Balancing organizational, personal, and community interests in a global economy. In addition to standard management textbooks and readings, the class will draw from the work of poets, fiction writers, essayists, and social critics. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Strategies to critically evaluate information relevant to Human Resource Managers. This course will examine common errors in logic, decision biases, and cause and effect relationships. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203 and one of COMM 191, COMM 291. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Processes of workforce recruitment, selection, retention, and renewal. Includes human resources planning, development of an effective staffing strategy and employer brand, job analysis and descriptions, cost-benefit analysis of various recruiting methods, analysis and evaluation of selection methods. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Employee training, development and performance management in a variety of employment settings. Application of various training methods to performance enhancement, performance appraisal, feedback, and empirical evaluation of training investments. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Employee compensation, including pay systems, benefits systems, and rewards and recognition programs. Examination of the motivational underpinnings of compensation administration and the application of compensation principles to the achievement of employer strategic objectives. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Frameworks from the social sciences useful for understanding organizational processes and how to apply these frameworks to particular organizational consulting challenges. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Integrated coverage of union-management relations including labour law, collective bargaining, and collective agreement administration. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Comprehensive examination of the Canadian industrial relations system, and its legal foundations, in the context of a global economy. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
An analysis of organizational structures and intraorganizational processes; effects of organizational factors on individual behaviour. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
The tactics and strategies for implementing constructive modifications in organizations. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Explores the characteristics of effective leadership and examines how to be a better leader. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Explores the business and legal cases for diversity in the workplace. Examines how to effectively manage a diverse work force. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Examines the sources and consequences of power in the context of different corporate and national cultures. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Managing and working in a family business presents unique challenges: family issues can conflict with business issues. This course examines governance structures and tools to manage the interface between the family and the business. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Application of human resource management practices to multinational enterprises. Comparative analysis of national human resource management systems. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Methods and techniques to diagnose and solve a broad range of organizational problems from the perspective of an organizational consultant. [3-0] Prerequisite: All of COMM 203, COHR 307. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques and approaches for evaluating and adjusting the structures of organization. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques and approaches to managing creativity and innovation in organizations. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques and approaches to managing knowledge and learning in organizations. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Techniques and approaches for building effective teams, handling decision-making in teams, creating reward structures, and developing appropriate leadership models. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Understanding, critiquing, and analyzing behaviour and social processes in organizations. This course focuses on provocative and current topics that could not be covered in depth in the introductory course. [3-0] Prerequisite: COMM 203. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
Introduction to legislation and application of legal principles that govern the employment relationship. [3-0] Prerequisite: All of COMM 203, COMM 393. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.