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The Purpose
of this course is to identify the roles and required competencies
for the successful Human Resources professional. This course in
an integrating function course that emphasizes the use of exercise
analysis to test the usefulness and validity of human resource management
concepts and theories
This is a five-semester
hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must
complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by
the end of the ten 0-week period. The first day of week one will
begin the day that you register for the course, or the day which
you notify me that your textbook has arrived and you are ready to
begin your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is
rare that extensions of time are permitted, unless you have good
justification. Upon successful completion of this course, you will
be awarded five semester hours of credit.
There is one (1) required
textbook for this course.
Book 1: Human Resource Management- 9th Edition. Byars, Lloyd L. / Rue, Leslie W. McGraw- Hill: 08 ISBN # 0073530255
You can purchase this textbook at the university Bookstore.
There are two
examinations for this course, a mid-term exam and a final exam.
The mid-term exam will cover various discussion questions from the
text (Human Resource Management). The final exam will consist of
a term paper discussing an approved topic.
The mid-term examination is programmed in the classroom for this
course. The exam is open book and you will have one (1) day to complete
the exam once you access it from the classroom. To access the exam,
you must send me an E-mail and request to have access to the exam.
Upon registration, you will receive my E-mail address. You will
receive an E-mail back from me telling you that you are now authorized
to go ahead and access your exam. To access, you will come into
the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam that you
are taking. You will need your user ID and PASSWORD to access the
exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam,
you will have 24 hours to submit your answers to me via E-mail attachment
(using Microsoft Word ). The program provides me of the exact date
and time you accessed the exam. The mid-term exam must be completed
by the 5th week of the course.
The final examination is a term paper that must be a minimum of
fifteen (15) pages in length, doubled-spaced with 1.5-inch margins.
Your topic must be submitted and approved by me no later than two
weeks into the course.
The following is the
grading scale for this course.
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
Below 70% = Fail
You are encouraged
to communicate with me. My primary responsibility is to assist you
in meeting your goals for this course. Primarily, our communication
will be through
E-mail. However, I am also available for conversation by telephone
if you so desire. I am also willing to meet with you one-on-one
in the chat room at your request. If at any time during this course
you change your E-mail address, please be sure and notify me.
If you have any
questions regarding this program, you may contact the instructor at martin_walt@hotmail.com.
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