Program Requirements
The Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management is an introduction of the competencies needed for the specialized functions of human resources management. Areas of focus include organizational behaviour, strategic human resources management, human resources management legal frameworks, occupational health and safety, and equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Required Courses (9 credits)
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CORG 651 Behaviour in Organizations (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Analysis of individual and group performance and behaviour within an organization. The implications for management and the essential concepts of social psychology, such as motivation, perception, working in teams, well-being, decision-making, communication, conflict management, power and politics, leadership, and organizational culture.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Firsova, Nadège (Fall)
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CORG 551 or CORG 551N1/N2, or CORG 551J1/J2/J3.
Course may be offered in person or online with synchronous and asynchronous components.
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CORG 655 Strategic Human Resources Management.
(3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Study of the relationship between human resources management and business strategy; role of human resources in the organization and alignment with strategic management. Overview of human resources functional areas and the competencies required to become a successful human resources professional; impact of human resources policies, processes, and practices on employees, teams, and organizations, including legal and ethical implications. Green human resources management, hybrid work, equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Daoud, Maha (Fall)
Not open to students who have taken CORG 555.
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CORG 660 Staffing Organizations (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Study of current issues and methodologies used to competitively staff organizations. Focus on using strategic, legal, ethical, and data-driven practices to enhance the staffing process. Topics include human resources planning and succession planning; job analysis and competency profiling; recruitment, selection, and sourcing; organizational effectiveness.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Not open to students who have taken CORG 560.
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits from:
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CORG 653 Employee and Labour Relations (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Industrial relations framework; its legal, political, social, economic, ecological and ethical, subsystems. Processes governing union-management relations, collective bargaining, and dispute resolution; and the roles of executives, supervisors, employees, employee representatives, and Human Resources - Industrial Relations professionals in effective employee relations in unionized and non-unionized environments.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CORG 553.
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CORG 654 Managing Occupational
Health and Safety (3 credits)
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : How to develop, implement, and manage effective health and safety programs; competencies and roles of employees, supervisors, executives, and Human Resources; strategic, legal, and ethical implications of egislation; risk behaviour; socio-psychological aspects of mental and physical health and safety issues; communications and training strategies.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CORG 554.
Or another 600-level course offered by the School of Continuing Studies and approved by the program adviser or academic unit.
