Major Human Resource Management
In an innovation-based, dynamic economic and working world, companies need creative, motivated, competent and adaptive managers and employees. Human resource management provides the necessary personnel, organises constructive working and management relationships and helps to ensure that existing performance and development potential can unfold optimally. Generalists and specialists in HRM reflect on megatrends (including innovation, digitalisation, demographic change, competition for talent) and translate these into HR strategies, concepts and management practices appropriate to the context. The Major in HRM offers a comprehensive education in all relevant topics and competences of the subject in the light of the dynamically changing corporate and working world. Through practice-orientated training, a foundation in current HRM research and cooperation with companies, students learn from real-life examples and issues. After graduating, they will be able to successfully master challenging and varied tasks in HR management.
What does this major qualify for?
Graduates of the HRM major ...
- ... acquire basic skills and knowledge for the successful recruitment, development, retention and utilisation of human resources in the company along the employee lifecycle (including HR marketing, recruiting, personnel selection, personnel deployment, personnel and organisational development, talent & career management, separation).
- ... can respond to important concerns of managers and employees in the role of ‘Employee Champion’, find solutions and effectively support employees in realising their performance potential.
- ... can understand, justify and adequately communicate the contributions of HRM to business success and to strengthening competitiveness and innovation.
- ... deal with current developments and possible applications as well as legal, social and ethical challenges of flexibilisation and digitalisation of the world of work.
- ... develop into entrepreneurial and networked HRM specialists who think and act professionally.