Human Resources, 1-Year Certificate

CERTIFICATE OUTLINE

Your certificate program consists of courses designed to take you step-by-step toward understanding human resources.

Here's how it works: Your first course will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other courses will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have the study materials and software needed for your coursework.

System requirements: You will need access to a computer to complete this program. Penn Foster recommends the following as minimum specifications: Pentium® II or better processor, using Microsoft® Windows® XP or later, capable of running Microsoft® Office 2007. You will also need Internet access.

BUS110 Principles of Management

The business environment; planning; organizing; leading and controlling.

Textbook: Understanding Management

HRM201 Human Resource Management

An overview of Human Resources (HRM), as it’s understood today. This course illustrates the dynamic interaction of the personnel functions with each other and with the objectives of an organization.

Research Assignment: Using the Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Textbook: Managing Human Resources

HRM210 Compensation Management

The course covers the basic components of a total compensation package (salary, bonus, and benefits), the development, implementation, and maintenance of a program, the impact of internal and external equity, and additional factors which must be considered for the overall success of a program.

Research Project: Compensation Management
Textbook: Compensation Decision Making

ENG010 Business English

Business letters, forms, client records, and memos; organization, grammar, punctuation, and sentence and paragraph construction; coherent paragraphs, well-organized documents, and purpose-focused materials; accurate, attractive, and effective final copies.

HRM355 Training Concepts

A synthesis of accepted theory regarding training and the management of the training function in organizations and an examination of successful and unsuccessful training practices.

Research Project: Training Concepts
Textbook: Effective Training: Systems, Strategies and Practices

HRM320 Employee Benefits

This course examines employer and employee objectives for benefit plans; design and administration of group life and group health insurance programs; government programs for workers’ compensation; employer-sponsored pension plans; and the integration of government and employer-sponsored retirement benefits.

Research Assignment: Employee Benefits
Textbook: Employee Benefits

HRM350 Labor Relations

The study of labor relations examines the interactions between organized labor unions and company management. These interactions between unions and management include rights and responsibilities, negotiations, and collective bargaining.

Research Assignment: Labor Relations
Textbook: The Labor Relations Process

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.