BHR 4601

Description

Provides a study with regard to external influences, support activities, staffing specific activities, and the staffing system management process. Specific areas covered in the course include staffing models, the labor market and unions, employment law, job analysis and planning, sources of recruitment and selection, and staffing decision-making.

Objectives

1. Explain why it is important for an organization to view all components of staffing (recruitment, selection, employment).
2. Analyze the limitations of disparate impact statistics.
3. Identify the problems that an organization might encounter in doing an AAP.
4. Summarize the advantages of conveying a realistic recruitment message.
5. Discuss career paths and the type of mobility that can occur in career advancement.
6. Compare discretionary and contingent methods.
7. Explain how internal selection decisions differ from external selection decisions.
8. Describe the steps that should be taken by an organization to shatter the glass ceiling.
9. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages to the sales approach.
10. Interpret the legal requirements of staffing management systems.
11. Evaluate the costs and benefits of voluntary turnover that are most likely to vary according to type of job.
12. Analyze the potential problems with downsizing.

PreRequisites

None

Textbook(s)

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the CSU Bookstore at bookstore@columbiasouthern.edu