Mar 29, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NUR 6130 - Advanced Leadership and Human Capital

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course focuses on providing students with the knowledge and skills necessary for advanced leadership in managing direct contacts. Students will learn the necessary skills for successful recruiting, onboarding, and retention of employees to provide a diverse workforce. They will examine the role of human resources as it relates to compensation, benefits, legal and regulatory issues. Emphasis is placed on effective communication including feedback, crucial conversations, and conflict management. The importance of documentation in relation to performance assessment, development, and termination are explored. This course includes twenty hours of immersion practicum hours. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Assess applicable employment law related to decisions on recruitment, selection, discipline, promotion, and separation from the organization
  • Examine the impact of compensation and benefits on recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction
  • Collaborate with Human Resources regarding job descriptions, pay and criteria on which to base hiring decisions and develop a comprehensive recruitment and selection plan
  • Construct strategies to build a diverse and person-centered workforce
  • Differentiate issues related to performance management by articulating clear expectations, monitoring performance, and coaching for improvement
  • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to effectively negotiate conflict and crucial conversations
  • Analyze and critique the importance of documentation as it relates to legal risks to the organization

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Recruiting 
  • Onboarding 
  • Retention 
  • Compensation and benefits 
  • Unions 
  • Legal and regulatory issues 
  • Intergenerational and aging workforce 
  • Conflict management 
  • Performance assessment 
  • Terminating staff 
  • Employee engagement 
  • Professional development and compliance
  • Leadership development and succession planning 
  • Human Resources 
  • Direct reports 
  • Crucial conversations 
  • Chain of command 
  • Giving and receiving feedback 
  • Documentation 
  • Managing system change  

Coordinator
Dr. Victoria Carlson Oehlers



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