Improve Organizational Performance - Human Resources Graduate Certificate
Earn a Human Resources Graduate Certificate - online or on campus - and learn the leadership skills needed to effectively manage a workforce from an organizational perspective and the practical skills to oversee the day-to-day responsibilities of an HR department. Become a human resources management professional who understands how to provide the strategic counsel and practical support to employees and management that helps drive high-performing organizations. Your Human Resources Graduate Certificate coursework builds your knowledge of human resources strategy, labor relations, compensation and benefits, and human resources ethics. Those who complete our Human Resources Graduate Certificate program have high success rates: 95 percent pass the PHR test (59 percent pass nationally) and 88 percent pass the SPHR test (54 percent pass nationally).
Enhance Your Skills with a Human Resources Graduate Certificate
Whether you complete coursework online or on campus, your Human Resources Graduate Certificate classes will expand your understanding of how motivation, communication, and leadership can help improve performance and organizational efficiencies. See the key role of human resources management in recruiting, hiring, training, and career development of employees to affect organizational change. Become familiar with current topics in compensation, benefits, collective bargaining, and labor relations - and specific applications in the workplace. Learn how to create an environment that cultivates employee and organizational productivity and success.
Career Prospects - Human Resources Graduate Certificate
Employment opportunities for human resources managers, labor relations managers, and others in the human resources management field are expected to grow by 22 percent in the decade prior to 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment legislation and rising healthcare costs may increase the demand for human resources management professionals who can help organizations meet regulations and contain benefits costs. A contracting economy may decrease demand, yet HR professionals with skills in improving organizational performance and those with a Human Resources Graduate Certificate may be best positioned for available job opportunities in the human resources field.
Required Courses for Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate:
OL 500 Human Behavior in Organizations
OL 663 Leading Change
OL 600 Strategic Human Resource Management
Select two of the following required courses:
OL 610 Employee and Labor Relations
OL 620 Total Rewards
OL 665 Leading and Managing Not-for-Profit Organizations
OL 675 Leadership and Ethics
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