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Apr 03, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Calendar
Program Learning Outcomes - Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
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By the end of the program, students graduating will be able to:
- Show evidence of relevant knowledge of the internal aspects, functions and processes of organizations, the external environment in which they operate, and the ways in which they are managed.
- Exhibit coherent knowledge of the key functional areas of business and management, the relationship between these, their application and their importance in an integrated framework.
- Explain some of the contexts in which accounting concepts and practices are utilized and use the main current technical language and practices of accounting for managerial applications.
- Understand economic concepts, principles, theories and modeling approaches and explain their use in the context of making business decisions.
- Use business models and methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative, effectively across a range of problems.
- Apply the knowledge of organizational behaviour and the human resource function to the management and development of people within organizations.
- Use relevant communication and information technologies to acquire, analyze and communicate data and to support business and management processes.
- Understand the principles and process of information systems analysis and describe the organizational opportunities and challenges related to the use of computer‐based technology.
- Understand the development and operation of markets for resources, goods and services and to devise market‐oriented strategies and policies to support the operational and strategic management of an organization.
- Comprehend theories and empirical evidence concerning financial management, risk and the operation of capital markets.
- Apply knowledge of the operations processes and systems required in the management of manufacturing, distribution and services to the operation of an organization.
- Assess, select and devise customer service strategies to meet the expectations and needs of internal and external customers.
- Use knowledge of functional business components and logistics strategies to effect change in the inter‐related supply chain management system.
- Define appropriate practices within a professional, legal and ethical framework.
- Utilize project management and business planning skills to initiate and carry out projects in a timely and proficient manner.
- Conduct systematic research into issues related to the discipline, deploying accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry.
- Communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions persuasively and accurately, using oral, written and visual form, to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Display well‐developed leadership and interpersonal skills in team environments.
- Exhibit an awareness of the society and culture in which they live and work and recognize and value the alternative outlooks that people from diverse backgrounds may bring to business and management issues.
- Apply the cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis to evaluate evidence and arguments, analyze data, identify assumptions and formulate informed and innovative solutions to problems.
- Appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity, and limits of knowledge and develop strategies for continuing professional development and lifelong learning.
- Demonstrate their broad knowledge of the HRM functions, activities and decisions that pertain to industrial relations, recruitment and selection, training and development, health and safety, employment law, and motivation and productivity. They will also be able to apply HRM theories and research to the practice of HRM.
- Demonstrate their understanding of individual and group behavior and apply this knowledge to creating more effective and satisfying workplaces.
- Identify and analyze various problems in the field of HRM and propose defensible solutions that reflect organizational opportunities, challenges, change and risk.
- Students will be able to use HRM methods to evaluate the effectiveness of real‐life and hypothetical HRM practices and tools, based on qualitative and quantitative data. They will be able to clearly differentiate between HRM practices and tools that are informed by the science of HRM and those that are not; make decisions regarding the application of HRM practices and tools informed by knowledge of theory and methods of evaluation.
- Students will be able to develop appropriate strategic plans, recommendations and innovative solutions to real‐life and hypothetical HRM problems (e.g., attracting, retaining, developing and engaging talent) that are aligned with organizational goals and based on a range of evidence, reflective thinking and well‐structured arguments.
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