Looking for an interesting Fall 2024course to add to your schedule?
Check out thecourses below offered through the School of Management and Labor Relations! Open to all undergraduate students,no prerequisites.
Labor Studies and Employment Relations (575)
Check out all of our undergraduate courses offered for Fall on the Rutgers Schedule of Classes(direct link for 575)
- 37:575:308 Dynamics of Work and Work Organization
Taught by Prof. William Dwyer
Mon. 3:50-6:50pm
Want a certificate in work organization and management? Take this course! It examines the social dynamics of work organizations and their corresponding human relations; corporate organization and teams at work are one focus – whether work is in person or remote. - 37:575:301 Labor and Democracy
Taught by Prof. Tobias Schulze-Cleven
Mon. 2:00pm-5:00pm
Democracy is in crisis in many nations and increasingly problematic in the U.S. What can labor organizations and other progressive social movements do to defend democracy? What is meant by democracy anyway in politics or in the wider society? - 37:575:320 Immigrant Workers & Their Rights/Immigration and Public Policy
Taught by Instr. Andrew Kennis
Synchronous online Wed. 2:00pm-5:00pm
With a focus on the Mexican Border and its drugs, politics and impact via social media, this class considers larger issues. Latin Americans, of course, are only one group of immigrants, but the politics/media surrounding the border affects us all. - NEW1-credit asynchronous online course
37:575:192 Short Topics.Your Job: All Labor Has Dignity
Taught by Instr. John Lavin
Course meets for last 6 weeks online; you must have a job to take this class.
Get credit for your job! Discuss your job with others online and explore how it reflects contemporary issues at work ranging from management styles to worker voice. Talk to others at work as well as other student workers about common concerns, what you are learning from working, and why all work – even menial work – has value and dignity.
Human Resource Management (533)
Check out all of our undergraduate courses offered for Fall on the Rutgers Schedule of Classes(direct link for 533)
- NEW THIS YEAR
37:533:327 Special Topics inHRM: Finding & Evolving Your Purpose-Driven Career
Taught by Instr. Suneet Bhatt
Wed. 10:20am -1:20pm
Imagine a class fully dedicated to helping you understand your unique strengths and point-of-view, and then giving you a forum to practice how you articulate your story in an authentic way –in a job interview, in a grad school application, in a deep conversation with friends and family. Every session will be built around helping you understand and articulate your purpose, using a mix of reading materials, tools, frameworks, assessments, powerful guest speakers – and always, great conversations. - NEW THIS YEAR
37:533:321 Special Topics in HRM: HRM in the Sports Industry
Taught by Prof. Ryan Greenbaum
Wed. 10:20am-1:20pm
Are you a sports fan? Do you get frustrated at how some of the players on your teams perform and wonder why the teams pay some of these athletes the huge salaries they do? Join us as we dig deeper on organizational strategies, compensation, performance evaluations, and more from a sports perspective. This is a fun approach that uses fantasy football and active discussions to learn valuable HRM functions that are used in the sports world and everyday life. - NEW THIS YEAR
37:533:326 Special Topics in HRM: HR Consulting
Taught by Instr. Suneet Bhatt
Wed. 2:00pm-5:00 pm
In this course, students work in small teams to provide consulting services to non-profit organizations, community groups and other local areas. These consulting services may include marketing, program evaluation, strategic planning, or other types of analysis that the organization may need. This is designed to specifically analyze these problems and formulate innovative solutions, and effectively communicate recommendations. The course will blend lecture with hands on learning. Through this process, students learn about the real-world challenges faced by community organizations and gain practical experience in applying their academic knowledge to solve these challenges. Students also learn valuable skills such as communication, teamwork, and project management. There will be a focus on developing those skills considered important by employers. - 37:533:353 Equity Compensation & Employee Ownership
Taught by Instr. Adria Scharf
Synchronous online Wed. 2:00-5:00pm
This is a survey course that explores the variety of ways that businesses can compensate employees with shares of equity, profits, or gains, and the human resource management, employment relations, organizational and individual motivational issues that such practices raise. - 37:624:376 Corporate Governance, Power & Control
Taught by Prof. Joseph Blasi
Tues. 10:20am-1:20pm
This is an introductory survey course that explores the relationship between corporate governance and the economic, social, and political impact of corporations. The wide range of topics covered in this discussion-based course include corporate performance and financial collapses, the role of public stock markets, and debates about public policy and government regulation of the corporation. - 37:533:301 Intro to Human Resource Management
Online and in-person sections offered
Covers the broad range of topics associated with HR management from the perspective of the HR professional, the manager, and the employee. Serves as the base course in the undergradHRM major and minor. For students who hope to become managers or team leaders during their careers, coversissues such as staffing, motivating, and developing team members. - 37:533:317 Career Management
Online and in-person sections offered
Provides an overview of career management topics includingunderstanding self-assessment results, preparing for the job market, understanding the job search process, and maximizing effectiveness in career development. Also coversbasic personal career enhancing skills and topics includingresume writing, interviewing skills, work-life harmony, and relocation.
Management and Work (624)
Check out all of our undergraduate courses offered for Fall on the Rutgers Schedule of Classes (direct link for 624)
- 37:624:345 Organizational Behavior and Work
Various in-person and asynchronous online sections offered
This course explores behavior by individuals and groups in the workplace; group and intergroup dynamics; organizational culture, structure, and change; leadership, employee motivation, job performance, and feedback. - 37:624:348Leadership in the Workplace
Various in-person and asynchronous online sections offered
This course is designed to provide managers with the tools necessary to effectively lead individuals and teams in today’s complex organizational climate. Through simulations, group exercises, discussion, case studies and reading; students will develop their leadership style and capability to supervise, motivate, build teams, manage group dynamics, communicate effectively, and deal with conflict. - 37:624:350 Excel for Management and Work
Taught by Instr. MarcieAnszperger
Tues. 5:40pm-7:00pm - 37:624:364 Diversity and Inclusion
Various in-person and asynchronous online sections offered
This course focuses on how the increasing demographic diversity of American workplaces affects social relations, cultural dynamics, and organizational effectiveness. - 37:624:376Corporate Governance, Power & Control
Taught by Prof. Joseph Blasi
Tues. 10:20am-1:20pm
This is an introductory survey course that explores the relationship between corporate governance and the economic, social, and political impact of corporations. The wide range of topics covered in this discussion-based course include corporate performance and financial collapses, the role of public stock markets, and debates about public policy and government regulation of the corporation.
SMLR Graduate Courses
Are you a SMLR graduate student looking to complete your schedule? Click the links below to view the latest online schedule of classes for the Master of Human Resource Management, Master of Labor and Employment Relations, and graduate certificate programs:
Fall 2024graduate courses in Human Resource Management (38:533)
Fall 2024graduate courses in Labor and Employment Relations (38:578)
Explore aSMLR graduate certificatein:
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
StrategicHuman Resource Management
Labor and Employment Relations
Leading Organizational Change
Public Sector Labor-Management Relations
