OBE 153

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OBE 153

• Managing Human Resources
• T/TH 900-1015 and 1030-1145
• BRH 204
• Professor Wheeler

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Agenda 1/25/05

• Introductions
• Course Overview
• Syllabus
• Preview Next Class

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About Your Professor

• Personal

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About Your Professor

• Personal
• Education
• Business Experience
• HRM Interests

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About You

• Introduce Yourself to the Class
• Name
• Where are You From?
• Or What Is Your Current Job?
• Are You Upset About Brad and Jenns Impending
  Divorce?

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What Do You Expect from This Class?

• Lets Make a List

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Course Overview

• Where OBE 153 Fits with Your Program of Study
• Elective for General Management, Operations
  Management, RE and Land Use, and Risk Management
• Required for HRM Concentration/Minor
• HRM is Omnipresent in Any Organization
• You all Have Experience
• Cooperative Learning
• You Get Out What You Put In
• Business-Oriented
• Theory vs. Practice
• You Are Professionals

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Syllabus

• Your Guide to This Semester

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Preview of Thursday

• Overview of HRM
• Definitions
• Major Outcomes
• Class Discussion
• Trends in HRM
• Future of HRM
• Assigned Reading
• Ch. 1 in Textbook, Pgs. 4-7 in Reader, and
  Handouts