PM 540: Human Resources and Leadership Skills

• 3.00 Credit Hours

• On Campus

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a vast and varied topic with many standards of practice and regulatory guidance. The HRM field of study is also vast, and includes corporate training on specific topics, certificate programs, and even doctoral degrees. HR management can be defined as the effective use of human capital in an organization through the management of people-related activities. At its core, HRM involves leadership, values, employment planning, recruitment, training, compensation, performance appraisal, and many other topics. Human Resource Management is a central function of any organization, including churches and ministries. However, it can also be argued that one of the most overlooked areas in churches and ministries is HRM. Indeed, for many students this course may be the only HRM course they take. All ministry leaders, no matter the size of the organization, play an integral role in carrying out HRM policies and practices in their organization with the stated purpose of achieving the ministry’s mission and objectives. Thus, the overall goal of PM 540 HR and Leadership Skills is for ministry leaders to learn the basic principles and acquire the basic skills of human resource management.As a result of completing this course, the student will: 1. Fulfill the mandate of 2 Tim. 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth” and Col 3:23 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” (ESV). (unmeasured) 2. Examine key HRM functions within the student-identified ministry leadership role and through the lens of a biblical worldview. 3. Examine the challenges of key HR functions faced by ministry leaders. 4. Evaluate current and relevant HRM sources useful to ministry leaders for inclusion in a personal bibliography and for use during the course. 5. Develop a personal theology of HRM by assessing biblical references and commentary as related to today’s HRM challenges. 6. Create a human resource management plan that addresses personnel hiring, training, compensation and benefits, and personnel retention specific to the identified ministry leadership role and through the lens of a biblical worldview.