BUSM79012
Payroll Management, Introduction to
Sheridan
 
  I: Administrative Information   II: Course Details   III: Topical Outline(s)  Printable Version
 

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Section I: Administrative Information
  Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Spring/Summer 2022
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: PCP Certification and Payroll Experience

Program(s): Certified Payroll Manager
Program Coordinator(s): N/A
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Version: 20220509_00
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Access to course materials and assignments will be available on Sheridan's Learning and Teaching Environment (SLATE). Students will need reliable access to a computer and the internet.

 
 
Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
Introduction to Payroll Management prepares professionals to manage a payroll department by introducing them to the most applicable core management subjects. Based on market research, the course provides the management content and tools required to be a successful manager, such as decision making and project management. It builds on the foundation of a Payroll Compliance Practitioner's experience, knowledge and application of legislative monitoring and effective communication of payroll programs and policies.

Program Context

 
Certified Payroll Manager Program Coordinator(s): N/A
This is a compulsory course for the Certified Payroll Manager program.


Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

  Critical Performance:
This course provides the management content and tools required to be a successful manager, such as decision making and project management.
 
Learning Outcomes:

To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Define the role that strategic, operational, human resources and financial management play in an organization
  2. Demonstrate the ability to monitor, analyze, communicate and implement legislative changes
  3. Analyze situations and apply the appropriate decision making tool
  4. Participate in an organization's risk management process by developing payroll continuity plans
  5. Identify and apply the principles of project management
  6. Define change management in terms of the forces that lead to organizational change
  7. Demonstrate a professional payroll profile by applying privacy principles to the management of payroll information
  8. Analyze ethical situations that may emerge related to compliance and/or human resources situations

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

 Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS
 Assignment 120.0%
 Assignment 220.0%
 Participation20.0%
 Exam40.0%
Total100.0%

Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure:
Students must achieve a minimum of 65% on the final exam mark and 65% on the final course mark in order to pass the course.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:


 

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar

  • Not Eligible for PLAR

 
 
Section III: Topical Outline
Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: Multiple Professors
Resource(s): N/A
Applicable student group(s): Continuing and Part-time Studies students completing the NPI Payroll Certification Programs - Certified Payroll Manager.
Course Details:

N/A



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