Emphasizing analytical skills in HR graduate education: the Ohio State University MLHR program

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The Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University has introduced the Masters in Labor and Human Resources (MLHR), a new graduate curriculum with concentration on human resources that combines learning of both analytical and people skills. The program was designed in response to criticisms that most specialized HR programs focus too much on people skills and neglect analytical skills. By addressing these complaints, the new program can help students improve their abilities to contribute to organizational effectiveness. An advisory board of senior HR executives from several corporations, in cooperation with faculty and students, developed a vision statement for the program, a skills inventory and a curriculum design. The resulting curriculum features a core set of classes, a process-related set of classes, an analytical set of classes and a 'business context' set of classes. Internship and elective classes are also required.

Universities and colleges, Curricula, Graduate study, The Ohio State University

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The HR/IR teaching conference

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The Innovative Teaching in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (HR/IR) conference took place in Atlanta, GA, on Jun 7 and 8, 1996. This was the first time that a conference was dedicated to HR/IR pedagogy at the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of the trends that emerged during the event was the rising popularity of unconventional teaching methods and its continued dominance in the future. This means that the lecture method is being replaced by case study, exercises, in-class simulations and projects. The use of technological tools is also noted. Another trend in evidence during the conference was growing interest of business practitioners in the content and teaching approaches of HR/IR courses and curricula. Implications from the trends, ideas and themes that emerged are used as basis for recommendations for the next HR/IR teaching conference on Jun 1999.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Labor relations, College teaching

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Evolution and current status of university HR programs

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University-based human resources education has been evolving since its introduction in the 1920s, which witnessed the first textbooks and courses dedicated to personnel management. From the 1920s to the 1940s, universities offered degree programs or established departments in industrial relations/human relations although most institutes offered individual courses in the two subjects. A rapid increase in university programs on industrial relations and personnel management was observed from 1945 to 1960 as a result of mass unionism and the rise of the human relations movement rooted in the academic field. However, it was only during the 1960s and the 1970s that personnel management, which subsequently became human resources management, dominated the field. The current status of university programs and the future of education in human resources are discussed.

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