Strategic Human Resource Management

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to understand how organizations can gain a competitive advantage utilizing strategic human resource management concepts. This comprehensive, capstone course will explore how the traditional functions of human resource management contributes to an organization’s long-term strategic plan. Students in this course will work on a semester-long capstone project where they will assume the role of a “human resource management team” consulting their senior management team on the organizational strategic plan. Topics covered in this course will include: assessing effective organizational communication, human resource and organizational strategy alignment, strategic workforce planning, effective training and development programs, utilizing HR as a partner in strategic planning, leadership training and development, sustainable competitive advantage, and ethical human resource practices.