COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UMN 4211 HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ŞENOL SÖNMEZ

Offered to

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to prepare students for upper levels in HRM by focusing on human resources planning, providing all HRP related analysis and techniques required to handle both head-count and overhead budgeting commonly used in the organizations, and create an awareness and a specialization on how to get an internal equity environment in compensation using job analysis, job descriptions, and job evaluation systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analyze jobs.
2   Handle job descriptions.
3   Determine requirements and specifications.
4   Design and evaluate jobs with a well structured job evaluation system.
5   Decide on and implement main techniques to be used in manpower planning and forecasting.
6   Prepare and analyze both HR overhead and head-count budgeting.
7   Develop oral/written communication skills; articulate and defend his/her position.
8   Develop and enhance the essential interpersonal skills to be an effective team member.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Job Analysis G. Dessler, Human Resource Management, 12th E., Chp.4
2 Strategic Job Analysis and Competency Modeling Jean Phillips & Stan Gully, (2011), Strategic Staffing, Chp.4, p.84-114
3 Job Descriptions Lecture, Instructor s unpublished lecture notes
4 Job Evaluation Systems Lecture, Instructor's unpublished lecture notes
5 Classification and Grading of Jobs Instructor's unpublished lecture notes
6 Personnel Planning Instructor's Presentations, G. Dessler, Human Resource Management, 10th E., Chp.5
7 Forecasting and Planning Jean Phillips & Stan Gully, (2011), Strategic Staffing, Chp.5, p.114-139
8 Manpower Planning: Head-Count Budgets-1 Lecture, Instructor's unpublished lecture notes
9 Manpower Planning: Head-Count Budgets-2 Instructor's Presentation
10 Department Activity Planning: Overhead Budgets-1 Lecture, Instructor's unpublished lecture notes
11 Department Activity Planning: Overhead Budgets-2 Instructor's Presentation
12 Group Presentations, Discussions, Evaluations and Summary & Last words Instructor's Feedback

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Jean Phillips & Stan Gully, (2011), Strategic Staffing, 2nd Edition, Textbook, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0136109748, ISBN-13: 9780136109747. Available also from: http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp isbn=0136109748&xid=PSED
2. Gary Dessler (2011), Human Resource Management, Global Edition, 12/E, (additional textbook), Pearson Higher Education, ISBN: 9781408279083. Available also from: http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/detail.asp
3. Companion Website for Strategic Staffing, 2/E, Phillips & Gully, online resource is available at no cost at http://www.prenhall.com/phillips
4. HRM related web sites and portals such as: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~sjacksox/PDF/HRPlanning.pdf, http://articles.directorym.com/Staffing-a1056.html, http://work911.com/planningmaster/Human_Resource_Planning, http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruitingandstaffing/Employee_Planning_Recruiting_Selecting_Staffing_and_Hiring.htm, etc.
5 . Instructor's unpublished lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Individual Project
3. Group Work & Presentations

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Students will do job analysis and job descriptions.
2. They will develop a job evaluation system, and evaluate the jobs with a systematic method.
3. They will group and classify jobs in a job grade scale to reach pay level.
4. They will relate job requirements and job specifications to relevant HR functions.
5. Students will apply the process of forecasting staff requirements.
6. They will prepare an overhead budget for specific HR activities.
7. Students will also develop an organization-wide head-count budget.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70% of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Room : 3.rd Floor, No: 244/B
E-mail: senol.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, between 12:00 and 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1,5 18
Tutorials 12 1,5 18
Preparation before/after weekly lectures (reading, analyzing course tools such as chp.s & articles) 12 2 24
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 12 12
Preparing Individual Assignments (Term Projects etc) 1 15 15
Preparing Group Assignments (Term Projects etc) 1 8 8
Preparing Presentations 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 117

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1254
LO.2254
LO.3354
LO.424554
LO.52544
LO.63544
LO.7555
LO.8544