Unit 6 Overview: HR Management (HRD) and HR Development (HRD) vs. The HR Departm

Unit 6 Overview: HR Management (HRD) and HR Development (HRD) vs. The HR Department / The balance between advocating for the organization and the employees
Introduction
During Unit 6, the emphasis will be on the difference between HR Management (Daily management of staff in the workcenter) and the HR Department (the administrative functions of the HR Department). The difference is critical to understanding the joint responsibilities of workplace supervisor and HR professionals.
Unit Learning Objectives
ULO#1: Compare and contrast HR development and HR Administration
ULO#2: Understand the similarities and differences of the workcenter supervisors and HR professionals
Unit 6: Discussion
Introduction
Students are required to participate in the discussion area each week. Discussions will involve students finding and presenting material upon which classmates will reflect and discuss.
Directions
Post a summary of a current article related to course ULOs (see example in thread). At the end of the summary post a question. Both the question and summary are required to be based on an article, book, video, podcast, or any other current (less than 4 years old) material relevant to the current unit’s key topic. You are encouraged to use the Park course library to find an article. The article must support a business case for HR management.
Each student must post a question based on their article no later than Tuesday of each week in order to receive full discussion points. If you miss the Tuesday deadline ten percent will be deducted from the final discussion grade for the week. The Tuesday deadline enhances the discussion area and provides others with an opportunity to comment on your posts. Each student must also respond (reply) to at least two other student’s posted questions, a student’s response to a question, or to instructor input. Two peer responses are due each week.
All summaries must be accompanied by a question directly related to the selected article. There is no length requirement for the question. However, the question must be comprehensive (a summary analysis of the key article points followed by a question that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no response.
The peer responses are required to be comprehensive and clearly state your reason for agreeing or disagreeing with the post in a professional manner. Peer responses are not just short responses like: “I agree.” Peer responses must include data or other information that makes an HR business case for the response (with at least one source for support).