URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

GRADUATESCHOOL
San Vicente West, Urdaneta City

Syllabus for the Course Subject:

EDM 113 Personnel Management

Graduate Studies Instructor: ANA LYN T. SORIANO, MAED, RGC

Class Information: 3 units
Contact Information:
09096151118/grishamelaw@yahoo.com/grishamelaw1977@gmail.com

Course description:

This subject provides an in-depth understanding of the purposes, principles, and

techniques of personnel management. Emphasis is on areas inclusive of policies,
organizational structure, staffing, compensation, performance evaluation, labor issues
and other areas, current trends and issues related to an effective personnel
organization.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, students are expected to:

(1) Gain a better understanding of the contemporary issues and related problems in
human resources management;
(2) Analyze the human resources function in education from several perspectives;
(3) Understand the need for strategic human resources planning;
(4) Understand the nature and function of human resources administration as it
relates to education policy development and implementation of new programs;
(5) Describe the characteristics of an effective performance appraisal program;
(6) Describe the human processes of staff orientation, assignment, and
development;
(7) Analyze basic concepts of laws that relate to employment in public schools;
(8) Describe diverse administrators and school settings; and
(9) Describe issues and future trends that are forecast related to personnel
management
Course Topics:

1. Overview of HRM Field

2. Organizational Theories & Human Resources

a. Factors in Employee Behavior

b. Relationship of Organizational Behavior and
Psychological Theories
c. Theories of Performance
c.1 Henry Fayol
c. 2Fredreick Taylor
d. Motivational Theories

3. Job Analysis & Design

a. Nature of Job Analysis

b. Nature of Job Design
c. Importance of Job Analysis and Design to other
Personnel Functions
d. Sample Job Analysis
e. Sample Job Design

4. Staffing in Organizations

a. Nature of Staffing
b. Staffing Process
c. Manpower Planning
d. Employee Selection Process
e. Recruitment and Selection
f. Orientation and Placement

5. Training & Development in Organizations

a. Importance of Training
b. Type of Employee Training program
c. Training Needs Assessment
d. Methods of Training
c.1 Mentoring
c.2 Job Rotation
c.3 On the Job Training
6. Performance Appraisals

a. Benefits and Challenges

b. Uses in Administrative and Developmental Facets in the
Organization
c. Types and Samples of Performance Appraisal
d. Acceptability, Reliability, Sensitivity and Practicality

7. Employee Compensation Issues

a. Defining compensation
b. Legal compliance
c. Developing a compensation and rewards program
d. Wages and salaries
e. Direct benefits
f. Indirect benefits

8. Employment Law & Employee Rights

a. Employment at will Doctrine

b. Employment Rights: privacy and safety
c. Promoting Work-Life Balance in an Organization
d. Stress in the workplace
e. Consequence of Stress at Work
f. Equal Employment Opportunity
g. Equal Pay Act

9. Labor Relations

a. Labor Relations Organizations

b. Function & Importance of Collective Bargaining
c. Roles & Duties of Union Members and Leadership

10. International Human Resource

a. Global Staffing and Approaches

b. Expatriate Staffing
b. 1 Personal Impact and Repatriations
b.2 Compensation Considerations
c. Human Resource Interactions with Host, Parent, and
Third-Country Nationals
 11. Current Issues & Trends in HRM

Course Requirements

Attendance
Reports/Class Participation
Examinations