Business/HR Management Master Certificate Program

Comprised of three eight-week online courses, the Master Certificate in Business/HR Management gives you the essential skills to handle complex organizational and managerial challenges and enhance your organization’s competitiveness. You’ll acquire new techniques you can begin applying immediately on the job, along with a new certificate that serves as an important milestone as you complete each course. Courses include:

• Business Essentials I
• Business Essentials II
• Advanced HR Strategy

Course Outlines

Instructors: Melissa Johnson Morgan, PhD; William A. Reese Jr., PhD; Russell P. Robins, PhD; Karen M. Foust, PhD, CPA(LA)

Enhance your leadership abilities by learning the latest business practices and trends in Business Essentials I, the first online course in the master certificate program. This eight-week course helps busy professionals like you build a solid understanding of the business disciplines that make up the core of the MBA. Whether you're sharpening your skills or studying business for the first time, this course demonstrates your ongoing commitment to excellence — enhancing your reputation and pushing you closer to the peak of your profession.

During this course, you will:

• Learn the four "P"s of the marketing mix and how they interrelate
• Get the tools you need to analyze investment and financing decisions
• Use statistics to help measure the past and make better decisions for the future
• Acquire an overview of the financial accounting process

Instructors: James H. Biteman, DBA; Salvatore Cantale, PhD; Paul Hooper, PhD; Mary J. Waller, PhD

Take your knowledge a step further with the second online course, Business Essentials II, which brings you up to date on the most critical topics affecting business today. Completing this course demonstrates solid business understanding as well as a commitment to continuing education and professional success.

During this course, you will:

• Learn about the financial accounting process and develop advanced finance techniques
• Explore the impact of globalization and international trade barriers/agreements
• Examine leadership and motivation styles

Instructors: Marla Baskerville, MEd; Christopher McCusker, PhD; Alice Williams McGrath, MA, SPHR, CFCC; Arup Varma, PhD

Today’s manager is called on to handle a host of strategic and often very sensitive situations that have far-reaching consequences for both the department and the organization at large. From appraising employee performance to developing compensation structures, implementing training programs, handling personality conflicts, dealing with legal issues and much more, it takes the latest HR knowledge and skills to accomplish your goals. Advanced HR Strategy, the capstone course in the Master Certificate in Human Resource Management program, gives you the vital HR techniques you need to handle complex organizational and managerial challenges.

During this course, you will:

• Learn how to recruit and retain individuals who fit your organization’s culture, values and strategy
• Gain the skills to manage a comprehensive compensation program that motivates your staff to excel
• Learn the most effective methods of implementing new initiatives and overcoming resistance to change
• Examine techniques for appraising employee performance
• Explore ways to minimize legal liabilities at the individual and organizational level
• Investigate strategies for handling personality differences and conflicts

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