Lesson series

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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Course Overview

This course introduces learners to the principles and practices of human resource management and its role in building effective, ethical, and inclusive organizations. Through real-world examples, applied activities, and structured lessons, students explore how organizations recruit, develop, motivate, and retain talent while complying with legal and ethical standards. The course emphasizes practical workforce management skills and strategic thinking to support organizational performance and employee well-being.

What You’ll Learn

By completing this course, learners will be able to:
  • Understand the role of human resource management in organizational success
  • Analyze workforce planning, recruitment, and selection processes
  • Apply principles of training, performance management, and employee development
  • Understand compensation, benefits, and motivation strategies
  • Recognize legal, ethical, and diversity considerations in human resource practices
  • Apply human resource concepts to real-world workplace scenarios

Learning Experience

This course includes a mix of:
  • Structured, lesson-based instruction
  • Real-world human resource management examples and case studies
  • Applied activities related to workforce planning and employee relations
  • Interactive discussions and scenario-based analysis
  • Assessments designed to reinforce practical HR knowledge and decision-making 

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, learners will have a foundational understanding of human resource management and the ability to apply HR principles in organizational settings. Students will be prepared to support effective people management, ethical workplace practices, and workforce development in professional, entrepreneurial, or academic contexts.

Course contents

Course instructor

Dr. Dawn Lindsey

Dr. Dawn Lindsey’s entrepreneurial journey began at age seven, when she first earned money guiding blind community members through town. Raised by a mother who successfully ran multiple home-based businesses with only a second-grade education, she learned early that ingenuity, determination, and work ethic create opportunity. Despite not completing high school, she founded Malotane Building Services, becoming one of the first Black woman-owned construction companies in South Africa and earning international recognition for her leadership in housing development. After immigrating to the United States with just $2,000 and her youngest child, she built Next Generation Fuel into one of the few Black woman-owned oil and gas companies supplying Fortune 500 organizations and later founded Vari-Tek LLC, serving infrastructure and construction markets.

Alongside building multiple successful companies, Dr. Lindsey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, a PhD in Public Policy, and a Doctoral Certificate in Educational Leadership, and she is a licensed Business Educator with the Indiana Department of Education. Drawing on decades of business leadership and lived experience, she created the accredited Youth Entrepreneurial System (YES), the foundation of IndyEXCEL’s business education model, designed to equip youth and aspiring entrepreneurs with practical skills, economic knowledge, and pathways to ownership, independence, and generational wealth.