Syllabus for HRM-763
PROFESSIONAL AND ATTORNEY RELATIONSHIP
Professional and Attorney Relationship analyzes the multi-dimensional partnership between human resource professionals and legal counsel. Learners examine key elements of law with focus on deductive thinking, fact patterning and modes of legal expression. Learners evaluate the foundational tenets of legal training, in turn enabling them to engage legal counsel with increased knowledge, competencies and skills relative to building effective and equal partnership relations.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
You will need the following materials to do the work of the course. The required textbook is available from the University's textbook supplier, MBS Direct.
ISBN-13: 9781111972196
Links to online articles, web resources and videos that contain information you will need to complete study assignments are provided in the individual modules.
Professional and Attorney Relationship is a three-credit online course, consisting of four modules. Modules include topics, objectives, study materials, and assignments. Module titles are listed below:
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in online discussion forums, complete a written assignments in the form of a case study, take part in an oral argument, and produce a final project in the form of a handbook describing the ideal relationship between the HRM professional and legal counsel . See below for more details.
Consult the Course Calendar for due dates.
In addition to an ungraded Introductions Forum, you are required to participate in nine graded online class discussions.
Communication with your mentor and among fellow students is a critical component of online learning. Participation in online class discussions involves two distinct activities: an initial response to a discussion question and at least two subsequent comments on classmates' responses.
All of these responses must be substantial. Meaningful participation is relevant to the content, adds value, and advances the discussion. Comments such as "I agree" and "ditto" are not considered value-adding participation. Therefore, when you agree or disagree with a classmate or your mentor, state and support your position.
You will be evaluated on the quality and quantity of your participation, including your use of relevant course information to support your point of view, and your awareness of and responses to the postings of your classmates. Remember, these are discussions: responses and comments should be properly proofread and edited, mature, and respectful.
Professional and Attorney Relationship: Engagement, Management, and Partnership has one written assignment which involves a case study. It is described more fully in Module 1 of the course.
For the criteria used to grade your case study, see: Case Study Rubric .
For the assignment topics and questions, see the Modules area of the course Web site. Due dates for each assignment are listed in the course Calendar. Your answers to the assignment questions should be well developed and convey your understanding of the readings and concepts. They should also adequately answer the questions posed. If you need help in writing, take a look at The Writing Center: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Also, formulate responses in your own words. Do not merely copy answers from your reading materials. When quoting or paraphrasing from the text or other sources, be sure to cite the source of information properly according to APA guidelines (see also Basic Documentation Rules). Caselaw should be cited in according to Bluebook guidelines. If you have further questions, your mentor will guide you in accordance with the correct style of documentation.
Prepare your written assignments using whatever word processing program you have on your computer. Include your name at the top of the paper, as well as the course name and code and the semester and year in which you are enrolled.
Before submitting your assignment, check with your mentor to determine whether your word processing software is compatible with your mentor's software. If so, you can submit your work as you prepared it. If not, save your assignment as a rich-text (.rtf) file, using the Save As command of your software program. Rich text retains basic formatting and can be read by any other word processing program.
Students will participate in two synchronous events that will take place as web conferences (Modules 2 and 3). Your mentor will work with your class to arrange a time that works best for everyone. To access the event, click the Collaboration Space link in the Edison Live! section of the course site a few minutes before the designated time. Use the following link for directions and helpful videos about how to use the Edison Live! tool in Moodle.
In module 2 you will prepare to discuss the relationship of HRM professional and legal counsel. Specific questions for you to focus on are provided. In module 3, you will prepare an oral argument. The class will be divided into teams and provided with a fact pattern. A web conference will take place in Module 3 where each team will be afforded the opportunity to present their argument to the Court (instructor). Each team presents separately. Arguments will be ten minutes each followed by the Court’s (instructor) questioning. You may have one person, two people or the entire team present your case. Instructor questions will be directed at the team and not to any particular member of the team but all are free to answer (not just the presenters). Focus your arguments on law, policy and societal implications in your efforts to persuade the court. Following the question and answer will be a "de-briefing" discussion about the alignment of organizational mission, legal compliance and respect for people.
