Master of Human Resource Management

SCNS Course Number MAN 5156

Strategic Management of Organizational Behavior is designed to form managers that will understand both group and individual performance activity within an organization, domestic or global, and enhance organizational cultures to create positive job structure, performance, communication, motivation, and leadership. The manager, through work done by others, allocates resources, directs activities of others, and makes decisions to attain organizational goals. This course provides an advanced examination of organizational behavior with an emphasis on employee training and retention issues. A case study approach is used as part of this study of advanced management techniques (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number COM 5155

This course focuses on the application of communication as an art, theory, science, and technology within the business environment. Emphasis is placed on the nonverbal aspects of business communication. Significant components of verbal communication are also addressed. Attention is given to the ethical objectives of communication in the managerial environment. Essential techniques and skills needed to become an effective supervisor are identified. Comprehensive discussions of business communication topics are covered in this course to assist students in transitioning into managerial roles. Topics include interpersonal communication, public speaking, ethics, written correspondence, interviews, research, leadership, and small-group communication. (Offered in Spanish for online programs.)

SCNS Course Number STA 5016

Business Statistics is the science of good decision making in the face of uncertainty through the collection, classification, summary, organization, analysis, and interpretation of two categories of data: descriptive and inferential. It is used in financial analysis, production, and operations in domestic and international business. Through the use of probability, sampling, binomial and normal distributions, interpretation of estimates, confidence intervals, correlation techniques, analysis of variance, etc., business statistics is used to make good and sound decisions for a business. This course discusses descriptive and inferential statistics used to solve complex problems in business and management (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number ECO 5177

A course that presents economic analysis tools used by managers to make increasingly complex business decisions. Concepts discussed include forecasting, regression modeling, cost analysis, and elasticity. Case studies are used to reinforce principles discussed in class. Additional topics include game theory, international topics, and e-commerce issues (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number MAN 5146

This course examines the concepts, issues, and practices that comprise the core of organizational leadership from a global perspective. It focuses on managerial functions to maximize efficiency and achieve expected organizational goals in domestic and international markets (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number MAN 5502

A study of the field of operations in the service industry and in manufacturing, this course introduces concepts, techniques, and administration in a domestic and global environment needed to increase efficiencies in the conversion of materials and labor into goods and servicesto maximize profit. The operations manager plans, organizes, coordinates, and controls the resources used to produce goods and services, and directs the associated supply chains and logistics. Topics discussed also include product design and manufacturing, service design, capacity, and location decision making (Offered in Spanish for online programs). 

SCNS Course Number MAN 5305

A study of organizational policies and procedures, nondiscrimination/affirmative action, recruitment, hiring, termination, compensation, supervision, employment conditions, and other policy concerns at the managerial level. This course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in creating the tools and policies necessary for effective human resource management functions in a business setting. Students develop policies, manuals, and forms for a hypothetical start-up business, and present their human resource management strategic plan to management (Offered in Spanish for online programs). 

SCNS Course Number MAN 5116

This course prepares students to manage in a diverse workplace with an emphasis on practical, experiential classroom activities designed to help students understand the range of cultural behaviors and expectations found in the workplace. Students will learn the changing composition of a multicultural workforce, recognize, and address organizational problems that can obstruct the full participation of many diverse employees, and learn about workplace environments that value the creativity and new opportunities inherent in a diverse workplace. Leadership skills and effective communications skills necessary to manage a diverse workforce will be developed. Students will learn to value organizational differences and gain an increased understanding of similarities, as well as differences among people, and understand the link between the issues being discussed in the workplace, as well as the theories behind the arguments (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number MAN 5351

A management-oriented study of the creation of staff development strategies. Topics include fragmented efforts, comprehensive staff development plans, the identification of training needs, and training strategies (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number BUL 5545

A study of employment law focusing on legal principles with an emphasis on discrimination and employment regulation. Individual cases and case law are discussed and analyzed. The course provides students with an understanding of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) legislation and other federal laws relating to employment and the impact of these laws on organizations. Students also study the emerging legal issues facing today’s human resource departments. The course also defines the need for human resource policies and the development of a variety of policies (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number MAN 5337

A study of compensation practices, the context of compensation practices, and the criteria used to compensate employees, compensation system design issues, and employee benefits as incentives and retention tools (Offered in Spanish for online programs).

SCNS Course Number MAN 5325

The capstone course is a culminating educational experience in which students apply the knowledge and skills obtained throughout the Master of Arts in Human Resource Management program to address real-world business and organizational challenges. Candidates for completion of the MHRM degree demonstrate their conceptual, analytical, research, and practical skills in the development of an HRM handbook. Some of the topics incorporated in the handbook include recruitment processes and guidelines, talent development, promotional guidelines, conflict management, termination policy, compensation and benefits, diversity management, disability policy, and disability accommodation. The capstone project will be closely supervised by the capstone faculty, resulting in a complete human resource management handbook developed in good scholarly form with references and bibliography as required by APA guidelines (Offered in Spanish for online programs). 

Provides advanced experiential learning integrating graduate-level theory with professional practice. Requires analytical written work and a culminating presentation under faculty supervision. The assigned instructor serves as Faculty Supervisor of Record and assigns the final grade. Departmental approval required. Refer to the “Internship and Practicum Experience” section below for further requirements. Minimum 135 internship hours required.