With 37K job postings seeking Human Resources Management degrees in the last 12 months and a 7% increase in institutions with HR Management graduates in the last year, the demand for HR Management degree-holders continues to outpace the supply.
In the development of Rize’s HR Management program, numerous HR professionals and hiring managers from Fortune 500 employers to exciting startups collaborated to ensure the skills most desired in today’s HR roles. For this reason, Rize’s HR Management program provides students with both a well-rounded knowledge base of business concepts in addition to an HR Management specialization. Through the capstone course, students gain hands-on experience in the type of work they will perform in a professional setting, allowing them to hone their skills and create a portfolio that can be shared with potential employers.
You can launch this Human Resource program by adding 4 Rize courses to your existing catalog, enabling you to market a Human Resource Management degree to prospective students in as little as one semester. Expand below to read the course descriptions.
Training & development are key to building an empowered and motivated workforce. This course will help you build knowledge and skill in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of organizational training. You’ll also learn how to create effective performance improvement programs, a vital resource in talent retention that is often overlooked. Lastly, you’ll get hands on experience, by producing your own sample training plan. This online course has optional live sessions.
Great people power great businesses, but attracting and retaining top talent requires companies to offer competitive compensation packages. This course will help you develop knowledge and skills in the development and evaluation of pay structures and benefits packages. You’ll also learn how total compensation issues affect every manager in an organization and analyze processes and procedures to create effective compensation plans. This online class has optional live sessions.
This course is an overview of laws and regulations that determine the rights and obligations of employees and employers. You’ll learn about the nature of the employment relationship, common law principles, prohibitions against discrimination, wage law, specific governmental acts, and other areas of labor and employment law. By the end of this course you will become familiar with the federal and state laws that govern employment. This online class has optional live sessions.
This course will examine the scope and role of HR in the occupational health and safety arena, the fundamental components of comprehensive programs and, more importantly, the interplay between these considerations and how important HR professionals are in their success. Topics covered include OSHA requirements, risk management and loss prevention, management of safety and workers’ compensation, employee assistance plans, preventative health issues, emergency response and preparedness, and developing a culture of safety, amongst others. There will be focus on the fundamental components of a comprehensive health and safety program to protect the employees in an organization and costly liability. This online class has optional live sessions.
