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BA 453 - Human Resources Management
Fall 2005
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Class Schedule

If necessary, adjustments to the attached schedule will be announced in class.  The asterisk next to the date identifies the dates on which groups make in-class presentations.   

 

Week      Date                         Topic                                                            Text Chapter

 

   1           T 9/27                Class Review & HRM Overview

                R 9/29                Managing HR Today                                                   1

 

   2           T 10/4*              Employment Law & Related HRM Practices              2                        

                R 10/6                Employment Discrimination Issues                             

 

   3           T 10/11              Strategic Employment Planning & Recruitment          3

                R 10/13*            Employment Testing & Selection                                4

 

   4           T 10/18              Training & Development                                             5

                R 10/20              FIRST EXAM (Chapters 1-5) & REVIEW

 

   5           T 10/25*            Performance Management & Review                          6          

                R 10/27              Compensation Strategy & Systems                              7

 

   6           T 11/1*              Employee Benefits: Strategy & Trends (*Res. Topics)                     

                R 11/3                Occupational Safety & Health                                     10                                       

 

   7           T 11/8*              Labor Law: Unionization & Collective Bargaining      8                                     

                R 11/10*            Beaver Manufacturing exercise

 

   8            T 11/15             Employee Relations  (Res. Papers Due)                        9            

                 R 11/17             International HRM                                                        A

 

   9            T 11/22             SECOND EXAM (Chapters 6-10 + A) & REVIEW

                 R 11/24             Thanksgiving Holiday

 

  10           T 11/29               GUEST SPEAKERS – EMPLOYEE RELATIONS PANEL

                 R 12/1                 HRM Philosophy      (Part. Evaluation Sheet Due)

 

Note:  There is no final exam or meeting during final exam week.