Spring 2027

Human Resource Management

Covers HR policies, staffing, training, labor relations, and wages. Focuses on strategy-driven HR management aligned with organizational processes, structure, and culture.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Loren Kuzuhara2.7/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

The course typically included three exams, one group project, and several individual assignments. While the material itself was not considered difficult, some students found the exams challenging due to disorganization or typos.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain strategy-driven human resource management, including how activities must be aligned with processes, structure, culture, and each other.

  • Measure and diagnose human resource-related conditions based on assessment of vertical and horizontal alignment and performance-relevant metrics.

  • Develop and evaluate human resource policies and actions designed to effectively address common human resource challenges.

  • Recognize rights of both employers and employees, ethically and according to major employment laws.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MHR 305 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Loren Kuzuhara

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About this rating

Raw average: 2.63/5 from 238 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 3.9/5 raw quality · 2.2/5 difficulty · 37 reviews

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Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

Loren Kuzuhara taught the course with enthusiasm and a focus on group projects, though students disagreed on exam preparation. Some reported that practice questions were used verbatim or held online Q&A sessions, while others found exams disorganized with questions referencing missing case studies or having different answers than practice sets. Quizzes were also described as difficult to score well on.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.44 GPA, 71.8% A/AB (n=103 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 82.7% A/AB (n=98 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 68.6% A/AB (n=105 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Jean Grube, Borbala Kulcsar

Jean Grube assigned a huge case study project and used daily graded clicker questions, which students found challenging yet engaging. Borbala Kulcsar required a group simulation; one student found her lectures boring and useless, while another praised her as reasonable and approachable regarding grading.

BORBALA KULCSAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEAN GRUBE is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LOREN KUZUHARA is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 450
LEC 100Online Only0 / 500

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

Students found Loren Kuzuhara’s class engaging and fun, with frequent use of pop culture references, jokes, and candy. The instructor is described as enthusiastic and supportive, creating a positive classroom atmosphere.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.44 GPA, 71.8% A/AB (n=103 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.70 GPA, 82.7% A/AB (n=98 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 68.6% A/AB (n=105 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

The course typically included three exams, one group project, and several individual assignments. While the material itself was not considered difficult, some students found the exams challenging due to disorganization or typos.

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

Feedback on exam fairness was mixed; some students noted that practice questions mirrored the actual exams, while others reported discrepancies between practice and final exams or references to untaught case studies.

Topics

  • Employee staffing, training, labor relations, wages, and communications.
  • Strategy-driven HR management and alignment with organizational processes, structure, and culture.
  • Ethical and legal rights of employers and employees under major employment laws.

Skills

  • Explain strategy-driven HR management and alignment of activities with organizational processes, structure, and culture.
  • Measure and diagnose HR conditions using vertical/horizontal alignment assessments and performance metrics.
  • Develop and evaluate HR policies and actions to address common human resource challenges.
  • Recognize ethical and legal rights of employers and employees under major employment laws.

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
MHR 305 · Spring 2027

Human Resource Management

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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