HADM 3390 Human Resources in Healthcare Management
This course surveys problems and issues in labor economics and relations, as well as personnel management. Emphasis is placed on public policies affecting management and union representatives and on the role of the human resource manager in the healthcare organization. Discussion topics include: equal employment opportunity; job analysis, design, description, and evaluation; wage and salary administration; recruitment and selection; personnel testing; assessing employee performance; communication; training and development; retention; and employee discipline. Other areas of topic can include the improvement of productivity (primarily through the enhancement of team functioning) and challenges in healthcare human resource management.