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University of Minnesota

Preparing to Manage Human Resources

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One way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to skillfully managing employees by illustrating alternative human resource management (HRM) strategies, introducing the importance of the legal context, and thinking about what motivates employees. This will then give you the factual and conceptual basis for developing specific, critical HRM skills in subsequent courses on hiring employees, managing performance, and rewarding employees. Don't know anything about HRM? That's OK! Leave this course with a new-found understanding of the range of options available for managing employees, a grasp of what makes workers tick, and the readiness to develop your own HRM skills.

Syllabus

  • Alternative Approaches to Managing Human Resources
    • Welcome to the first week of this course! This section starts with an introduction to the course, and then we'll spend two lessons looking at alternative ways of managing human resources. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain why managing people is important. • Compare strategies for managing human resources. • Evaluate the fit between an organization’s HR strategy, a manager’s style(s), and the business environment. • Recommend strategies and styles for managing people in a particular situation.
  • What Makes Employees Work? Money, Of Course!
    • Welcome to the second module of this course! We'll be focusing on the monetary reasons for working, and the lessons for managers that result. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain how money can motivate some workers. • Identify key managerial concerns if workers are self-interested and view work economically. • Develop strategies for addressing these key concerns using insights from economics.
  • What Makes Employees Work Revisited...Non-Monetary Motivations
    • Welcome to the third module of this course! We'll be focusing on the non-monetary reasons for working, and the lessons for managers that result. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain at least four different reasons that people work not related to money. • Identify key managerial concerns when workers work for different non-monetary reasons.• Develop strategies for addressing these key concerns using insights from psychology and sociology. • Justify the (in)application of insights from economics, psychology, and sociology in different situations.
  • The People Manager as Part of a Complex System
    • Welcome to the fourth and final module of this course! In this section, we'll finish laying a foundation for managing human resources by looking at the constraints faced by managers, especially the legal environment. After completing this module, you will be able to… • Explain at least four constraints that influence how human resources are managed in a particular organization. • Compare the ways in which the law does and does not see employment as a typical contractual relationship. • Create a list of legal and illegal HRM practices in your country. • Judge when to use strategies for managing people that go beyond what the law requires.

Taught by

John W. Budd

Reviews

4.9 rating, based on 158 Class Central reviews

4.8 rating at Coursera based on 10468 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    Dear Professor Budd, thank you very much for this excellent course indeed. It will help me to fresh up my 19 years of HRM education and experience in my 35 Netherlands Army career and find an HRM job now that I am retired from the Army. That is w…
  • Anonymous
    This course wasn't as good as the first one in the HR specialization, Preparing to Manage Human Resources. The quality of the videos was poor, with the introductions being almost impossible to hear and then the following fragment very loud. The vide…
  • I loved this course, explained very well and detailed, I liked Recruiting, Hiring & Onboarding course very much, socially Amy- she was up to the mark and explained everything very well.

    If you are new in HR or recruitment, you must take this course which helps you to think from different mind sets and this course can surely enhanced your skills.
  • Thank Dr. Budd for this course! It is really interesting and very helpful. It help me to improve my knowledge. I try to keep my HR knowledge up to date and that course is that I was liking for. It contain not only lecture, it have a task/homework. You can think about you, your job, work with people grime other countries. I recommend this course to anyone!
  • Anonymous
    It was a great course, with and excellent professor, J. Budd did a great job, the course content es very instructional, notwithstanding the most of the information is related to the US, the concepts and principles are very useful, thank you so much for the opportunity to learn something really important.
  • Anonymous
    A very detailed and easy to understand course. The instructor takes his time to explain and also give examples. There are also questions asked in between lecture videos when helps you to pay much attention to what’s being said in the video.
  • Anonymous
    Professor Budd is clearly passionate about the topic of HRM and his modules are easy to follow, interesting and versatile!
  • Anonymous
    I started to work as an Office Manager & HR Assistant in 2019, more than 1 year ago. But as I didn't have background on it (I took Tourism and the whole professional experience was around it), I thought that maybe this was the reason I couldn't find…
  • This course has been amazing. Dr. Budd fosters an atmosphere of belonging and inclusion, and he's super competent, accessible, and friendly. As a current practitioner of HR, looking to keep my knowledge up to date, I have been amazed at the quality content of this course and Dr. Bus's uncanny ability to teach very clearly. I recommend this course to anyone!
  • Anonymous
    finally i have finished this course. I am happy with the delivery. I'm glad I got to know the info coursera and training courses here. The instructors are all from the expert field so of course I can get a lot of knowledge about HRM, thank you very much, how do I get the certificate?
  • David Pike
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    This course takes a three pronged approach to managing people, which I have never seen in any other course work I have pursued. As an experienced manager of people with over 25 years experience I would recommend this course to seasoned managers as well as new managers.
  • Anonymous
    this course is very helpful in upgrading leadership skills. so far i am on week 3 and all the resources and video tutorials are of great help and very easy to understand the concepts.
  • Anonymous
    Good course. Insightful, feeding you with all the loopholes in HR and more. Great tutors/ mentors. Short videos with so much knowledge to grasp.
  • Anonymous
    Well I must say that this has been the best course I’ve ever been part of. Professor Budd is a great instructor and provides clear and concise content, no traces of ambiguity thus its easily understandable. The course offers a broad range of knowledge that one can really put to use when caught up in an organisational type of situation that needs solutions and and good execution strategies. The course content ranges from how to be a good people’s manager, Alternative managerial styles, HR strategies, labor laws and unions, insights on why people how to effectively manage and retain those employees to say the least. All in all, it’s a great Course and learning platform and I highly recommend it. Good luck!
  • Anonymous
    Dear professor John Budd,

    Thank you so much for such a valuable information you shared through this course. It provided me a helpful insight for what I need to consider when managing Human Resources. The approach of Economics, Sociology and Psychology in the HRM field, how Human Resources should be strategic and energizing, etc were very important o learn.
  • Anonymous
    I'm happy to share with you the review on this course (preparing to manage human resources), as graduate from bachelor of human resource management, I've seen that this course covers almost everything related to human resource management. and all the lecturers of this course has amazing experience, they make you clearly understand the course.
  • Anonymous
    equipped to become a better HR and deep understanding on how to see employee as a humane not just a workforce from various approach
  • Anonymous
    Great course with loaded modules!

    This course has equipped me with all necessarily tools needed in managing human resource; hiring, onboarding, knowing which employee to retain, how to motivate, train and drive effectiveness amongst employees etc...
  • Anonymous
    I really enjoyed taking this course. Professor Budd took a great time simplifying the course for beginners' understanding and setting a foundational background to managing human resource. This course serve my purpose.
  • Anonymous
    This course is a great introduction to HR Management. It offers insight into the origins of this thing called 'HR' and discusses the evolution of policy and practice. It includes both organizational and people-focused management information through instructor videos, supplemental reading, and student interaction. Learners are also introduced to varying topics within HR that promised to be addressed in future courses within the program.

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