Master Syllabus: HRM 44831

TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

HRM 4483
Human Resource Development

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB MISSION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business (SCOB) prepares a diverse student body, drawn primarily from Alabama and surrounding states, to become successful, ethical and engaged business professionals with the knowledge to compete in the global business environment.

To achieve this our faculty, staff, and administration will:

Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education in global business through high-quality teaching;

Serve the university and engage with business and professional communities in our primary service area through individual involvement and our centers for research and outreach;

Grow and enhance the longstanding “culture of caring” for our traditional, nontraditional, military, and international students; and

Contribute to the creation of knowledge, with a focus on the scholarship of application and integration, and teaching and learning, complemented by basic and discovery scholarship in select disciplines.

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB VISION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business strives to be a renowned teaching-focused business college graduating GEEKS ready to succeed in business and life.

Prerequisites

Pre-Business Core, MGT 3300.

Description

Theory and practice in human resource training and development applied to organizational settings.

This course has an exercise/assignment.

Objectives

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Plan a human-resource training program in an organizational setting.
  2. Explain the major training principles and how to design an effective training program.
  3. Explain the role of mentorship and coaching in developing human resources.
  4. Appraise training using advanced concepts and techniques of developing human potential.
  5. Discuss the effect of trainee demographics, job complexity, and changes in technology on training.
  6. Conduct a needs analysis to determine the appropriateness for a training intervention.

Purpose

To provide basic knowledge of the principles of training and human development to apply to real-world situations, in preparation for entry-level management positions. BABA/BSBA Management major specified elective (General Management or Human Resource Management concentration). Numbered MGT 3376 prior to Fall 2005.

Required Activity

This course must contain a student engagement activity with the community that relates to course content. The activity may include guest speakers, site visits, projects for the community/industry, etc…

Approved Texts

O’Connor, B. N., Bronner, M., & Delaney, C. (2002or current). Training for organizations (2nd ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

Blanchard, P. N. & Thacker, J. W. (2010). Effective training (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Wexley, K. N., & Latham, G. P. (2002or current). Developing and training human resources in organizations (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Supplements

As deemed appropriate.

Troy University Faculty Handbook(2016): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):

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