Course

HR Metrics and Total Rewards

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Business
Course code
BUSN 3354
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
35
Method(s) of instruction
Hybrid
Online
Lecture
Seminar
Course designation
None
Industry designation
CPHR
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course prepares students to understand the theory and application of human resources metrics. The students will develop critical thinking and knowledge of HR metrics that would be essential to interpreting HR data in the decision making process. This course will also help students to recognize various reward systems to build and maintain a competitive workforce. The students will learn how to develop an effective compensation strategy to create strong employer branding.
Course content

HR Metrics

Focus Topics:

  1. Challenges and opportunities of optimal decision making and advanced analytics
  2. Collaboration, cooperation, and reciprocity
  3. Value creation and advanced analytics
  4. Human science and selection decisions
  5. Human science and incentives 

Total Rewards

Focus Topics:

  1. Strategy, rewards, and behaviour
  2. Formulating reward and compensation strategy
  3. Determining compensation values
  4. Designing performance pay and indirect pay plans
  5. Implementing, managing, evaluating, and adapting the compensation system
Learning activities

Lectures, discussions, small-group discussions and/or exercises, case studies, videos, role plays, guest speakers (optional), simulations (optional) and/or project(s).

Means of assessment
Term Project(s) 15% - 25%
Term Tests and/or Quizzes 20% - 25%
Final Examination 20% - 25%
Cases, Assignments and/or Presentations 20% - 25%
Participation 0% - 10%
Total  100%

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the ºÚÁϱ¬ÁÏÍø Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.