The human resource professional is a critical, strategic team member in today’s quickly changing business environment. In addition to directing the major disciplines within human resource management, this professional must be able to provide leadership for changes within an organization. This leadership involves addressing the social, ethical, environmental, and economic contexts of today’s domestic and internationally focused organizations.

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Human Resource Management program are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Understand and apply skills in the traditional areas of human resources management, including staffing, employee/labor relations, compensation, benefits, and individual/organizational development.
    
2. Lead a human resources department.
    
3. Identify, respond to, and facilitate organizational change as it relates to the organization’s mission, vision and strategies.
    
4. Develop interdepartmental relationships to further strategic leadership goals.
    
5. Enhance effective utilization of employees and organizational work-life climate.
    
6. Develop the skills to mediate and resolve organizational conflicts.
    
7. Use a variety of quantitative and qualitative research techniques.
    
8. Select and use technology for planning and administering human resource functions and activities.
    
9. Work effectively with diverse populations.
    
10. Communicate effectively in a variety of modes.
     
11. Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
     
12. Understand the ethical implications of their actions.
     
13. Develop lifelong learning skills.