This course provides an introduction to the various functions of human resource management, including compensation and benefits, staffing, recruitment and selection, research, labour relations, training and development, health and safety, planning, mediation and arbitration, the influence of government legislation on industry, and human rights legislation and employment equity.

1. Explain the various functions of human resource management and identify their relationship to the workplace from the perspective of both employee and employer.

2. Apply the principles of human resource management to the automotive industry in the areas of hiring, compensation and benefits, and government legislation.

3.Identify social issues relating to human resource management such as systemic discrimination and develop approaches to resolving these problems in the workplace through various methods learned in class.

4.After successfully completing of this course, students will be able to understand the core aspects of Human Resource Management required in 21st Century organizations.