Business: Management and Human Resources, MBA - Master of Business Administration

As a student in the School of Business, you will find yourself inspired by peers, staff, alumni, business leaders, and world-renowned faculty who are focused, collaborative, and engaged in every aspect of the student experience. You will join a highly ranked program that equips you to meet both academic and career challenges. Employers value School of Business graduates because of the comprehensive preparation this learning environment provides. Graduates possess highly sought-after general management and specialized expertise in business.Set yourself apart by combining deep expertise in human resources with the knowledge required to be a strategic business partner. The Wisconsin MBA Program specialization in strategic human resource management develops business leaders who are ready to improve organizational effectiveness through the skillful management of human resources.Our core MBA curriculum in operations, finance, marketing, accounting, and strategy is paired with a specialized human resources curriculum, including coursework in compensation, employee relations, staffing, labor relations, negotiations, and change management. Incorporating applied learning opportunities, instruction from world-class faculty, and internships, the program offers an unparalleled experience that gives you a competitive career advantage.Choose Your Path to SuccessGraduates of the Wisconsin MBA Program in strategic human resource management are highly sought after by major corporations such as Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Whirlpool, and General Mills. Top employers value the strong foundational knowledge of business, leadership skills, and specialized expertise that Wisconsin MBA graduates bring to their organizations. Students in the strategic human resource management specialization experience a 90 percent full-time placement rate after graduation and an average starting salary of close to 100,000 per year. Our graduates are recruited for positions where they will impact their organizations by creating and managing leadership development programs, overseeing diversity programs, consulting with top management as HR business partners, and more.Learning outcomesUnderstand the connection between human resource management and overall business strategy.Analyze organization compensation strategy to identify problems and develop solutions that support the organization's strategy.Discern which staffing techniques are poor, fair, and good predictors of employees' future job performance.Comprehend the various challenges currently facing the labor and employment relations system to be able to address these challenges.Apply appropriate tactics in competitive and cooperative negotiations individually and as part of a negotiation team.Design work systems and roles that allow employees to contribute to organization performance.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school. A minimum undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 credit hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. The Graduate School will take into consideration different grade scales from institutions that do not have 4.00 scales (e.g., institutions outside the United States of America).