Management 4322: Employee Selection/Placement

The purpose of MGT 4322 is to introduce the student to employee selection and placement issues including staffing requirements, recruitment strategies, development and validation of selection procedures, classification and placement of employees, problems associated with person-job matching and socialization of new employees. Further, the class also exposes students to organizational/strategic implications of staffing issues/decisions and methods for evaluating staffing effectiveness.

The service-learning component requires students to apply established principles of employee selection in a nonprofit setting as part of the course project. Specifically, the service activity will involve working with Volunteer Baton Rouge! to conduct a formal task-based job analysis and develop a structured selection interview for specific jobs identified by the organization.

The experience will expose students to real-world application of selection concepts and allow them to see that application of theory is not always straightforward or clear-cut. Further, the work will take place within a non-profit organization and will expose students to the realities of community service (limited resources, competing demands, etc.) and to community needs. It will also bring to light the professional and ethical issues inherent in HR work.