Human Resource ManagementCertificate

Addresses labor-management relations in managing human resources. Covers a wide range of issues such as labor law, employee and management rights and responsibilities, collective bargaining/negotiation, impasse resolution (mediation, fact finding, and arbitration), contract administration, employee disciplinary action, and grievance process management.

Covers the management of employee benefits, incentives, pay and compensation systems, insurance and occupational safety, law and regulations on employee benefits, retirement benefits, and alternative methods of employee reward systems.

A comprehensive study of human resource management in the corporate environment; special emphasis on topics encompassing planning, recruitment, training and development, appraising performance measures, incentive awards, employee benefits, safety and health and creating a high-performance work environment by a team of individuals.

Introduces students to leading thinkers in business today and to influential theories and approaches to contemporary business issues. Organizational styles, innovation and change, globalization, and technology are among the issues analyzed to determine best practices for leaders and managers. Students will apply these ideas, theories and strategies to analyses of case studies and to examples from their own professional lives.