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BUS623: Human Capital Management Using Applied Psychology — Study Guide Table of Contents
A self-contained set of study guides synthesizing every reading, discussion prompt, and assignment from BUS 623 — including a full deep-dive guide for each assigned chapter of the course text, so the chapters can be studied entirely from this site. Open a week below to browse its guides, or jump straight to the matching Canvas item.
Weekly Guides
Week 1 Foundations · Applied Psychology & Employment Law 6 guides
Week 1 — Overall Study Guide
Course frame · applied psychology foundations, changing world of work & employment law
Deep-dive: the pervasiveness of organizations, globalization, technology & demographics
Chapter 2 — The Law and Talent Management
Deep-dive: the U.S. legal system, civil rights framework, ADA, case law & enforcement
Applying psychological theory to a workplace you know
Discrimination forms, legal framework, and employer defenses
Chapter 2 + SCOTUS affirmative-action ruling analysis
Week 2 Systems, Criteria & Performance Management 7 guides
Week 2 — Overall Study Guide
The employment-decision process: systems thinking, criteria & performance management
Deep-dive: the talent-management system, utility of decisions & optimizing staffing
Deep-dive: the criterion problem, reliability, dimensionality & performance measures
Chapter 5 — Performance Appraisal and Management
Deep-dive: appraisal formats, rater error, feedback & managing the process
Discussion 1 — Optimizing Staffing Outcomes
Systems-approach view of staffing decisions and their consequences
Discussion 2 — Performance Management System
Designing an appraisal/management system that actually works
Chapters 3–5 applied: interview questions + appraisal design
Week 3 Job Analysis & Strategic Workforce Planning 7 guides
Week 3 — Overall Study Guide
Analyzing jobs & work, strategic workforce planning, emotional intelligence
Chapter 9 — Analyzing Jobs and Work
Deep-dive: job analysis methods, competency modeling & interview construction
Chapter 10 — Strategic Workforce Planning
Deep-dive: the SWP process, talent inventories, forecasting & action plans
Big Five personality traits and their place in planning decisions
Discussion 2 — Strategic Workforce Planning
SWP theory-to-practice; anticipating future staffing requirements
EI quiz + 300-word reflection on emotional intelligence at work
Chapters 9–10 applied: build a workforce plan
Week 4 Recruitment & Selection 6 guides
Week 4 — Overall Study Guide
Staffing: recruitment strategy and selection methods · Amazon case arc begins
Chapter 11 — Recruitment
Deep-dive: the recruitment supply chain, internal/external sources & evaluation
Chapter 12 — Selection Methods
Deep-dive: application data, references, tests, interviews & work samples
Current issues shaping human capital management practice
Predictive analytics applied to people decisions
Amazon case part 1: human capital development in recruiting & selection
Week 5 Training & Development 6 guides
Week 5 — Overall Study Guide
Designing, implementing & evaluating training and development
Deep-dive: training demand, needs assessment, learning principles & transfer design
Deep-dive: training methods, instructional design & measuring outcomes
Discussion 1 — Individual Development Plan
Building a defensible IDP grounded in Chapters 15–16
Discussion 2 — Training Development Design
Design tactics for training transfer that survives the classroom
Amazon case part 2: implement the plan and measure outcomes
Week 6 International Dimensions, Responsibility & Ethics 6 guides
Week 6 — Overall Study Guide
International talent management, organizational responsibility & ethics
Deep-dive: culture models, expatriate cycles & global staffing
Deep-dive: CSR strategy, ethical frameworks & responsible talent management
Discussion 1 — Walmart Case Study
Organizational structure and leadership through the Walmart lens
HRM's response to social responsibility · Edmans TEDx
Final Presentation — Amazon: Reinforcing Culture
The capstone: Amazon case part 3 — culture through human capital development
COURSE REFERENCE
Cascio & Aguinis, Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.)
The required course text. Every assigned chapter (1–5, 9–12, 15–18) has a dedicated deep-dive guide above; the full ebook remains available through the UAGC Library.