Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SDCM-0169
Organization's ID:
Health 310: Human Resource Management in Healthcare
Organization:
Location:
Online
Length:
Self-Paced. 20 weeks (44 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Human Resource Management in Healthcare
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to understand employee rights in healthcare, legal and ethical issues for healthcare HRM, as well as employee benefit plans.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Describe Human Resource Management (HRM) including history, milestones, factors and fit within healthcare.
  • Define Strategic Human Resource Management, and discuss/detail tools, techniques and concepts as they relate to designing and implementing effective HRM departments.
  • Interpret and explain significant employment laws and ethical considerations as they relate to HRM and healthcare.
  • Apply the basic skills of job analysis and design, recruiting methods, and valid selection practices to facilitate effective organizational staffing for varied healthcare careers.
  • Select, construct, and critically analyze organizational training and development programs to assist employees meet performance goals and maximize organizational HRM.
  • Create a basic employee handbook that will identify employee rights, appropriate organizational discipline policies, and legal termination practices.
  • Integrate knowledge regarding Labor Unions and conflict resolution practices such as mediation and arbitration in HRM.
  • Integrate HRM theory, materials, tools, and techniques in health care considerations and new/changing trends.
  • Create a basic employee handbook that will identify employee rights, appropriate organizational discipline policies, and legal termination practices.

General Topics:

  • Human Resource Management (HRM) in Healthcare
  • Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) Overview
  • Legal & Ethical Issues for Healthcare HRM
  • Job Analysis & Design for HRM in Healthcare
  • Recruiting & Hiring for HRM in Healthcare
  • Careers & Roles in Healthcare
  • HRM & Employee Benefit Plans
  • HRM & Healthcare Employee Development
  • Employee Rights in Healthcare
  • Labor Unions, Mediation & Arbitration in Healthcare
  • Impact of Current Healthcare Trends on HRM
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
  • Written Papers

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials