Fall 2025 | BUS-2410-VO01 - Human Resource Management

Online Class

Online courses take place 100% online via Canvas, without required in-person or Zoom meetings.

Faculty

Susan Loynd
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Hiring Coordinator for this course: Nick Molander

Note

Many degree programs have specific general education recommendations. In order to avoid taking unnecessary classes, please consult with additional resources like your program evaluation, your academic program catalog year page, and your academic advisor.

Courses may only be used to meet one General Education Requirement.

Course Description

This course examines the critical issues and the strategic questions that must be considered when managing diverse groups of people in today’s workplace. Topics include: selecting, training, and evaluating personnel; compensation; health and safety; bargaining units; motivation; morale; and human relations.

Essential Objectives

1. Explain what human resource management is and describe its role and development in organizations.
2. Summarize the differences between the personnel function and line operations.
3. Discuss the primary personnel practices and apply them to specific situations, including: a) evaluate the personnel needs of an organization; b) determine specifications of a position and write a job description; c) plan a strategy for employee recruitment and selection; d) develop a wage and price scale; e) design a personnel record-keeping system; f) formulate a strategy for performance evaluation and appropriate responses; and g) identify training needs
4. Describe the influence labor unions and the collective bargaining process have on the personnel function.
5. Discuss the federal and state regulations that influence the personnel function on such issues as health, safety and equity.
6. Analyze and discuss ethical considerations in the personnel function including gender wage disparity and sexual harassment.
7. Discuss the ethical considerations inherent in personnel decisions.
8. Discuss issues of equity as they relate to personnel management.
9. Recognize what constitutes harassment and describe means for resolving harassment issues.

Required Technology

More information on general computer and internet recommendations is available on the CCV computer recommendations Support page.

Please see CCV's Digital Equity Statement (pg. 45) to learn more about CCV's commitment to supporting all students access the technology they need to successfully finish their courses.

Required Textbooks and Resources

This course uses one or more textbooks/books/simulations.

Fall 2025 textbook details will be available on 2025-05-19. On that date a link will be available below that will take you to eCampus, CCV's bookstore. The information provided there will be specific to this class. Please see this page for more information regarding the purchase of textbooks/books.

BUS-2410-VO01 Link to Textbooks for this course in eCampus.

The last day to use a Financial Aid Advance to purchase textbooks/books is the 3rd Tuesday of the semester. See your financial aid counselor at your academic center if you have any questions.

Methods

1. Textbook Readings

2. Discussion Board

3. HRM Incidents

4.Quizzes

5. Final Paper

6. Reflective Essay

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Evaluation Criteria

1. CLASS PARTICIPATION: Students are expected to come to the discussion board having done the readings and written assignments. While posting, the student will be expected to fully participate. Initiative,thoughtful questions and sharing of experiences will be appreciated.

2. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: Each student will be required to submitweeklyhomework, and a final reflective essay and term paper relating to HR's role in a business as discussed throughout the semester.

3. QUIZZES: There will be 3 quizzes that students will be expected to take.

Grading Criteria

CCV Letter Grades as outlined in the Evaluation System Policy are assigned according to the following chart:

	High	Low
A+	100	98
A	Less than 98	93
A-	Less than 93	90
B+	Less than 90	88
B	Less than 88	83
B-	Less than 83	80
C+	Less than 80	78
C	Less than 78	73
C-	Less than 73	70
D+	Less than 70	68
D	Less than 68	63
D-	Less than 63	60
F	Less than 60
P	100	60
NP	Less than 60	0

Weekly Schedule

Attendance Policy

Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential for success in and are completion requirements for courses at CCV. A student's failure to meet attendance requirements as specified in course descriptions will normally result in a non-satisfactory grade.

• In general, missing more than 20% of a course due to absences, lateness or early departures may jeopardize a student's ability to earn a satisfactory final grade.
• Attending an on-ground or synchronous course means a student appeared in the live classroom for at least a meaningful portion of a given class meeting. Attending an online course means a student posted a discussion forum response, completed a quiz or attempted some other academically required activity. Simply viewing a course item or module does not count as attendance.
• Meeting the minimum attendance requirement for a course does not mean a student has satisfied the academic requirements for participation, which require students to go above and beyond simply attending a portion of the class. Faculty members will individually determine what constitutes participation in each course they teach and explain in their course descriptions how participation factors into a student's final grade.

Participation Expectations

Community College of Vermont

Human Resource Management

Grading Criteria

Discussion Board

Expected # of Posts/3 days/week 15%

Quality of Posts 15%

30%

Because of the nature of an online class your discussion board work constitutes your attendance, participation and a piece of your homework. As such it is important that you are “present” in the weekly posting. It is my expectation that you will post a minimum of once on three separate days (i.e. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday). The discussion board is intended to be a learning collaborative environment. Therefore, it is not appropriate to post your comments/homework once at the very end of our class week.

10 posts (total) spread over 3 or more days = 100% - See Grading Criteria in Canvas for details.

Missing & Late Work Policy

Human Resource Management

Late Grading Criteria

It is critical that you complete and hand in all of your homework in a timely manner. This will not only help you practice time management and study skills but will allow you to stay current, participate in our discussions and avoid feeling overwhelmed by the workload. It is my expectation that you will come to our online class having done ALL of the reading for the week and be prepared to actively participate in our discussions.

Accessibility Services for Students with Disabilities:

1. Provide disability documentation to the Accessibility Coordinator at your academic center. https://ccv.edu/discover-resources/students-with-disabilities/
2. Request an appointment to meet with accessibility coordinator to discuss your request and create an accommodation plan.
3. Once created, students will share the accommodation plan with faculty. Please note, faculty cannot make disability accommodations outside of this process.

Academic Integrity

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