GERONGR670 Human Resources & Personnel Management in Aging Services
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Course Description
This course is designed to familiarize students with the concepts of human resources management as they are applied tin primarily public, non-profit settings. In particular, the course will focus on human resources and personnel management as applied to the aging services field. The examples used in the course will come from organizations such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health agencies, senior centers and councils on aging. Issues to be addressed will include hiring and supervision, performance appraisal, mentoring, career planning, equal employment opportunity, diversity and collective bargaining. Students will examine job design and pay systems, methods of personnel selection and training, issues of productivity and work hours, team building, effects of government regulations on working conditions and personnel administration.
Course Video
Video IntroductionClosed Captioned
Academic Information
Credits: 3
Schedule & Fee
Dates: Sep 13 - Dec 10
Class #: 15305
Course Fee: $1335
Lab Fee: $0
Total Course Fee: $1335
Instructor
Daniel O'Leary
dolearyumb@yahoo.com | Bio
Book Information
Required Text:
  1. Pynes, Joan E. Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, 3rd edition, 2009, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Optional Text:
  1. Goodwin, Cliff. Supervisor’s Survival Kit, Tenth Edition, 2006, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc.
Wimba Requirement
UMB online courses use Wimba classroom (a live discussion tool) at least twice during the semester. Information about Horizon Wimba can be found at www.dlvpc.umb.edu/wimbasupport.htm. Your course instructor will inform you about dates and times of course meetings in Wimba Classroom.