Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Welcome to BA 224.  I really enjoy teaching this course online.  It's my goal to facilitate your success in Human Resource Management. My philosophy of teaching an online course is that I'm an educator and a facilitator, and I'm here to make this an engaging and professionally relevant course.

This course is arranged chronologically and employs a modular design. Each week, students should complete all assignments listed in that week's lesson module. These modules will appear directly on the homepage during the week they are due and are also available by clicking "Content" on the course navigation bar.

Due dates for each week's assignments will be listed within the module itself, as well as in the "course calendar" which is also available on the Content or on the Schedule. Assignments within the modules may direct students to use many of the tools contained in Brightspace, including the Assignment, Discussions, and Quizzes. These tools will be accessible both from within the weekly content modules, as well as from the course navigation bar.

Intended Outcomes for the Course

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 
• Understand and apply key human resource management perspectives. 
• Strengthen organizational effectiveness by applying job description, human resource planning, 
recruiting and selection factors that meet company human resources requirements. 
• Understand and apply various aspects of motivation as they relate to job satisfaction, 
compensation, and security. 
• Incorporate and articulate effective methods of training and developing employees. 
• Comply with current federal and state regulations pertaining to employment. 
• Articulate and apply human resource strategies to facilitate improved employee-management 
relations.

Participation Expectations

As we explore the laws, policies, approaches and best practices in Human Resource Management, the richness of understanding is further sparked by discussions, and the open exchange of ideas and perspectives. Thus, students in this course are expected to participate in class discussions, review course materials, check email, and complete assignments.

Graded Assignments

·         11 Discussions:  Weekly discussions are built around each Module's learning objectives and ask students to make an initial post in response to the week's questions by Thursday and then respond to their classmates (at least 3) to discuss perspectives, ask questions and/or share experiences.  Each Discussion question is worth 10-30 points each.

·         Student Data Memo:  A paper that provides information about student is worth 60 points.

·         Homework Assignment:  A paper about a select HR topic is worth 100 points.

·         Midterm Exam:  Multiple choice and short essays is worth 140 points.

·         Group Presentation:  An recorded group presentation regarding a selected HR topic is worth 230 points.  This is the final.

Each time you log into the course, check the Course Homepage for any "Announcements", email/discussion messages, and calendar postings. Learning revolves around the open exchange from students who embrace their role of being part of a dynamic "Learning Community."

•   Microsoft Office or equivalent (Google Docs, iWork, etc). You must be able to save flies as doc, docx, rtf, or pdf format.
•   Firefox, Chrome, or Safari browser
•   You must be able to work with documents and upload to Assignments in D2L.  Directions to use Google Drive in Brightspace.
•   The technical requirements for most online classes include access to a computer with a modern operating system and a supported web browser