Degree Specialization inHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Discover how you can effectively direct people and successfully staff organizations in today’s dynamic global marketplace.

Become a pivotal part of a large or small organization. Prepare yourself to earn your HR certification from the HR Certification Institute through this program.

You will identify the strategic roles of human resource function within an organization, understand the principles and values associated with creating high-performance work systems, develop skills to measure an individual's and an organization's performance, and recognize key issues facing the human resource industry today.

This program consists of four graduate online human resource management courses for a total of 12 credit hours.

• HRM500: Managing Human Resources

  Analyze the implications of the recruitment, staffing, evaluation and development of employees in the strategic management of a high performance workforce. Examine the economics of labor and the effects of legislative and legal decisions in the administration and management of employees.

• HRM515: Legal and Human Resource Dimensions of Business Management

  This course emphasizes the legal, human resource, and regulatory controls that define, promote and limit business practices. The legal ramifications are presented as a mechanism managers can use to resolve conflict, infer guidelines for conduct, and create bases for expectations. Fundamental interactions of law, ethics, and corporate social responsibility are emphasized. Topic areas include the business legal system, ethics, employer-employee relationship, contracts, small business ownership, and the legal environment of international business.

• HRM540: Maximizing Human Capital

  This course explores the value, utilization, and development of human capital, with a specific concentration on structuring an organization and developing innovative training programs that maximize organizational and human potential. Students explore strategies human resource professionals can utilize to raise employee motivation and job satisfaction, as well as assist employees in achieving the proper life/work balance. A key focus is to research concepts and practices that adapt organizational structures and processes to better conform to, utilize, and take advantage of employee potential. Recommended Prior Course: HRM500.

• HRM560: Staffing and Talent Development

  This course is an examination of the managerial and leadership responsibilities related to employee career management as well as personal and professional growth. Students explore strategies for training and staff development in order to better understand the importance of deploying human resources, developing core competencies, and promoting a learning culture to better compete in a competitive economy. This course also explores the changing educational, demographic, economic, and societal factors that impact recruitment, and students develop a comprehensive and innovative strategy to recruit the most talented applicants in the workplace.