose of the quizzes is to ensure that you have a good grasp of the field of human resource
management. They will focus on all the chapters covered in the book. The quizzes, scheduled at the
beginning of class, will be composed of multiple-choice questions.

Participation (10%)
The quality of this class will depend on your contributions. Therefore, I expect you to be prepared for each
class by reading the assigned chapter and complete the various assignements (if any) and contribute to
class discussions.

COURSE POLICIES

Penalty for late assignments: 5% of the total grade will be deducted for each day that the report is late.

KEEP TRACK OF YOUR GRADES

POSSIBLE POINTS YOUR POINTS
Team project (Phase I) 20 _____ to be weighted with the peer
Team project (Phase II) 25 _____ evaluations
Quizzes (3) 45 _____
Participation 10 _____

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CALENDAR

Week Date Topic Readings/assignments

1 May 10 Perspectives on Human Ressource Management

Exploring why HRM matters..........................................Ch. 1

2 May 12 HRM, society, and the law.............................................Ch. 2

3 May 17 Analyzing and Designing work.......................................Ch. 3

4 May 19 Quiz 1

5 May 26 Recruitment..................................................................Ch. 4
Staffing..........................................................................Ch. 5

6 May 31 Training and Development…………………………………………. Ch. 6

7 June 2 Quiz 2

8 June 7 Performance Management………………………………………… Ch. 7

Compensation...............................................................Ch. 8
Phase I due

9 June 9 Safety and Health at Work............................................Ch. 9

10 June 14 Labour Relations ...........................................................Ch. 10

11 June 16 HR Analytics...................................................................Ch. 11

12 June 21 Quiz 3

13 June 23 Phase II due (No class)

Please note that minor changes may be made to the calendar during the semester. In this case, I will notify
students as soon as possible.

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LECTURE CAPTURE / VIDEO CONFERENCING / EXTERNAL SOFTWARE 

Please note that all of the live sessions of this course can be recorded using Zoom or Yuja and posted on the
class Moodle page. All recordings / video conferences are only available as study tools for the students
registered in this specific course section.

It is important to note that the instructor makes these recordings/ video conferences available to the
students strictly for the purposes of course delivery and development, and that all recordings / video
conferences made by the instructor are copyrighted material. Students may not share any recordings /
video conferences of these classes with other persons. Students are hereby notified that any sharing of
recordings / video conferences may be in violation of Law and of the applicable University policies and may
subject students to penalties.
 
Note that some or all of the lectures and/or other activities in this course may be given using video
conferencing. While video conferences will focus on the instructor, they also display / record the images
and speech of the participant students. If a student wishes to ensure that their image (photo / picture) is
not recorded or has technological issues that prevents it, please speak to your instructor as soon as
possible. 

You can get more detailed info on this issue from the following link:
http://www.concordia.ca/ctl/technology-guidelines.html#_Standard_Wording_for 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

All students are expected to familiarize themselves with the contents of Concordia’s Academic Code of
Conduct, which you can download here: http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity.html

Please be aware that there is a risk of plagiarizing without meaning to do so. Plagiarism can take different
forms and does not necessarily involve copying from another student during an exam! For instance, failure
to reference the source of ideas, and/or the interpretation of ideas, that have been paraphrased from a
published or unpublished source is plagiarism. Failure to place quotation marks around, and to provide a
reference for, the exact words (including text, tables, figures, and graphs) of a published or unpublished
source is also plagiarism. In other words, if you take words or ideas from someone else, you need to
acknowledge this and give the authors credit. Please refer to the American Psychological Association
Publication Manual (available at the library) for guidelines on how to properly reference different sources,
and if you’re not sure, ask me!

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details.

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