SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE TITLE : CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVIING IN HUMAN

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

COURSE CODE :

COURSE : Organizations face many challenges in the management of

DESCRIPTION their human resources. This course approaches Human
Resource Management as that process of reaching
organizational goals by working with and through people and
other resources. The student will develop conceptual, ethical,
and practical skills for managing people through the
understanding of, and effective use of HR systems including
the proper manner in addressing HR-related issues and
concerns. In addition, the management of HR systems and
their interface with issues of motivation, communication,
conflict, change, and leadership will be explored.

CREDIT UNITS : 3 units (54 lecture hours)

PLACEMENT :

PRE-REQUISITES : None

CO-REQUISITES : N/A

CILO : At the end of the semester, given a conducive and innovative

learning atmosphere, the students will be able to:

Cognitive:

a. To understand developments in the field of human

resource (HR) management that managers will face in
the new century.
b. To be able to apply these developments to practical
problems in private, public, and not- for-profit
organizations such that, those who become operating
managers will be able to manage HR activities in a way
that considers the organization’s needs, the human
needs and ethical dimensions.
c. Present effective and even passionate arguments on
HR Topics
d. Understand and utilize all completed HR course work to
guide strategic HR decisions and behaviors
Affective:

a. Develop a sense of responsibility for one’s obligations

as a citizen, student, or an individual, and to respect
other’s rights.

Psychomotor:

a. Upon completion, the student should be able to effectively

recognize and address critical HR-related issues and give
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COURSE OUTLINE:
Time
Frame Topics/Contents
(Week)
Course Orientation and Classroom Management
1-2
CHAPTER 1: Human Resource Management in
a Changing Environment
1.1 The changing role in the human resource
office.
1.2 Human Resource Management and the
Evolving work world
3-4 CHAPTER 2: The Public Sector Workforce
2.1 Employee recruitment and selection
methods
2.2 Flexible workforce
2.3 Value diversity
2.4 Manage an aging workforce
2.5 Use technology in human resource
management 2.6 Utilize volunteers in the
workplace
5 CHAPTER 3: Managing Human Resources
3.1 Organizational development perspective of
human resource management
3.2 Practical strategies for increasing ethical
behavior in the workplace
3.3 Investing in employee development
3.4 Organizational climate and culture
3.5 Potential for conflict in the workplace
3.6 The role of unions as they impact the
function of human resource management
6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
7-8 CHAPTER 4: Managing Human Resources
4.1 - Legal issues related to human resource
management
4.2 - Sexual harassment issues in the
workplace
4.3 – Enforcement of relevant company policies
and procedures in relation to the Philippine
Labor Law
9-10 CHAPTER 5: Motivating Assessing and
Compensating Employees
5.1 Employee Motivation
5.2 Performance appraisal systems
5.3 Effective job analysis methods
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Expected Outcome
Course Orientation and Classroom
Management
Chapter 1:
1. Describe the changing role in the
human resource office;
2. Recognize how human resource
management is changing to
accommodate our evolving work world;
Chapter 2: Discuss, differentiate, analyse,
expound, explain, identify:
1. Current employee recruitment and
selection methods
2. A flexible workforce and develop it as it
seems fit for the company
environment;
3. Value diversity and its effects;
4. How to manage an aging workforce;
5. How to use technology in human
resource management
6. How to utilize volunteers in the
workplace
Chapter 3:
1. Conceptualize an effective
organizational development
perspective of human resource
management;
2. Define practical strategies for
increasing ethical behavior in the
workplace;
3. Appreciate the philosophy of investing
in employee development;
4. Understand and detect organizational
climate and culture;
5. Identify the potential for conflict in the
workplace and effective possible
resolutions for such problems;
6. Define the role of unions as they
impact the function of human resource
management; Their pros and cons;
Chapter 4:
1. Understand legal issues related to
human resource management;
2. Identify, address and resolve sexual
harassment issues in the workplace
3. Understand and enforce relevant
company policies and procedures in
relation to the Philippine Labor Law
Chapter 5: Discuss, differentiate, analyse,
expound, explain:
1. The role of the manager in employee
motivation;
2. Designing effective performance
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5.5 Work management and job evaluation
systems in a government environment
5.6 Designing and creating an effective
compensation plan
appraisal systems;
3. Effective job analysis methods
4. Conducting employee assessments
5. Work management and job evaluation
systems in a government environment
6. Designing and creating different
effective compensation plan

11 CHAPTER 6: Tools for Integrating Human Chapter 6:

Resources Into The Organizational Mission
1. Develop a plan for benchmarking
6.1 Benchmarking for organizational organizational performance
performance 2. Discuss the topic of employee benefits
6.2 Employee benefits, healthcare and healthcare and pensions
pensions 3. Visualize the organizational budgeting
6.3 Organizational budgeting process process

12 MIDTERM EXAMINATION

13-15 CHAPTER 7: Tools for Integrating Human Chapter 7:

Resources Into The Organizational Mission

7.1 Templates for strategic planning

1. Establish a template for strategic
planning;
7.2 Human resource management guidelines in
2. Use effective human resource
organizational operations
management guidelines in
organizational operations

16-17 CHAPTER 8: Tools for Integrating Human Chapter 8:

Resources Into The Organizational Mission 1. Recognize the use, pros and cons of
human resource consulting and
8.1 Use, benefit, and downside of human outsourcing
resource consulting and outsourcing.

18 FINAL EXAMINATION

REQUIRED :
TEXTBOOK

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education (7th ed.). New York: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.

Eberts, R., Hollenbeck, K., & Stone, J. (2002). Teacher

performance incentives and student outcomes. The Journal of
Human Resources

Evans, W. N., Murray, S.E., & Schwab, R.M. (1997, Winter).

Schoolhouses, courthouses, and statehouses after Serrano.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

ONLINE REFERENCES :

GRADING SYSTEM : DESCRIPTION PERCENTAGE (%)

Class Standing 60%
Recitation 50%
Output/Project 20%
Quizzes 20%
Attendance/Attitu 10%
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Major Exam 40%
Total 100%
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FINAL GRADE : Prelim 30%
Midterm 30%
Final Term 40%
Total 100%

Last Revision by: AMOR, PRINCESS KIMBERLY G., LLB.

Last Revision date: AY 2018-2019-1

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