This course walks a student through the process of acquiring talent for an organization. Topics discussed in detail include the design and analysis of jobs, HR planning, the recruitment, selection, socialization, and training processes. The course is primarily lecture- based but includes some hands-on activities with real world applications which leverage concepts from social network analysis and HR analytics.

This course walks a student through the process of acquiring talent for an organization. Topics discussed in detail include the design and analysis of jobs, HR planning, the recruitment, selection, socialization, and training processes. The course is primarily lecture- based but includes some hands-on activities with real world applications which leverage concepts from social network analysis and HR analytics.

With the increasing amount of information available in organizations today, talent and business decisions and recommendations will need to be data-driven and evidence-based. This course will provide an introduction to topics and analytical techniques to leverage people-related data into organizational and human resources (HR) insights. Specific topics will include foundational data literacy, data collection and management practices, data analysis techniques, and strategy development.

With the increasing amount of information available in organizations today, talent and business decisions and recommendations will need to be data-driven and evidence-based. This course will provide an introduction to topics and analytical techniques to leverage people-related data into organizational and human resources (HR) insights. Specific topics will include foundational data literacy, data collection and management practices, data analysis techniques, and strategy development.

Managing and participating in change is a business reality that requires self-awareness and accurate organization assessment skills to be effective. Change can be transformative and complex, or smaller, incremental actions. This course begins with having a personal understanding about how you process and act when faced with change. It then extends into understanding how others deal with and work through change. Foundational change processes will be reviewed and critiqued to act as a guide to develop your leadership and management skills.

Managing and participating in change is a business reality that requires self-awareness and accurate organization assessment skills to be effective. Change can be transformative and complex, or smaller, incremental actions. This course begins with having a personal understanding about how you process and act when faced with change. It then extends into understanding how others deal with and work through change. Foundational change processes will be reviewed and critiqued to act as a guide to develop your leadership and management skills.

Organizations are webs of interconnected formal (reporting lines, team memberships, workflows) and informal (friendship, help, conflict) relationships. The pattern, presence, or absence of these relationships can hinder or assist in the functioning of an organizational. This class is designed to teach an analytic approach to the measurement and interpretation of these patterns known as social network analysis.

Organizations are webs of interconnected formal (reporting lines, team memberships, workflows) and informal (friendship, help, conflict) relationships. The pattern, presence, or absence of these relationships can hinder or assist in the functioning of an organizational. This class is designed to teach an analytic approach to the measurement and interpretation of these patterns known as social network analysis.

Students confer individually with the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Seminar will examine broad range of organization theory and research from a multiple paradigm perspective. Interpretive and critique views and research literature will be among those examined.