Overview
HRMT 331: Managing Human Resources: A Business Perspective is an introductory level human resource management (HRM) course covering a broad range of HRM topics. It aims to build a foundation for those learners wishing to pursue a managerial career, obtain an HR professional designation, and/or take subsequent HRM courses.
This course makes extensive use of curated excerpts from a variety of open-access resources. These excerpts provide a comprehensive overview of the field, focusing on key aspects of HRM, with particular attention to a business perspective of HRM in Canada. Topics include employment implications of the gig economy, external factors influencing HRM, the strategic contribution of the HR function, legal aspects of employment in Canada, and employee recruitment, development, and retention.
Outline
The course is divided into nine lessons.
- Lesson 1: Employment in Organizations
- Lesson 2: A Strategic Context for Managing Human Resources
- Lesson 3: External Factors Impacting HRM
- Lesson 4: HR Planning, Recruitment and Hiring, and Managing Employee Performance
- Lesson 5: Employee Training and Development
- Lesson 6: Compensation and Total Rewards
- Lesson 7: Employee Engagement
- Lesson 8: Health, Safety, and Wellness
- Lesson 9: Technology and HRM
Objectives
After completing HRMT 331, you should be able to
- identify and define the concepts that are fundamental to managing human resources in Canadian organizations.
- describe employment relationships, employee rights, and regulatory requirements in Canada.
- explain why employees matter in organizations and how they contribute to an organization’s success.
- outline the employment life cycle and explain the HRM concepts/practices that apply to each of its elements, such as business and HRM strategy, external influences on HRM (including technology), HRM planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, compensation and total rewards, health, and safety, employee engagement, and employee turnover and exit.
Evaluation
To receive credit HRMT 331, you must achieve an overall grade of D (50 percent) or better for the entire course and a grade of 50 percent or better on the Final Exam. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you received on the activities listed below.
| Activity | Weight | Complete by |
| Assignment 1 | 25% | after Lesson 3 |
| Assignment 2 | 25% | after Lesson 6 |
| Assignment 3 | 20% | after Lesson 9 |
| Final Exam | 30% | after Lesson 9 |
| Total | 100% | |
The final examination for this course must be requested in advance and written under the supervision of an AU-approved exam invigilator. Invigilators include either ProctorU or an approved in-person invigilation centre that can accommodate online exams. Students are responsible for payment of any invigilation fees. Information on exam request deadlines, invigilators, and other exam-related questions, can be found at the Exams and grades section of the Calendar.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
All course materials are accessible from the course website.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
To receive credit for the HRMT 331 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent)on the examination.
Challenge for credit course registration form