APPLIED LEARNING IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

MHR 700

Management of people and organizations, exploring concepts that will be valuable as a current employee or a future employee, manager, or leader. Concepts will be discussed at the individual, group or team, and the organizational level. Key organizational behavior topics include: diversity, attitude and job satisfaction, emotions, personality and value, individual and group decision making, motivation, teams, leadership, influence, strategy, organizational structure and culture, and change management.

MHR 614

Technological advances have led many organizations to adopt a more "data-driven" approach to managing their employees. It is therefore critical for managers to understand how to integrate data analytics into their organization's human resource management or risk being at a competitive disadvantage. Build hands-on skills to analyze data in ways that facilitate the development and evaluation of human capital policies, practices, programs, and strategies. Learn to take advantage of data and analytics in decision-making processes. Emphasis on experiential learning using data from various organizational contexts.

MHR 705

Two broad substantive areas are covered. (1) Evidence (theoretical and empirical) reviewed on the determinants of employee job attitudes and behavior. For example, the impact of compensation on employee satisfaction and performance. (2) Functional activities of personnel management and their impact on employee behavior evaluated. Sample topics: Selection, development, evaluation and compensation. Knowledge of Statistics strongly encouraged such asSTAT 301.

MHR 305

Policies and practices; principles and techniques applicable to problems such as employee staffing, training, labor relations, wages, communications, etc.

MHR 776

Conduct research, apply strategic human resources knowledge, and complete a capstone project for a local client organization, addressing a human resources business challenge or need.