From hiring to firing, students concentrating in human resources management learn what it takes to nurture what many companies consider their most valuable asset — employees. Courses focus on staffing, training and development practices as well as techniques for evaluating job performance and compensating workers.
Human resources management includes:
- employee-related actions such as:
- recruitment
- hiring
- training (and retraining)
- promotion
- compensation (salary, insurance and other benefits)
- termination
- worker safety and working conditions
- employee records
- leadership, communication and motivation
Human Resources Concentration Degree Plans:
- Degree Plan Management Human Resources Concentration 2012-2013 (pdf)
- Degree Plan Management Human Resources Concentration 2011-2012 (pdf)
- Degree Plan Management Human Resources Concentration 2010-2011 (pdf)
- Degree Plan Management Human Resources Concentration 2009-2010 (pdf)
- Degree Plan Management Human Resources Concentration 2008-2009 (pdf)
New opportunities and challenges exist for graduates in this field. Expanding governmental regulations relevant to the workplace and changes in the composition and needs of the work force have made the management of human resources an important function.