Insights into HR Applications: An Experiential Approach

Prerequisite: OLS 386 and OLS 388

Credits: 3

Description:

In cooperation with the Technical Assistance Program and partnering organizations, this course will utilize the student's education, experience, and training to address actual business and industry human resource issues. The focus of this course is to expose the undergraduate student to "real world" human resource issues. Human resource, training, and development issues will be addressed through research, discussions and collaborative problem solving. In this endeavor, students are required to investigate and research a pending human resource issue performing a Needs and SWOT analysis.

This course may require some site visits and interviewing of business and industry personnel as a means to better understand the issues(s) being addressed. The ability to respect company confidentiality is critical to the student's success in this course.

Instructors:

Professor Rodney Vandeveer vandevee@purdue.edu 765-494-6804  

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