 Hello, and welcome to sailor.org's Introduction to Human Resources Management course, part of our professional development program of study. The courses in this program are designed for adult learners who want targeted skills that they can immediately apply in a professional setting. Introduction to Human Resource Management is a 10-week online journey, providing you with a general overview of human resources, its principal concepts, and its many applications. These are the folks who oversee an organization's human capital and deal with the recruitment, selection, and training of employees to help make businesses more efficient. But before you begin, let's go over a few general course tips. Some sections in this course will provide you with interactive learning exercises to help apply what you have learned. These are optional, but I highly recommend completing them in order to expand your knowledge of human resources. Finally, to use your studies time most effectively, I suggest that you take notes as you go along. This will help you remember what you've learned for the self-graded quizzes at the end of each unit. And, of course, for the final exam. Let's get started.