Human Resources and Employment Relations (HRER): Loyola University Chicago (2024)

This course provides an introduction to employee relations, and how companies, labor unions, human resources professionals and the law shape the contemporary relationship between employees and their employers in the United States.

Students will demonstrate how management representatives, unions, and government dynamically interact to provide employees voice, balance group interests and power, and resolve workplace conflict

Pre-requisites: Junior standing; C- or better in ISSCM241 or ISSCM241H or STAT103; and C- or better in HRER301

This course examines reward policies, programs and practices over such matters as base-pay, employee benefits and incentive in private and public organizations.

Students will learn how to design and implement reward programs that will give their employers a competitive advantage; to resolve compensation problems from both a human resource professional and managerial perspective; and to negotiate fair pay packages with their employers; Students will improve their team leadership, analytical and writing skills

This course covers topics related to organizational staffing, including job analysis, forecasting, use of biographical information, interviewing, statistical analysis, performance evaluation and legal issues related to selection.

Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the development, implementation and evaluation of a staffing system

This course examines how organizations develop employees with the technical, interpersonal and leadership skills to be effective in their jobs. The course will incorporate training, development, and performance management topics.

Students will learn how to conduct a training needs assessment, set learning objectives, establish evaluation criteria, select the best instructional methods, conduct a training program and evaluate the impact of the program on the learner and organization; Students will also improve their presentation, team leadership, analytical and writing skills

This course examines wage and salary policies and programs in private and public organizations. Legislative and social issues affecting pay decisions, and the alignment of pay policies with the business strategy and other human resource programs are covered.

Students will learn how to design and implement compensation policies and programs that will give their employers a competitive advantage; resolve compensation problems from both a human resource professional and managerial perspective; and create pay policies that are perceived as just and equitable; Students will improve their team leadership, analytical and writing skills

An internship provides the student with direct exposure to human resources and/or industrial relations functions as they are practiced in the real world.

Students will learn to practically apply the concepts and theories learned in the classroom to a real organizational work environment

The course primarily explores the structure and function of human behavior in organizations. Students will be introduced to the principles of theory of perception, motivation, decision-making, job and organizational design as they relate to organizational realities such as power, politics and change.

Students will gain a better understanding of both individual and group behavior in organizational settings and will be able to view organizational change through globalization, diversity, technology and ethics

This course explores the structure and function of human behavior in organizations with a special focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion and on change management.

Students will gain a better understanding of both individual and group behavior in organizational settings and will be able to view organizational change through globalization, diversity, technology and ethics

Students research a global HR challenge and develop written and oral communications focused on resolving the challenge that are presented to an executive panel at the end of the class. Students lead multiple in-class presentations and case analysis writing. Readings provide insight on building an inclusive work environment and resolving conflict.

Global Perspective & Awareness of Diversity: developing a global perspective and appreciating diversity, including culture, race, religion, and gender; Communication Skills: communicating effectively in an oral and written manner

This course will introduce students, by a combination of statutory case law analysis and readings, to the substantive case law in the area of employee-employer relations' law. The statutes and case law encompass the following: National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Civil Rights Act of 1991, Illinois Human Rights Act, and Illinois Employment Law Statutes and Regulations.

The primary purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to a practical examination of the principles of "employee-employer" relations law, also called human resources law or personnel law; Students will be exposed to the principal theories, policies and literature concerning the relevant federal and state (Illinois) court case law and government regulations of the employee-employer relationship in primarily the private sector

This course examines the critical roles of Human Resource professionals throughout the strategic globalization process, as well as the cross-cultural issues that affect organizational dynamics and behaviors central to Human Resource processes, such as staffing, training, motivation, negotiation, team building, and communication.

To survey the three types of topics covered by the field of Global HRM: 1.management of human resources in global corporations; 2. management of expatriate employees; 3. comparison of HRM practices in a variety of different countries: To consider special topics at the forefront of global HR, such as effects of NAFTA and the European Union, global ethics, and critiques of globalization

This course examines how organizations develop employees with the appropriate technical, interpersonal and leadership skills to be effective in their jobs.

Students will learn how to conduct a training needs assessment, set learning objectives, establish evaluation criteria, select the best instructional methods, and to evaluate the impact of the program on the employee and organization; In addition to conducting formal training programs, students will learn how to use career planning, job rotation and performance feedback to develop employees and themselves; Students will improve their presentation, team leadership, analytical and writing skills

The course focuses on enhancing managers' capabilities in integrating strategic issues with "people" issues, enabling them to effectively implement change initiatives within diverse global environments.

Students will learn fundamental principles, theories, and generalizations needed for competent approaches to implement organizational change that prioritizes managing the "people" aspects of change, as participants or managerial change agents

This course focuses on major concepts of group development and group dynamics. Other topics of discussion include communication patterns, authority relations, leadership, norms, stages of group behaviors, paradoxes of group life, and self-awareness within group settings.

Students learn the various tools and techniques of process consultation and also gain knowledge and competence for working with groups; The course combines cognitive and conceptual materials with experienced-based learning

This course offers an in-depth look into the processes involved in implementing an HRIS and how to use analytics to drive key business decisions.

Understand how to prioritize needs, implement, and use HRIS to support business decisions; Learn basic programming for analytics

This course examines incentive pay and employee benefit programs in private and public organizations. Program design and the alignment of incentive pay and benefit programs with business strategy and human resource programs are covered.

Students will learn to design and implement incentive pay and employee benefit programs that will give their employers a competitive advantage and be perceived as equitable among employees; Students will improve their team leadership, analytical and writing skills

This course examines critical labor laws in the United States and the structure and function of our employment relations system.

Students will demonstrate understanding of basic case law in the field of labor relations and how unions, management representatives, and government dynamically interact to provide employee representation, balance group interests, and ideally avoid disruptive workplace conflict

This course provides an overview of staffing processes in organizations, with an emphasis on recruitment and selection procedures. Other topics of discussion include legal and strategic issues in staffing, and relevant statistical concepts.

Students will become comfortable with the entire staffing process and be able to design and implement cutting-edge staffing systems, with an emphasis on business strategy

Student will conduct in-depth research or reading, initiated by the student and jointly developed with a faculty member, into a specialized area of human resources not otherwise covered by department course offerings.

Students will be able to demonstrate in-depth understanding of a specialized area or topic in human resources management

This course engages students in a chosen Special Topic in HRER.

In-depth understanding of a special topic in the area of HRER

Designed to provide both current and future managers an in-depth understanding of performance appraisals and related issues, this course also emphasizes on goal-setting, feedback and the rating process.

Students will learn to apply the various techniques used to conduct effective performance appraisal processes and design comprehensive performance management systems for their organizations

This course introduces students to different employment relations systems in advanced industrial economies in North America, Europe, and Asia and to formats for resolving new types of labor problems that have merged in a global economy.

Students will be able to identify critical differentiating aspects of employment relations systems in the developed world and common pro and con arguments regarding proposed solutions to substandard working conditions in the developing world

As a leader or manager, it is your job to find the right people, engage and motivate them, and structure and operate the organization in a way that enables and inspires people to perform at their best; preserving the organization's financial health and protecting it from legal risks. This course focuses on how best to accomplish this. Enrollment limited to EMBA Cohort.

Understand the role of HR in the successful execution of business strategy; Understand the importance of fit-driven strategic hiring; Understand the basic tactics of distributive and integrative bargaining