Personnel Management and Human Resources Planning

Personnel Management and Human Resources Planning

Familiarizes students with concepts of human resources management and the principles of planning and forecasting for human resources needs. Issues to be addressed include career planning and internal labor market analysis, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action practices. Students examine job design and pay systems, methods of personnel selection and training, issues of productivity and hours of work, the effect of government regulations on working conditions, and personnel administration.

Human Resources Management

Organizations big and small recognize the importance of dedicated personnel who select, recruit, train, and cater to the needs of workers. In smaller companies, human resource management personnel oversee payroll, training, disciplinary procedures, and recruitment. In larger organizations, HR management may deal with just one of the above areas or take on a purely analytical or strategic role.

Human resource management MBA programs combine the essentials of generic MBA programs with specialized human resource management training such as mediation, planning, recruitment and labor relations. Typical HR managers come from both human resource and business backgrounds. Graduates of human resource management MBA programs will be able to integrate HR strategies into companies' overall plans. All of this means that HR management MBA programs just make good business sense.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggests that human resource management professionals earn anything from $45,000 to $100,000, depending on your employer and expertise. Directors of human resources earn even more. Recent news suggests that both the need for, and salaries of, graduates of MBA programs are on the rise. All this makes a HR management MBA an excellent asset to your career goals