Business Administration, Human Resource Management Concentration, M.B.A.

(40 credits)

MBA Program Description

New England College’s Master of Business Administration program provides working professionals and recent graduates with the proven leadership skills needed for today’s rapidly changing global environment. This 40‐credit MBA can be completed in less than two years. The course delivery and structure are specifically designed for working professionals to make the most efficient use of time and to optimize the learning experience.

Our MBA carries forward NEC’s legacy of creating well-rounded management professionals. With an emphasis on practical knowledge and skills, students will learn from faculty experts who are active business leaders. Our student-focused curriculum positions graduates to achieve positive career outcomes with a background in strategic thought and analysis, analytical decision-making, leadership theory and practice, and organizational dynamics in management. Students can choose a concentration in a specific field, or can select elective courses from a wide range of options.

The degree is designed to further students’ knowledge of key leadership elements including problem solving, effective communication, motivation of employees, and negotiation. Through the MBA program, students further their career by developing advanced strategic leadership techniques, leadership tools and skills, and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics in management.

MBA Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, management information systems, organizational behavior, economics, operations management and qualitative analysis to create effective solutions to organizational and operational challenges independently and as a team 
• Evaluate the implications of changing environmental factors on organizational choices within a global environment and formulate solutions.
• Demonstrate the ability to utilize technology in multiple ways to formulate and achieve project and/or organizational goals. 
• Create and demonstrate the verbal and written communication skills which express ideas clearly, logically, and persuasively. 
• Distinguish and formulate solutions to ethical, cultural humility, and inclusion issues. 
• Demonstrate the ability to collect and evaluate information and data in order to formulate analytically sound decisions and understand the likely consequences of those decisions.
• Evaluate the actions and develop solutions to complex challenges of an organization operating in a global business environment.
• Demonstrate leadership ability, collaboration, team-building skills through class projects and involvement in student, community, and/or professional organizations.

Human Resource Management Concentration

The purpose of the concentration in Human Resource Management (HRM) is to provide leaders with a comprehensive view of the role of a human resources department and its strategic location within an organization. Students apply management skills and concepts to identify, analyze, and creatively solve complex organizational problems through human, financial, economic, and organizational constraints.  Students will identify the value of continuous improvement, using performance management, workforce management, and HR technology & data to improve today’s evolving global workplace.

Learning Objectives: 

• Examine the legal dynamics employers encounter in the areas of workplace inclusion & diversity, discrimination, harassment, privacy, health & safety, and conflict & dispute resolution.
• Analyze employment benefits and compensation systems, the legalities associated with each, and their impact on the employee recruiting, retention, and satisfaction.
• Examine the steps to union organizing, collective bargaining, decertification, grievance and arbitration processes, protected concerted activity, ULPs, vulnerability & climate assessments, and prevention.
• Evaluate the challenges of an emerging international workforce and how to incorporate cultural differences, training, and development in organizations.
• Identify ethical and legal issues relevant to the policies, procedures, practices, and management of human resources in a competitive environment.
• Examine best practices in staffing, sourcing, recruiting, assessing, behavioral interviewing, selecting, hiring, placement, on boarding, orientation, and follow-up. 
• Identify how to achieve positive employee relations, improve employee engagement & involvement, and increase employee satisfaction & retention.
• Evaluate the use of employee surveys, focus groups, and employee action teams.
• Analyze successful communications programs with consistent employee messaging, and effective open door programs & tools, such as skip level meetings, hotlines, and 360s.  
•  Identify the value of continuous improvement, using performance management, workforce management, and HR technology & data, to improve the workplace.
• Analyze organizational effectiveness & design, and learn how to conduct effective succession planning, talent development, career pathing, and leadership development.