"MSU has a great program--with a strong, contemporary, and down-to-earth faculty. Indeed, over the past four years, more of Shell's HR hires have come from MSU than any other school." Bill Fitzpatrick, Vice President of Human Resources, Shell Trading

Curriculum and Courses

Sample Curriculum

Below is a sample two-year curriculum:

Year 1ClassDescription
First SemesterLIR 824, Human Resource Strategies and Decisionsdeveloping HR strategies that align with business strategies
 LIR 823, Organizational Behavior for the Management of Human Resources managing people and resources as “change agents”
Second SemesterLIR 825, Compensation and Benefit Systemsdesigning systems that attract, motivate, and reward employees
 LIR 858, Collective Bargainingdeveloping and negotiating effective union-management relations
Third Semester LIR 868, Employment Lawevaluating HR policies against employment laws and policies
 LIR 827, High Performance Work Systems integrating high-involvement practices with advanced technologies and management processes
Year 2  
Fourth SemesterLIR 891, Human Resource Metrics and Analysismaking value-added and financial business cases for HR practices
 LIR 863, Labor Lawassessing the implications of labor laws on collective bargaining and workplace systems
Fifth SemesterLIR 809, Labor Marketsconducting economic analyses for organizational decision making
 LIR 854, International and Comparative HR & LRassessing transnational strategies and practices across diverse workplace cultures and systems
Sixth SemesterLIR 832, Quantitative Methods for HR & LRconducting statistical assessments of workplace practices on organizational effectiveness
 LIR 890, Independent Studyundertaking project analyses of special interest to student and employer

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