Official Indiana University seal   Indiana University South Bend
 

Extended Learning Services

Personal and Professional Development


 
   
 Skip Left Navigation

 

Human Resource Practitioner Certificate

Welcome to Continuing Education 

Professional and Personal Development

Ready, Relevant, Right Now Learning 

Note: All times listed are South Bend Time

Spring 2008
Extend Catalog

Home

Enrollment Form

Spring 2008 Class Schedule

Online Classes

Classes to help you down the Human Resource pathway     Working with people

Human Resource Classes - Spring 2008

Introduction to HR Management

Employee Relations: How to Keep Good Employees

Understanding Total Compensation

SHRM Certification Preparation with SHRM Learning System

Human Resources Best Practices . . .

Performance Management Workshop

Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Workshop

Federal Wage Garnishment Law, Consumer Protection Act's Title 3 (CCPA)

FMLA - Expanded Version

ONLINE OPTION

Introduction to HR Management
(formerly Human Resource Management: Roles and Responsibilities)


This part-live, part-online instruction, comprehensive introductory course is designed for early career human resource professionals, those exploring HR as a career field, line managers with HR responsibilities and HR professionals whose experience has been in a single function area such as staffing or benefits. Class will meet five times on campus and have application exercises and online discussion during the weeks that class is not meeting.

Topics include:

 Employment law

Recruiting, selecting and retaining the right employees

•  Benefits administration and total compensation

Performance management

Safety and health

Current trends and issues facing human resource
    professionals.

Note: Required for the Human Resource Practitioner Certificate; anyone may enroll. Computer and internet access necessary.


Instructor: Mike Nicholas, PHR, M.A., DeVry University, vice president, human resources, First Resource Federal Credit Union

 

1W-0072A: Thursdays., Feb. 7 - March 27,  6:00 - 8:30 p.m.; 20 hours/2.0 CEUs; Room: GR102 NEW ROOM

$240 (includes extensive materials and parking)
Class meets on campus 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 3/27

 

To receive a 10% Early Bird Enrollment Discount, payment  must be received by 5 p.m. on January 28.

 

Click here to Enroll Online

 

 


Employee Relations: How to Keep Good Employees                          


Develop an awareness of effective practices and trends in participative management.

 

Topics include:

Shaping and measuring attitudes

Coaching and counseling techniques

•  Orientation methods

Training and development programs

Performance appraisals

Labor relations

 

Note: Required for the Human Resource Practitioner certificate; anyone may enroll.

 

Instructor: Cathy A. Simon, director,  human resources, Robert Weed Plywood Corp.; experienced human resource manager and instructor.

 

ELKHART

1W-0010A: 8 Tues., Jan. 29 - March 18, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.; 20 hours/2.0 CEUs; Room: IU South Bend Elkhart

Center, A219

$240  (includes extensive materials and parking)

 

To receive a 10% Early Bird Enrollment Discount, payment  must be received by 5 p.m. on January 28.

 

Click here to Enroll Online

 


Understanding Total Compensation


Explore effective company plans that include insurance and retirement plans, leave policies, promotion opportunities, and more. Learn all aspects of total compensation including:

Costing and wage influencers

Legal aspects

•  Job analysis and evaluation

Salary surveys and market pricing

Benefits administration

 

 

Note: Required for the Human Resource Practitioner certificate; anyone may enroll.

 

Instructor: Paula Wood, SPHR, PHR, HR specialist, Reflex Industries

 

1W-0011A: 8 Wed., Feb. 13 - Apr. 2, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.; 20 hours/2.0 CEUs; Room: NS0036 - March 26 and April 2 - in Elkhart Room 215

$240  (includes extensive materials and parking)

 

To receive a 10% Early Bird Enrollment Discount, payment  must be received by 5 p.m. on January 28.

 

Click here to Enroll Online

 


Performance Management - WORKSHOP               NEW


Learn to interactively introduce the steps involved in developing a professionally sound, legally defensible performance management system.

You will also learn how to:

• formulate appraisal scales based upon specific
    observable job behaviors and/or work outcomes

• Use the performance management system as a
    motivational tool
• Conduct the appraisal review session

• Use appropriate discipline and behavioral plans with the
    performance management system.

Instructor: Charles Hobson, Ph.D., Purdue University; professor, management, Indiana University Northwest; over 20 years of training, consulting, and management development.

 

ELKHART
1W-2091A: Tues., March 18, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

6 hours/.6 CEU;
Site: IU South Bend Elkhart Center, A215

$250 (includes materials, parking, refreshments; lunch on your own)

 

Click here to Enroll Online

Receive a ten percent discount with three or more one-day workshop enrollments`
OR take the 10% Early Bird Discount (due 1/28)


Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace      WORKSHOP


Ensure your organization has an effective sexual harassment prevention program based upon EEOC guidelines. Workshop uses self-assessment, workplace scenarios, behavior science research, model policies, and federal court decisions to give you a comprehensive legal framework from which to determine your own program.

• Critical roles of supervisors/ managers in dealing
    effectively with workplace sexual harassment

• A research-based must have checklist
• Underlying psychological issues, consequences, and
    impact

• Fundamental rights and responsibilities
• Guidelines on responding to sexual harassment in the
    workplace

 Instructor: Charles Hobson, Ph.D., Purdue University; professor, management, Indiana University Northwest; over 20 years of training, consulting, and management development.
 

ELKHART

Sorry, this class is no  longer available.
Click here for September Class.

1W-2181A: Fri., May 16, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.;
6 hours/.6 CEU

 Site: IU South Bend Elkhart Center, A215

$250 (includes materials parking, refreshments; lunch on your own)

 

 

 

Receive a ten percent discount with three or more one-day workshop enrollments`
OR take the 10% Early Bird Discount (due 1/28)


The Federal Wage Garnishment Law, Consumer Protection Act's Title 3 (CCPA)


Any employer, supervisor, human resource or compensation professional that has responsibility for payroll that is subject or may be subject to a garnishment should attend this program. Find out how much can be garnished from an employee's paycheck and what protection an employee has from termination.

Instructor: Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

 

ELKHART

Sorry, this class is no longer available.

1W-0841A: Tues., March 11, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. ; 2.5 hours/.25 CEU; Site: IU South Bend Elkhart Center, A215

$50 (includes materials and parking; no additional discount)

 

Click here to Enroll Online

 


FMLA - Expanded Version


Get your questions answered direct from the source. A U.S. Department of Labor representative explains coverage, eligibility, rights, and responsibilities.

Instructor: Danielle Kline, Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

 

 

ELKHART

1W-2360A: class postponed to Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., 4 hours/.4 CEU; Site: IU South Bend Elkhart Center, A221

$50 (includes materials and parking; no additional discount) 

 

Click here to Enroll Online

 

    ONLINE OPTIONS

Human Resources for Healthcare Professionals

This program provides a comprehensive human resource management foundation, grounded in practice, for those who intend to work or are working in healthcare settings.

$1995/80 hours

www.iusb.edu/~cted/online

Start anytime

 

 


  

IU South Bend Extended Learning Services | 574-520-4261 | 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, IN 46615
 
Contact Us