Human Resource Management
Contemporary organizations constantly face new challenges, and HR leaders are charged with helping organizations navigate those challenges and remain competitive.
Overview
Contemporary organizations constantly face new challenges, and HR leaders are charged with helping organizations navigate those challenges and remain competitive.
Today’s HR professionals are business partners and strategic thinkers who utilize analytics to inform successful initiatives and align the activities necessary for developing a workplace that’s diverse, inclusive and engaged.
They are tasked with finding and attracting diverse and global talent, creating fair and safe workplaces for all employees, developing and retaining employees through their career stages, and helping both the organization and its workforce thrive in changing work environments. The human resources management option of the Oregon State MBA prepares you for these challenges.
What you’ll learn
Evidence-based, data-driven practices and skills for identifying and implementing new workforce initiatives within organizations.
Develop the leadership, interpersonal and business skills necessary to effectively contribute to organizational performance.
Evaluate human resource data such as demographics, job characteristics, compensation and satisfaction, and develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the human resource needs of an organization based on its goals and objectives.
Prepare for careers in areas including people operations, workforce, analytics, talent acquisitions specialists, DEI specialists or an HR consulting business partner.
Program statistics
Job placement rate for graduates of the OSU graduate business programs
Ranked Oregon graduate degrees
Industry insiders on our advising council
Learning outcomes
Develop a strategic plan for the human resource needs of an organization based on its goals and objectives
Evaluate human resource data such as demographics, job characteristics, compensation and satisfaction using appropriate analytical techniques
Outline HRM legal obligations confronting organizations
Critique recruitment and selection methodologies of an organization
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Ways to attend
Attend classes in Austin Hall, the $50 million, 100,000-square-foot building with five research centers, a marketing research suite, 10 classrooms, 23 computer- and teleconference-equipped project rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a café and faculty offices.
Study from anywhere and earn one of our 100% online, fully AACSB-accredited business degrees. Nationally top-ranked for online learning, our classes are taught by business faculty who are known for research excellence and industry experience.
Experience a flexible blend of online coursework and in-person sessions. In-person meetings are held at the Robertson Collaborative Life Sciences Building on Portland's South Waterfront, typically scheduled on a weekday evening from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Oregon State Investment Group
The Oregon State Investment Group is a student-led asset management organization that provides portfolio management on behalf of the Oregon State University Foundation. MBA students and undergraduate students work together to provide high-caliber sector analysis and portfolio management.
Founded in 2007, OSIG members perform in-depth equity research, fundamental valuation techniques and portfolio management. OSIG assets under management, exceeding $4 million, are dispersed between three distinct portfolios: the Large-Cap Portfolio, the D.A. Davidson Competition Portfolio, and the Global Portfolio.
The OSU Foundation is a nonprofit organization that partners with Oregon State University to engage the OSU community, inspire investment and steward resources to enhance the university's excellence and impact.
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