Certificates

Human Resource Management | Leadership Studies

List of OLS Courses

Human Resource Management Certificate Program

Purpose

Although all resources are essential for success, people are an organization's principal resource. How skillfully an organization develops, allocates, and supervises its human resource governs its success or failure. This Certificate provides a thorough explanation of the Human Resource Manager's role in helping individuals, work groups, and organizations succeed. The focus of the courses is practical, and each course emphasizes the application of vital concepts so that students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. This Certificate is useful to students who seek careers in human resource management or in other disciplines.

The Human Resource Management Certificate was jointly developed between the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision and the Human Resource Association of Central Indiana.

A Certificate will be presented to those who successfully complete all course work AND complete the required paperwork including a Certificate Student Information Sheet and Certificate Graduation Application – students earning other degrees at IUPUI must complete a dual-degree form as well.

Admission

Candidates for this certificate are required to be formally admitted by the IUPUI Office of Admissions, but not required to be a student in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. Credit will be given for applicable courses taken at other colleges and universities. Credits earned while completing this certificate may be applied to a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision.

Curriculum

Students are required to successfully complete a total of seven courses (21 credit hours) to earn the certificate.

Required Core Courses

All students must successfully complete all of the following courses:

Course Title / Credit Hour

Total Hours 21

Course Descriptions:

OLS383* Human Resources Management (3 cr.)*

Presents students with an overview of the human resources function as it is managed in organizations today. The course contains descriptions of each major function and presents cases to explore applications of human resource principles.

OLS331 Occupational Safety and Health (3 cr.)

A presentation of those aspects of occupational safety and health that are essential to the first line supervisor. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding of the economic, legal, and social factors related to providing a safe and healthful working environment.

OLS368 Personnel Law (3 cr.)

Influence of the law on personnel-human resource management. Covers such topics as discrimination based on sex, age, national origin, or handicap; recruitment and selection; affirmative action; rights of union and nonunion employee; Fair Labor Standards Act; Equal Pay Act and comparable worth; employee benefits plans; unemployment compensation; and right to discharge.

OLS375 Training Methods (3 cr.)

A presentation of those aspects of training that are essential to the first line supervisor. Emphasis is placed on developing and understanding the way people learn jobs and job skills.

OLS378 Labor Relations (3 cr.)

Problems of workers, with possible solutions suggested by organized labor and management. Regulations concerning management, labor, the collective bargaining agreement, and grievance and arbitration procedures are studied.

OLS476 Compensation Planning and Management (3 cr.)

Focuses on the management of employee compensation. Examines the implications of recent theoretical and research developments related to compensation decisions. Each student will develop a compensation package.

OLS479 Staffing Organization (3 cr.)

Presents students with detailed look at the recruiting function in organizations today. The focus of the materials will be to give students a sense of the challenges of recruiting qualified employees in the new economy. Presentations will include actual examples, group exercises and considerable class discussion.

Leadership Studies

Purpose

The certificate in Leadership Studies equips students with the knowledge, skills, experiences, attitudes, perspectives, and tools necessary to understand the broad-based concepts associated with leadership in a variety of individual, organizational, and community settings in an ever changing, pluralistic, global society. A unique feature of this certificate is its ability to attract a diverse group of students from across the myriad of disciplines taught at IUPUI. Such a strong mixture of interdisciplinary perspectives augments the richness of learning that occurs in certificate courses. Upon completion of the certificate in Leadership Studies , students should be able to:

• Define and defend their personal philosophy of leadership and ethical behavior;

• Describe behavior in organizational settings at the individual, team/group, and macro-organization levels;

• Identify the stages of team development that occurs within organizations;

• Make leadership-oriented decisions that are ethically, legally, morally, and strategically sound;

• Apply concepts of supervisory management, team building, personnel selection and development, decision-making, resource allocation, conflict resolution, and strategic planning to the solving of individual, team/group, and organizational problems;

• Explain the importance of attracting, managing, and motivating a globally-diverse workforce;

• Improve individual and organizational performance by applying the appropriate leadership theories and processes in practice; and

• Evaluate the appropriateness of leadership behaviors in given situations, and make suggestions for improving those behaviors.

Admission

Candidates for this certificate are required to be formally admitted by the IUPUI Office of Admissions, but are not required to be a student in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. Some credit may be given for applicable courses taken at other colleges and universities. Credits earned while completing this certificate may be subsequently applied toward either the A.S. or B.S. degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS). However, students with a declared major in OLS are not eligible to earn the Leadership Studies certificate, due to curricular redundancy. To receive a certificate, ALL students must complete the appropriate paper work including a student information form and graduation application prior to registration for the final OLS course.

Prerequisites

English W131 and Communication R110 are encouraged prerequisites for enrollment in OLS 252, 263, and 274, and are required prerequisites for enrolling in any 300- or 400-level OLS course.

Curriculum

Students are required to successfully complete the following courses in order to earn the certificate in Leadership Studies :

Course Title Credit Hours

OLS 252* Human Behavior in Organizations 3

OLS 263* Ethical Decisions in Leadership 3

OLS 274* Applied Leadership 3

OLS 327 Leadership for a Global Workforce 3

OLS 390 Leadership Theories and Processes 3

OLS 3xx Any OLS 300- or 400-level Selective Course 3

Total Hours 18

(*OLS 252, 263, and 274 must be taken prior to any other OLS course.)

Course Descriptions

OLS 252 Human Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.)

Studies the bases of human relations and organization of individual and group behavior. Special emphasis is placed on typical supervisory relationships.

OLS 263 Ethical Decisions in Leadership (3 cr.)

This class is for students interested in discussing and contemplating the difficult legal and ethical situations facing managers in all sizes and types of organizations. Students in this class will read and discuss a variety of writings on ethics in the workplace and also analyze both written and videotaped legal/ethical scenarios.

OLS 274 Applied Leadership (3 cr.)

Introduction to and overview of the fundamental concepts of supervision. Emphasis is on the supervisor's major functions and essential areas of knowledge, relations with others, and personal development.

OLS 327 Leadership for a Global Workforce (3 cr.)

Variety of organizational leadership issues including expatriate assignments, international business strategies and their culture and managerial implications, and a review of business and management practices around the world.

OLS 390 Leadership Theories and Processes (3 cr.)

Knowledge and applied leadership skills essential for establishing and continuously improving organizational effectiveness by forestalling and solving workplace problems.

OLS 3xx Any 300- or 400-level OLS Selective Course (3 cr.)

Course to be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor, based on a student's area of interest.