Human Resource Management - Courses, Colleges and Careers

MBA in HR courses will not only focus on Human Resource Management topics but also cover Economics, Finance, General Management, Information Systems, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Production, Operation and Decision Sciences and Strategic Management.

Human Resource Management particularly, will cover the following core topics

• Employment Relations Law – Law of Industrial Relations
• Employment Relations Law – Law of Social Security
• Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
• Fundamentals of Industrial Relations
• Fundamentals of Labor Laws
• Human Resource Planning
• Performance Management and Appraisal
• Wage Determination and Administration

Students can also choose from a vast range of electives, some of which maybe the following,

• Employee Empowerment
• Grievance Resolution
• Managerial Competencies and Career Development
• Managerial Counseling
• Measuring HR
• Occupational Testing
• Organizational Change and Development
• Participative Management
• Role of HR in Knowledge Management
• Selection
• Taxation
• Strategic Human Resource Management

Though a full time MBA will span 2 years, distance education and online courses are also available. Duration, curriculum and degree of recognition may vary from institute to institute. A student with a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, from any recognized university, is eligible to apply for MBA – HR. You may need to appear for CAT / MAT / XAT or similar entrance examinations, to qualify for admission into the b-schools offering such courses.