SEM 407 - Teams - Making them Truly Effective

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course explores the critical nature of working in teams. Organizations increasingly default to teamwork for strategic issues, quality control, project management, and solving seemingly intractable problems. SEM 407 develops frameworks and techniques for working effectively, efficiently and cooperatively with various people in specialist, team member and leadership roles. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301, 210, or 310.

SEM 607 - Teams - Making them Truly Effective

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course explores the critical nature of working in teams. Organizations of all types are increasingly defaulting to work in teams for strategic issues, quality control, project management, and solving seemly intractable issues. Develops frameworks and techniques for working effectively, efficiently and cooperatively with a wide variety of people in specialist, team member and leadership roles.

SEM 311 - HRM: Managing the Work Force in Canada

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course is a general overview of human resource management issues in organizations. It focuses on reward systems, the design of work, legal issues, union-management relationships, staffing, and training and development. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.

SEM 402 - Leadership Skills

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The purpose of this course is to increase understanding of leadership roles and skill in exercising those roles. These include team building, mentoring, managing conflict, delegating, managing participative decision making, creative problem solving, and time and stress management. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301, 210 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.

SEM 311 - HRM: Managing the Work Force in Canada

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This course is a general overview of human resource management issues in organizations. It focuses on reward systems, the design of work, legal issues, union-management relationships, staffing, and training and development. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.

SEM 402 - Leadership Skills

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

The purpose of this course is to increase understanding of leadership roles and skill in exercising those roles. These include team building, mentoring, managing conflict, delegating, managing participative decision making, creative problem solving, and time and stress management. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301, 210 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.

SEM 413 - Rights in the Work Place

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This is a comprehensive study of rights in the work place. It examines principles of human resource management as guided by statutes and case law by courts and administrative tribunals. Prerequisite: SEM 201, 301 or 310. Open to third- and fourth-year students.

SEM 415 - Staffing

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

This Human Resource Management course is focused on the philosophy and procedures used in obtaining and maintaining an efficient work force. Topics include recruitment, selection and training. Pre- or corequisite: SEM 311. Open to third- and fourth-year students.