This course is designed as a refresher course for students who need to brush up on their human resource knowledge and want to get a broad overview of the six functional areas of the HR Body of Knowledge: Business Management and Strategy, Workforce Planning and Employment, Human Resource Development, Compensation and Benefits, Employee and Labor Relations, and Risk Management.

The $$Comprehensive Overview of Human Resource Management$$ course is also designed to help students who are preparing for the PHR$/$SPHR examinations. Achieving the PHR$/$SPHR certification helps you to establish professional credibility by demonstrating mastery of the HR Body of Knowledge and a visible reminder to coworkers and senior management of the holder$$s expertise.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

Use your study aids to create a study plan and approach.

Become familiar with the HR knowledge specific to the HR function area.

Reinforce the information as weekly study aids are prepared.

Instructions

Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

During the assigned weekly readings and after answering the review questions at the end of each chapter:

Develop your own study aids, e$.$g$.,3$x$5$ cards or Quizlet$($new tab$)$ for study notes. You may also use this template$($Word document$)$ if you prefer. You may choose any style of study notes you like, but the following must be included for at least $20$ items:

HR functional areas

Page number from where the information is drawn

Question$/$answer

Work or term$/$definition