16:545:601,602Independent Study in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3,3) Directed study under the supervision of a faculty member. |
16:545:610Proseminar in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (0.5) Research, theoretical, or pedagogical presentation by SMLR faculty, outside scholars, and advanced Ph.D. students. Students must enroll for eight terms. |
16:545:611Seminar in Industrial Relations: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature (3) Industrial relations systems theory. Analysis of managerial capitalism and the diffusion of systematic management techniques; the development of modern craft, industrial, and professional labor organizations; and the emergence of the regulatory state and the role of law and specialized government agencies in regulating industrial conflict. Conceptual framework to assess bargaining power, negotiations processes, grievance procedures, and conflict resolution. |
16:545:612Seminar in Human Resources: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature (3) Foundations of strategic human resources developed. Critical review of the research literature on recruiting, selection, performance management, compensation, and development. Analysis of firm performance. |
16:545:613Research Methods for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3) Problems of research design, data collection, data management, and the selection of analytical techniques. Prerequisite: One Ph.D.-level statistics or measurement course. |
16:545:614Multivariate Analysis for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3) Multiple regression, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, factor analysis, canonical correlation, and cluster analysis. Prerequisites: Ph.D.-level course in regression and one additional Ph.D.-level measurement or statistics course. |
16:545:615Economics for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3) Alternative theories of the firm and labor markets explored, with focus on competing hypotheses and research evidence about wage and benefit determination, internal labor markets, discrimination, unions, and employee incentive systems. |
16:545:621Selected Problems in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3) Special topics in industrial relations and human resources of current interest. |
16:545:701,702Research in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3,3) Dissertation study. |
