Students examine the techniques of optimum research allocation, emphasizing the application of quantitative methods to practical problems. Topics covered include optimum values, minimum and maximum values with and without constraints, queuing, linear models and techniques and statistical methods.
Emphasis is less on derivation than on application.
Examples used for application come from all areas of business, manufacturing and institutional experience. This course is a comprehensive view of personnel policy development with emphasis on the interdependence of personnel and operating functions. Students analyze personnel functions of recruitment, development, training, compensation, integration into the workforce and maintenance of personnel for the purpose of contributing to organizational, societal and individual goals. The course focus is on employee relations characterized as being outside of a negotiated agreement. Students who have completed course requirements for HRMG 5930 may not enroll in HRDV 5730 or MNGT 5930.