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Ph.D. Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (I.R.H.R.)
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  School of Management and Labor Relations 2008-2010 Ph.D. Program in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (I.R.H.R.) Courses  

Courses
16:545:601,602 Independent Study in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (BA,BA) Directed study under the supervision of a faculty member.
16:545:610 Proseminar in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (.5) Research, theoretical, or pedagogical presentation by School of Management and Labor Relations faculty, outside scholars, and advanced Ph.D. students. Students must enroll for eight semesters. Offered fall and spring.
16:545:611 Seminar 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. 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, negotiation processes, grievance procedures, and conflict resolution.
16:545:612 Seminar in Human Resources: A Survey of the Scholarly Literature (3) Foundations of strategic human resource management. Critical review of the research literature on recruitment, selection, performance management, compensation, and development. Analysis of the impact of corporate strategy on human resource systems and the relationship between a company's human capital and its effectiveness.
16:545:613 Research 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.
16:545:614 Multivariate Analysis for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3) Multiple regression, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, factor analysis, canonical correlation, and cluster analysis. Prerequisites: A Ph.D.-level course in regression and an additional Ph.D.-level measurement or statistics course.
16:545:615 Economics 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.
16:545:620 Selected Problems in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3)
16:545:621 Selected Problems in Industrial Relations and Human Resources (3)
16:545:701 Research in Industrial Relations and Human Resources I (BA) Master's thesis study.
16:545:702 Research in Industrial Relations and Human Resources II (BA) Dissertation study.
 
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