CMS 1 Human Resources and Compensation Management
This course is scheduled for revision for spring 2010. Current study materials are valid for exams taken on or before March 31, 2010.
This is a required course for the CEBS and CMS designations.
Today's competitive global world is extremely dependent on highly skilled and technologically adept workers. Employee benefits continue to be an integral part of the human resource and compensation management functions of an organization. The first part provides an overview of human resource management, including a discussion of internal and external factors affecting supervision. The legal and managerial requirements that human resource and compensation decisions be made in a nondiscriminatory manner are examined, the processes for carrying out effective recruitment and retention are presented, and issues related to creating effective training and development programs and dependable performance assessment systems are emphasized.
The course continues with assignments covering such topics as incentive programs, total compensation approaches and strategies for their implementation, and employee rights and the applications of such right in disciplinary, discharge and termination situations. One assignment is devoted to labor relations, a critical function in many human resource departments. The collective bargaining process, the motivations for employees to organize, the legislative and administrative roles of the government in this process, and the impact of unionization on employers are covered in this assignment.
The course concludes with a discussion of specific practices and policies of human resource management that are needed to support high-performance work systems.
Study Materials
For exams taken 3/31/2010 or before
- Study Manual, 5th edition-includes Practice Exam on CD (PC only), $125.00.
- Managing Human Resources, 13th edition, George Bohlander and Scott Snell, South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning, 2004, $185.00. ISBN 0-324-18405-0 (Sold Out)
For exams taken 4/15/2010 or after
- Learning Guide with Practice Exam on CD (PC only), $140.00.
- Managing Human Resources, 15th edition, George Bohlander and Scott Snell, South-Western Cengage Learning, 2010, $188.00. ISBN 0324593317.
May meet CE Credit Requirements
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Enrichment Reading:
Compensation, Tenth Edition
Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law
Assignment Topics
- Nature and Challenges of Human Resources Management
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Job Requirements and the Design of Organizations to Achieve Employee Productivity
- Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
- Personnel Recruitment process
- Training and Development
- Performance Appraisal
- Compensation Concepts and Programs
- Total Compensation Concepts
- Employee Safety and Health
- Employee Rights and Discipline
- Labor Relations
- Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration
- International Human Resources and Compensation Management
- High-Performance Work Systems