Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

Human Resource Management Concentration

The Human Resource Management concentration fully prepares individuals to assume HR responsibilities in a variety of organizational settings. HR professionals add value to their organizations when they understand how business operates. That can help them adapt HR activities to changing business conditions. Knowing the financial, strategic, technological and organizational capabilities of an organization are necessary conditions of entry into any strategic discussion. HR professionals who are knowledgeable exclusively in industrial, employee or human relations may be fully competent in their discipline but still fail to understand the essentials of business. The HR competence encompassed by the phrase knowledge of the business is not the ability to do all business functions, but the ability to understand them.

The HR concentration is designed to help HR professionals contribute to organizational goals, employee performance and employee satisfaction via the understanding and application of:

  • Legal and ethical principles that are related to human resource activities
  • Fair and accurate staffing procedures to attract, hire and fire employees
  • Efficient and equitable pay and benefits that attract retain and motivate employees
  • Training and development programs for personal and organizational growth
  • Skills for teamwork, empowerment and conflict resolution

Requirements

To complete the concentration, students must take two of the following three courses

  • RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION (MGT 523)
  • TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT (MGT 525)
  • COMPENSATION (MGT 526)

Additionally, students must choose one course from among the following.

  • LIFE AND CAREER PLANNING (MGT 529) 
  • NEGOTIATION SKILLS (MGT 563)
  • EMPLOYMENT LAW (MGT 565)
  • SPECIAL TOPICS (MGT 798)

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