Human Resources and Organizational Leadership Bachelor’s Degree
Our Human Resources & Organizational Leadership Bachelor’s degree is part of our online AcceleratED Bachelor’s Degree Completion program. We’ve taken all material from our traditional 11-week courses and condensed it into ultra-focused six-week courses. Now, earning your Bachelor’s degree can be achieved more quickly than you thought possible.
Today’s businesses are evolving at a rapid rate, and with it, the role of human resource professionals. Recruiting, hiring, and problem resolution remain an important part of any human resources professional’s work life; but as business needs change, human resources professionals are also being called upon to develop and implement diversity, employee development, management, and other employee programs. Our Human Resources and Organizational Leadership (HROL) Bachelor’s degree gives you the knowledge and skills you need to be successful as a human resources professional and an organizational leader in today’s changing business environment.
Our contemporary curriculum integrates both human resource and leadership skills designed to mold a leading-edge HR professional and leader. Through topics such as international leadership, change management, employment law, compensation and benefits, and performance management.
Plus, our degree curriculum fully aligns with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.
In addition to your relevant and advanced coursework, you can enhance your resume by completing our employer-based internship where you will gain real-world work experience.
Complete this Bachelor’s degree in as little as 18 months with our AcceleratED Bachelor’s Degree Completion program.
As an HROL graduate, you will have an understanding of the value and impact of a human resource professional on a company’s bottom line through:
Your courses will cover the theoretical framework of leadership, human resources management principles, and application of those concepts in the workplace. You will explore topics such as employment law, recruitment and selection of employees, diversity, compensation and benefits, employee development, and performance management, as well as:
Modern Human Resource Management
Explore tangible and intangible compensation and the use of compensation to motivate and reward employee performance. You will gain a thorough understanding of job analysis, job description, and job evaluation on the basis of compensable factors as well as designing an equitable pay structure. You will also analyze the influence of unions and government in determining the compensation of the labor force, including compensation of both hourly workers and managerial employees.
International Leadership and Human Resource Management
Delve into the complexities of the human resource management processes on a global scale, including how to differentiate between domestic and international human resource management. Employee training and development is addressed, including how to assimilate new employees in the global arena.
Leading Change
Focus on the impact of change in an organizational setting. Various change management models will be explored, providing you with a foundation for approaching change and developing effective skills and techniques to perform in the workplace when change occurs. You will apply business concepts to real-world case study examples and determine strategies for bringing constructive change to an organization.
Our AcceleratED transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and help you graduate in as little as 18 months*:
Rasmussen College reserves the right to accept or deny transfer of credit based on the guidelines found in the Rasmussen College course catalog.
*Time to complete will depend on number of credits transferred and number of credits taken by student each quarter.
**See Rasmussen College course catalog for terms and restrictions.
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