Business and Financial Literacy for HR Professionals   [Archived Catalog]
2011-2012 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook with Addendum
   

IO 534 - Business and Financial Literacy for HR Professionals


This course is designed to give students the basic terminology, logic, and framework to understand business thinking and decisions.  The first part of the class will look at what information a business collects and how it uses that information.  The second part of the course will help students understand how companies make operational decisions.  The goal of the course will be to provide students with the metrics and knowledge to measure human resources (HR) outcomes, to include determining the return on investment for HR initiatives. (3 credits)