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ADC 446 
Staffing and Performance Management

Note With Regards to Course Manual & Assignments: unlike your other P.A.C.E. courses, there will be no assignments due prior to the start of the course or due for Module #1.  Also unlike your other P.A.C.E. courses, you will obtain the course manual from Houghton's Course Management System (Synapse) once available.  You will receive an email from your instructor or academic advisor once available.

This online course will be arranged in five learning modules.  Each module will be two weeks in length.  Each module will consist of reading, online dialoguing, and additional assignments to enhance your learning.

Course Description
Examination of recruiting, selection, and performance appraisal and an understanding of all facets of performance management including training and development, developing reward systems, performance measurement, equal employment practices, counseling and promotion processes.  Discussions will also include strategies to recruit, retain and develop a diverse workforce.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Jonathan Hilsher

Mr. Jonathan Hilsher
P.A.C.E. Instructor
BA, Political Science, Messiah College, 1995
MS, Non Profit Management, Eastern University, 2006
jonathan.hilsher@houghton.edu

Course Delivery Method
This course will be entirely online.  However, online learning is not alone learning.  The course will be extremely interactive to include a good measure of asynchronous dialogue.  This is a type of written dialogue where you post comments that other students and the instructor will respond to and a threaded conversations will be started and continued. There will be various threaded conversations throughout the course.

Online Learning Information: outline of online courses and strategies for being successful in an online course.

The course will be delivered through Synapse, Houghton's (CRM) Course Management System.

Enter Synapse

Note: you will need your Houghton College Username & Password to access Synapse.  If you have misplaced your credentials, please contact the P.A.C.E. Office at: pace@houghton.edu