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Although all resources are essential for success, people are an organization's principal resource. How skillfully an organization develops, allocates, and supervises its human resource governs its success or failure. This Certificate provides a thorough explanation of the Human Resource Manager’s role in helping individuals, work groups, and organizations succeed. The focus of the courses is practical, and each course emphasizes the application of vital concepts so that students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. This Certificate is useful to students who seek careers in human resource management or in other disciplines.
The Human Resource Management Certificate was jointly developed between Organizational Leadership and Supervision and the Human Resource Association of Central Indiana (now INDY SHRM). Students are encouraged to join the Student Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. Contact Robert Wolter at rmwolter@iupui.edu for student SHRM (Chapter 5404) information.
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Candidates for this certificate are required to be formally admitted by the IUPUI Office of Admissions, but are not required to be a student in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. Credit will be given for applicable courses taken at other colleges and universities (with same or similar title and course level - up to 9.0 credit hours of transfer credit outside of OLS can be applied upon approval of department). Credits earned while completing this certificate may also be applied to a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.
Students are required to successfully complete a total of seven courses (21 credit hours) and complete the Application for Graduation to earn the certificate.
All students must successfully complete all of the following courses:
| Course Title | Credit Hour |
OLS 383* Human Resources Management |
3* |
OLS 331 Occupational Safety and Health |
3 |
OLS 368 Personnel Law |
3 |
OLS 375 Training Methods |
3 |
OLS 378 Labor Relations |
3 |
OLS 476 Compensation Planning and Management |
3 |
OLS 479 Staffing Organizations |
3 |
Total Hours: 21
Course Descriptions
OLS38300* Human Resources Management (3 cr.)*
Presents students with an overview of the human resources function as it is managed in organizations today. The course contains descriptions of each major function and presents cases to explore applications of human resource principles.
OLS33100 Occupational Safety and Health (3 cr.)
A presentation of those aspects of occupational safety and health that are essential to the first line supervisor. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of the economic, legal, and social factors related to providing a safe and healthful working environment.
OLS36800 Personnel Law (3 cr.)
Influence of the law on personnel-human resource management. Covers such topics as discrimination based on sex, age, national origin, or handicap; recruitment and selection; affirmative action; rights of union and nonunion employee; Fair Labor Standards Act; Equal Pay Act and comparable worth; employee benefits plans; unemployment compensation; and right to discharge.
OLS37500 Training Methods (3 cr.)
A presentation of those aspects of training that are essential to the first line supervisor. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding the way people learn jobs and job skills.
OLS37800 Labor Relations (3 cr.)
Problems of workers, with possible solutions suggested by organized labor and management. Regulations concerning management, labor, the collective bargaining agreement, and grievance and arbitration procedures are studied.
OLS47600 Compensation Planning and Management (3 cr.)
Focuses on the management of employee compensation. Examines the implications of recent theoretical and research developments related to compensation decisions. Each student will develop a compensation package.
OLS47900 Staffing Organization (3 cr.)
Presents students with detailed look at the recruiting function in organizations today. The focus of the materials will be to give students a sense of the challenges of recruiting qualified employees in the new economy. Presentations will include actual examples, group exercises and considerable class discussion.
Organizational Leadership and Supervision
Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI
799 West Michigan Street, Room ET 331
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5160
Phone: (317) 278-1313
E-mail: tlcgroup@iupui.edu or rmwolter@iupui.edu
