Date

Course Content

Introduction to Staffing Concepts

4-Jan

Class Introduction

Assign Groups

Assign Firms for SWOT Analysis

9-Jan

1. Person Job, Organization and Supervisor Fit
2. Jobs and Job Analysis
3. Job Characteristics Model
4. Read/Discuss Gallup Article

11-Jan

Melissa Dyk Guest Speaker: Meet in HR Consultant Project Group, Assign Responsibilities and Timelines- Then execute this trainer. Simple Test for Discrimination Trainer

16-Jan

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday- No Class

18-Jan

Ruston Urness Guest Speaker: Meet in Staffing SWOT Analysis Group, Assign Responsibilities and Timelines- Then execute this trainer. Affirmative Action Plans

23-Jan

HR Planning and Recruiting

25-Jan

1.      Employee Selection and  the Job Offer Process

3.      Employee Testing- Selection Batteries for Example: Reading- Schmidt and Hunter Chapter,

Barrick and Mount Chapter, Structured Interviews

Legal Issues in Staffing

30-Jan

USERRA, The EEOC and Managing PTSD

1-Feb

Creating and Retaining Documents

(HR Consultant Team Project Due)

6-Feb

EEO/Adverse Impact/Adverse Treatment

 (Staffing SWOT Analysis Project Due)

8-Feb

1. Creating an Affirmative Action Plan - EEO 1 Form Changes

2.   Applying Four Fifths Rule

3. Diversity Reading

13-Feb

Applying Four Fifths Rule Practice

(Quick Response Project)

15-Feb

Religious Discrimination (Quick Response Project Due)

Employee Retention Issues

20-Feb

President’s Day- No Class

22-Feb

Managing Turnover: Discuss Reading -Lee and Mitchell Chapter on Turnover

27- Feb

Succession Planning

Mentor Programs,
Generational Differences

Philosophical Issues

29- Feb

Progressive Discipline and the Termination Process- Layoffs discussion by Wayne Cascio

5-Mar

Fill in the Blank Exam

7-Mar

Social Networking Software- - Implications for HRM,

Getting a job- Optional videos on preparing for acquiring a job: http://www.cwu.edu/~cb/videos.html

HR Professionalism in Knowledge, Behavior and Learning,

13-Mar

Finals Week