Spring 2027

Human Resource Management

Graduate course covering evidence on determinants of employee job attitudes/behavior and functional activities of personnel management including selection, development, evaluation, and compensation.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

The course required weekly case write-ups and two take-home exams that took significant time to complete.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Evaluate the expected effectiveness – based on theory, empirical research, and experience – of alternative human resources strategies to align with and achieve organizational goals.

  • Formulate and execute human resources strategies to achieve organizational goals, considering internal (people-related resources and capabilities) and external influences/constraints (product/labor markets, legal framework, ethics, and labor unions).

  • Utilize data analytics to inform/improve decision-making, diagnose human resources/organizational challenges, and evaluate the effectiveness of human resources strategies in achieving human resources/organizational goals.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

  • Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program
MHR 705 used by

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  • Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LOREN KUZUHARA is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

The graduate HR class was enjoyable and fun, featuring lots of videos and practical work that the student found worth the ride.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.58 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

The course required weekly case write-ups and two take-home exams that took significant time to complete.

Past student reviews · Loren Kuzuhara

Loren Kuzuhara made the class engaging with lots of videos, though the group consulting project was considered too much work.

Topics

  • Determinants of employee job attitudes and behavior
  • Functional activities of personnel management and impact on employee behavior
  • Selection, development, evaluation, and compensation
  • Internal and external influences/constraints including product/labor markets, legal framework, ethics, and labor unions

Skills

  • Evaluate the expected effectiveness of alternative human resources strategies to align with and achieve organizational goals.
  • Formulate and execute human resources strategies considering internal and external influences/constraints.
  • Utilize data analytics to inform/improve decision-making, diagnose challenges, and evaluate HR strategy effectiveness.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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