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Master of Science in Human Resources
Employees are perhaps the most important part of every successful organization. After all, without employees, no work could be done and essentially, the organization would not exist. Every organization however, seeks to have well qualified employees properly matched with roles which best utilize their skills. Since many organizations are far too large for executive-level management to have contact with the employee population, a human resources department is used to provide a connection between management and employees.
Today’s human resources workers manage not only administrative tasks, such as benefits and payroll, but are now business partners that consult to top management regarding strategic planning. They provide specialized knowledge of human resources as well as an extensive understanding of organizational requirements and strategies.
Students in Argosy University’s Master of Science in Human Resources degree program online will have an opportunity to learn from accomplished faculty-practitioners who draw from their own professional backgrounds in delivering relevant courses rooted in theory and practical application. Students in the MS in Human Resources degree program online will have the opportunity to learn to:
- Evaluate practices from any HR sub-discipline, including staffing, compensation and benefits, employee relations, training, and employee and organizational development, in terms of human and financial impact on the organization or work group and in consideration of local, national, or global environments.
- Apply ethical principles, generally accepted business practices, and best-practice tools in making decisions about HR policies, practices, or initiatives.
- Provide accurate advice and counsel to appropriate stakeholders regarding basic employment law and apply this understanding to internal HR policy in specific situations, consulting appropriate experts when necessary.
- Implement and revise as necessary compensation, benefits, and reward programs that meet the strategies and constraints of the work environment.
- Design and execute employee communication plans toward expressed business or organizational goals and in response to external crises impacting the organization and its employees.
- Evaluate the skills and capabilities of individuals relative to specific organizational settings and counsel stakeholders where organizational systems and processes are inconsistent with competencies of the existing workforce.
- Analyze a talent management or succession planning system for likely effectiveness in a given organizational system.
- Demonstrate the value-added contribution of human resource organizations and projects to decision makers outside of the HR field.
- Employ effective strategies and techniques to manage a diverse workforce across varied economic, political and cultural organizational environments.
Employment Outlook
Seven occupations relate to Human Resources Management, with a total of 958,404 workers in the U.S. in 2009. Most, 25%, work as Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other, or as Training and development specialists at 24%. Projected job growth over the next five years for both new and replacement workers in these seven occupations is 21%, compared to the 20% projected growth for all jobs in the U.S. Average hourly wage for these seven occupations in the U.S. overall is $28.26.
Over 98,200 new jobs related to Human Resources Management are projected over the next five years in the U.S. New jobs are growing fastest in Administrative management consulting services and Computer systems design services.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, on the internet, Retrieved April 11, 2011, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos021.htm.
