Human Resource Management and Organizational Effectiveness, Master of Science
Employees are said to be an organization’s greatest asset and its most valuable competitive advantage. In today’s global and complex markets human resource professionals are taking a more strategic role than ever. It’s critical to understand how to attract, train, develop and retain the best people. Accelerated weekend format. 36 credits.
The program is ideal for individuals who want to acquire or update their core competencies and general business education, while equipping themselves with the specialized tools to thrive in their career path as HR professionals. Courses are taught with academic rigor by an outstanding faculty who are practicing leaders in their fields and exceptional educators who bring real-world experience and networking opportunities into the classroom.
Whether as a human resources business partner or organizational effectiveness strategist, we offer two concentrations to enhance your career track:
Human Resource Management – Become an HR business partner who manages a broad range of HR activities in an organizational setting. Delve deep into total rewards, employee and labor relations, HR legal and regulatory environments, HR technologies, and more. Completing this track prepares you for careers in recruiting, benefits, compensation, training, professional development and labor relations.
Organizational Effectiveness – Take on more focused consultative HR roles in a corporation. Gain an in-depth background in organizational learning and executive coaching, organizational assessment, analysis and change, human capital analytics and analytical tools for decision making. Completing this track prepares students to be true business partners and to prepare for roles such as Leadership and Talent Development and Human Resources Strategist.
Required Courses
Seven required courses
Human Resources Concentration
Human Resource Management – Become an HR business partner who manages a broad range of HR activities in an organizational setting. Delve deep into total rewards, employee and labor relations, HR legal and regulatory environments, HR technologies, and more. Completing this track prepares you for careers in recruiting, benefits, compensation, training, professional development and labor relations.
(Students take all four courses)
Organizational Effectiveness Concentration
Organizational Effectiveness – Take on more focused consultative HR roles in a corporation. Gain an in-depth background in organizational learning and executive coaching, organizational assessment, analysis and change, human capital analytics and analytical tools for decision making. Completing this track prepares students to be true business partners and to prepare for roles such as Leadership and Talent Development and Human Resources Strategist.
(Students take all four courses)
| HROE 5701 | Organizational Learning and Executive Coaching | 3 |
| HROE 5702 | Organizational Assessment, Analyis and Change | 3 |
| HROE 5703 | Human Capital Analytics | 3 |
| MGPS 5040 | Analytical and Financial Tools for Decision Making | 3 |
Internship or Approved Elective (One course)
With pre-approval, students may select one graduate course within The School of Business that is consistent with their professional goals. Courses in their non-selected concentration area in the Human Resource Management or Organizational Effectiveness degree are also eligible.
Notes:
- Students are required to maintain a cumulative · GPA of 3.0 (B).
- There is a five-year limit for completion of the program.