BUSN 213 - HR: Workforce Development

4 Credits

This course explores the processes and techniques by which organizations assure that their employees have the requisite skills and maintain performance standards to accomplish the organization’s business. Topics include workforce skills assessments, performance assessments, training and development activities, talent management, supervisory and management development and succession planning.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online

Designed to Serve Students who want to pursue a career in human resource management and entry and mid-level human resources workers who want a broader understanding of employee skills and performance assessment processes and workforce training and development tools and techniques. Certificate program HR Management
Active Date 2016-02-18

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 38
Contact Hours: Lecture 44 Lab 0 Field Studies 0 Clinical 0 Independent Studies 0
Total Contact Hours 44
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
1. Assess organization skills requirements and workforce skills gaps

2. Develop training programs and related assessment measures

3. Talent management (assessing talent, career paths, etc.)

4. Performance appraisal systems and methods

5. Development issues relating to diverse populations

6. Supervisor and leadership development

7. Succession planning

Student Learning Outcomes
Analyze the organization’s business plan and describe the workforce skills required to accomplish the organization’s goals.

Articulate the connection between the training and development program and the organization’s business plan.

Design training and development programs that assure that the workforce has the requisite skills to deliver the organization’s products and services.

Identify performance and skills assessment tools, assess their validity, and articulate their value and appropriate use.

Identify supervisory, management, and executive leadership traits and skills and formulate development programs and succession plans.

Explain the components of a talent management program