This course does not have a midterm or a final examination. Instead you are required to write and submit at the end of the semester Final Project in the form of a five page handbook that describes the ideal relationship between the HRM professional and legal counsel, and through the use of examples, shows how this type of relationship can be implemented.
This project is designed to enable you to synthesize what you have learned about yourself as a leader or potential leader during the course and allows you to outline a developmental plan to help you to become the leader you want to be.
For details about this handbook, consult the Final Project: The Perfect Relationship Handbook area of the course. For due dates, consult the Course Calendar.
Your handbook should be well developed and convey your understanding of the readings and concepts.
Your handbook should be organized, coherent, and unified; it should also be free of spelling and grammatical errors. If you need help in writing such a paper, take a look at The Writing Center: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
If you have questions about the requirements of the final project, be sure to discuss them with your mentor well in advance of the final submission.
If you are interested in knowing how your final project will be graded, click the Rubric for Final Project link. It shows the standards for grading, telling you what would constitute an "A" paper, a "B" paper, and so on.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:
All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
A | = | 93–100 | B | = | 83–87 | |
A– | = | 90–92 | C | = | 73–82 | |
B+ | = | 88–89 | F | = | Below 73 |
To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or higher on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., assignments, discussion postings, projects, etc.). Graduate students must maintain a B average overall to remain in good academic standing.
To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:
Consider the following study tips for success:
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Thomas Edison State University is committed to helping students understand the seriousness of plagiarism, which is defined as using the work and ideas of others without proper citation. The University takes a strong stance against plagiarism, and students found to be plagiarizing are subject to discipline under the academic code of conduct policy.
If you copy phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or whole documents word-for-word—or if you paraphrase by changing a word here and there—without identifying the author, or without identifying it as a direct quote, then you are plagiarizing. Please keep in mind that this type of identification applies to Internet sources as well as to print-based sources. Copying and pasting from the Internet, without using quotation marks and without acknowledging sources, constitutes plagiarism. (For information about how to cite Internet sources, see Online Student Handbook > Academic Standards > “Citing Sources.”)
Accidentally copying the words and ideas of another writer does not excuse the charge of plagiarism. It is easy to jot down notes and ideas from many sources and then write your own paper without knowing which words are your own and which are someone else’s. It is more difficult to keep track of each and every source. However, the conscientious writer who wishes to avoid plagiarizing never fails to keep careful track of sources.
Always be aware that if you write without acknowledging the sources of your ideas, you run the risk of being charged with plagiarism.
Clearly, plagiarism, no matter the degree of intent to deceive, defeats the purpose of education. If you plagiarize deliberately, you are not educating yourself, and you are wasting your time on courses meant to improve your skills. If you plagiarize through carelessness, you are deceiving yourself.
For examples of unintentional plagiarism, advice on when to quote and when to paraphrase, and information about writing assistance and originality report checking, click the links provided below.
Examples of Unintentional Plagiarism
When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
Writing Assistance at Smarthinking
Originality Report Checking at Turnitin
Acts of both intentional and unintentional plagiarism violate the Academic Code of Conduct.
If an incident of plagiarism is an isolated minor oversight or an obvious result of ignorance of proper citation requirements, the mentor may handle the matter as a learning exercise. Appropriate consequences may include the completion of tutorials, assignment rewrites, or any other reasonable learning tool in addition to a lower grade for the assignment or course. The mentor will notify the student and appropriate dean of the consequence by e-mail.
If the plagiarism appears intentional and/or is more than an isolated incident, the mentor will refer the matter to the appropriate dean, who will gather information about the violation(s) from the mentor and student, as necessary. The dean will review the matter and notify the student in writing of the specifics of the charge and the sanction to be imposed.
Possible sanctions include:
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