Courses Details
HMP641: Practice For Human Resource Management For Health Care Administrators
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1.5 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Staff (Residential);
- Prerequisites: HMP 600
- Advisory Prerequisites: HMP 600
- Description: This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the strategic role of human resources management in healthcare organizations. It explores the challenges and opportunities facing HR professionals in this field, including personnel management, employee engagement, and legal principles. Students will examine best practices for HR operations, with a focus on organizational development initiatives that enable HR to become a strategic business partner. By the end of the course, students will have a comprehensive understanding of the functional areas within HR and their contributions to a fully functional program that supports an organization's goals and objectives.
- Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the operations and strategic importance of HR in healthcare organizations, including its impact on achieving organizational goals. 2. Analyze and discuss HR issues that are likely to arise in healthcare organizations in the next 5-10 years. 3. Develop knowledge of strategic HR initiatives, including organizational and human resource assessments, development plans, recruitment, and metrics models. 4. Evaluate the role of organizational leaders and HR in shaping organizational culture and strategic HR initiatives. 5. Assess how HR contributes to the strategic and operational goals of healthcare organizations. 6. Understand the role of Strategic Human Resources Management in creating a positive work environment. 7. Develop strategies to increase the healthcare labor supply and decrease labor demand. 8. Analyze how various functions of HR, such as recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, and training and development, impact employee performance and productivity. 9. Recognize and comply with employment laws that affect Human Resource Management in healthcare organizations. 10. Compare and contrast employee and management relations in both unionized and non-unionized environments. 11. Apply motivation theories to enhance employee engagement in healthcare organizations. 12. Design and evaluate compensation models that motivate employees and meet legal requirements. 13. Utilize Behavioral Event Interviewing techniques to improve recruitment and selection in healthcare organizations.