Instructor:
Melissa A. Walker

Prerequisites:
PAdm 745 Public and Nonprofit Governance

Course Objectives:

• To enhance understanding of employment laws and regulations
• Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches
• Introduction to human relations including leadership, motivation, working in groups and teams as well as change management

Course Description:
The focus of the course is management of a vital resource: people. It assumes familiarity with the structure and function of local, state and federal government. The course engages students in an examination of human resource management involving paid staff, volunteers, board members and elected officials.

Major topics covered:
Employment laws and regulations
Compensation
Recruitment and selection
Appraisal
Training
Leadership
Governance
Diversity management
Labor relations

Typical text and readings:
Riccucci and Naff, Personnel Management, Sixth Edition.
 
Joan Pynes, Human Resource Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition.

Hal Rainey, Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, Third Edition.

Denhardt, Denhardt and Aristigueta, Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations.