MacEwan University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Fourth-year Human Resources Management students will research, analyze, evaluate and develop strategic responses to a variety of current and emerging HR topics affecting organizations. Students will also develop professional competencies such as problem-solving, technological agility and collaborative teamwork. 

MacEwan University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Students will be capable of developing components of training and development modules/workshops/classes for your organization's personnel challenges.

MacEwan University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Students focus on learning the consulting process by initializing, developing, and implementing a real-world project with a business client. Students will engage in problem diagnosis, learn and undertake different consulting approaches and styles, build client-consultant relationships, manage change, and uphold professional codes of conduct and ethics.  Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Work cooperatively and collaboratively in a consulting project team.  Differentiate internal and external consulting in terms of context, characteristics, and challenges. Distinguish between the different types of consultants and explain the differences between stakeholders in each consulting arena.  Analyze an existing organization and apply consulting techniques to diagnose problems, collect information, and prepare a consulting report and implementation plan. Apply the basic principles of proposal development and project management in a consulting project. Identify and discuss ethical considerations and concerns specifically applicable to consultants.

MacEwan University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Fourth-year Human Resources Management students will explore issues and evaluate the impact and efficiency of a proposed HR program toward an organizational objective. Students will compile and present recommendations to inform leaders and other stakeholders about workforce metrics and program evaluation findings. The major learning outcomes of this project could include: Apply methods of program evaluation to determine the impact and/or efficiency of an HR program. Construct communications to disseminate findings and recommendations to key stakeholders. Identify appropriate human resources metrics/analytics to answer HR evaluation questions. Describe ethical and practical issues in HR program evaluation.