Offered by:Administration & Governance
Degree:Cert in Human Resources Mgmt

Program Requirement:

The Certificate in Human Resources Management provides an introduction to the disciplines and basic practices of human resources management. In addition, the Certificate program presents an overview of the specialized functions and some of the current and future issues in the area of personnel. It prepares students for the job market and to write the CHRP exam.

Required Courses (27 credits)

• CORG 295 Employee Labour Reltns & Law 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: An overview of the history and theories of industrial relations and how they are related to today's labour-management relationships and laws. Consideration will be paid to topics such as the organization, purpose and governance of unions; legislation of labour; collective bargaining processes and the dynamic of public interest and industrial relations.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking INDR 294.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Chantal Westgate
• CORG 416 Leading Change: Organizations 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: An overview of theories and models on leading and managing organizational change. Topics such as leaders spearheading change, the change process, preventing and addressing resistance to change, and creating consensus and buy-in will be covered. Change models, theories and techno-structural methods will be applied using contemporary Canadian case studies.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ORGB 421
  • Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or CORG 225
  • *This course will be held on May 13, May 26, June 10 and June 16.
  • **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Robert E Saggers
• CORG 440 Org. Learning & Development 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: Review of major models of learning and development from a systemic point of view. Assessing and understanding the difference between training and development. Topics include: learning organizations, training issues, training programs, skills development, transfer of learning, planning, conceptualization, design, implementation and evaluation of training and career development programs.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Prerequisite: CORG 420 or ORGB 423

  • Terms
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
• CORG 445 Workforce Plang & Talent Acqsn 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: New trends and best practices in workforce planning and talent acquisition. Recruitment and selection will be covered from legal, theoretical, and practical perspectives. Topics covered include job analysis, competency-based profile, and employer branding. Staffing processes, metric indicators, and strategic sourcing will also be discussed.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Prerequisite: CORG 420 or ORGB 423

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
  • Instructors
    • Michelle Feder
• CORG 450 Workplace Health and Safety 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: Basic components of effective health and safety policies, programs and current legislation (CSST, WHMIS, safety committees) focusing on proactive management to ensure employees have clearly defined accountabilities for accident prevention: hazardous materials, loss prevention, workers' compensation claims, employee assistance plans, work life quality, preventative health issues, and ergonomic standards.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
  • Instructors
    • Beverley Robinson
• CORG 470 Theors&Practices ofCompensatn 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: An overview of organizational behaviour theories related to compensation management. Policies and practices relative to compensation and its relationship with motivation are discussed. Topics such as feedback loops and job evaluation; salary scales; performance-based pay; special employee groups and pay equity law will be covered using real world case studies.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ORGB 525.
  • Prerequisite(s): (MGCR 222 or CORG 225) and (CORG 420 or ORGB 423)

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Roman J Susel
• MGCR 222 Intro to Org Behaviour 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Management Core: Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.

  Offered by: Management

  • Restriction: Not open to U0 students.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Alfred M Jaeger, Amandine Ody-Brasier, Simon Blanchette, Sarah Gordon
    • Diana Dakhlallah, Roman Galperin, Jeraul Mackey
• MGCR 423 Strategic Management 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Management Core: An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.

  Offered by: Management

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Liliya Lyubman, Ghahhar Zavosh, Mitali Banerjee
    • Karl J Moore, Kwangjun An, Ghahhar Zavosh
• ORGB 423 Human Resources Management 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.

  Offered by: Management

  • Prerequisite: MGCR 222
  • Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Tatiana L Gauvin
    • Tatiana L Gauvin

Complementary Course (3 credits)

3 credits from:

• CGMG 282 Introduction to Business 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  General Management: A broad introduction to business based on the functional areas: accounting, finance, human resources management, industrial relations, marketing, production, and general management. For each area lectures introduce basic concepts, which students apply to cases that depict the complexity of decision-making in the business world.

  Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship

  • This course is required by students fulfilling the C.I.M requirements.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Paul J Mirshak
• CGMG 445 Ethical Issues: Bus. Practices 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  General Management: An exploration of the ethical implications of business practices. Topics reviewed include the evaluation of ethical issues; the integration of ethical decision-making tools in business; corporate social responsibility; ethical implications for management and leadership and self-evaluation techniques for improving ethical practices. Real world case studies are extensively used.

  Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship

  • Restriction(s): Advanced student.
  • Not open to students who have taken or are taking MGPO 450.

  • Terms
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
• CORG 415 Leading Teams in Organizations 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: An overview of leadership theories and models related to the management of teams in organizational settings. Topics such as team dynamics, underlying factors to successful and ineffective teamwork, strategies for supporting managers in improving team performance and team building will be addressed. In addition, practical strategies and leadership skills for leading teams will be applied and developed.

  Offered by: Administration & Governance

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ORGB 420.
  • Prerequisite(s): MGCR 222 or CORG 225
  • This course will be held on May 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th.
  • Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year
• ORGB 380 Cross Cultural Management 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Organizational Behaviour: Addresses dilemmas and opportunities that managers experience in international, multicultural environments. Development of conceptual knowledge and behavioural skills (e.g. bridging skills, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, cognitive complexity) relevant to the interaction of different cultures in business and organizational settings, using several methods including research, case studies and experiential learning.

  Offered by: Management

  • Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only

  • Terms
    • Fall 2023
    • Winter 2024
  • Instructors
    • Tatiana L Gauvin
    • Tatiana L Gauvin