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The human resources department serves as the roots and anchor of successful businesses and organizations. As a human resource advocate of the people, you need the expertise to create a work environment in which people will be motivated to contribute to the organizations’ growth and success.

That’s why Webster University’s Master of Arts in Human Resources Development focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to work with people in various employment settings. Courses draw upon the social and behavioral sciences and management theory to help you understand the human relations issues confronting both individuals and organizations.

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The program combines organizational development, training and development, management, and career management studies to investigate all aspects of human resources utilization and development. Coursework focuses on maximizing the importance of human intervention to change complex organizational systems.

In light of today's heightened need for advanced training and education, Webster University also offers the human resources development master's degree online, providing students with flexibility to meet their busy schedules. The master's program is available to graduate students in a traditional classroom environment at a variety of U.S. locations in major cities and military bases, as an online program and as a hybrid degree program where students attend class online and in the classroom according to location preferences and schedule needs.

Choose Webster for a Master of Arts in Human Resources Development

  • Holistic degree taught so students can consistently develop new competencies in their human resources development model.
  • Faculty who practice in the field, allowing you to take what you learn in class and apply it at work.
  • Prepares students for doctorates in adult development, organizational development, and organizational behavior.

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Text on screen: Program Spotlight Master Programs in Human Resources

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Text on screen: Julie Palmer, Professor

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Palmer: There's two HR focus graduate programs. They share some of the same classes but with each degree, you are focusing on becoming an expert in Human Resource Management.

Text on screen: Human Resources Management (MA)

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Palmer: So with the HRMG program, you take classes including a basic finance for managers class, an employment law class, compensation and benefits, and then, of course, a capstone course, which synthesizes all of those courses and helps the person understand what their role would be working in a company working in HR.

Our graduate program really gets people to think more critically about how to be a person change agent in an organization which is, in essence, an HR manager.

Text on screen: Human Resources Development (MA)

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Development means training. We're really trying to train you to be able to train other people. Group and organizational development, sharpening people's skills to become influencers in an organization. We're trying to teach students to be able to share their ideas with large groups maybe in an organization.

Text on screen: A Diverse Network of Practitioner Faculty

Text on screen: Kevin Gitonga Adjunct Faculty

[Gitonga speaks toward camera.]

Gitonga: I teach primarily three classes in the Human Resource Development program, namely Introduction to human resource development, training and development and then the capstone project.

[Gitonga and Palmer address audience.]

Gitonga: We also have a very diverse pool of instructors, some of whom are full-time academics and others who are professionals in industry.

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Palmer: Which we feel like gives our students an edge. Because we want our students to get the experience of somebody who has actually been working in that area. We look for practitioners who have experience in compensation and benefits. Lawyers teach the employment law class. Who better to take an employment law class than from somebody who is actually practicing law.

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Text on screen: An innovative approach to Management, Training and Development

Palmer: Students that have a passion for wanting to learn how to be a better change agent, be a better employee relations specialist, are those students that end up in our program. Whether you're working on the training aspect, whether you're working on the benefits aspect, whether you're working on the communication with employee’s aspect — we're really trying to help students hone those skills.

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Text on screen: Proudly accredited by [ACBSP Global Business Accreditation Logo]

Text on screen: Learn more at webster.edu

Julie Palmer
The Webster Difference

“Our graduate program really gets people to think more critically about how to be a person-change agent in an organization.”

Julie Palmer
Julie Palmer, PhD

Professor of Management, George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology

Global Accreditation

ACBSP Accreditation for The Walker School of Business & Technology

The Walker School of Business & Technology is proud to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for the MA in Human Resources Development. ACBSP is dedicated to improving the quality of business schools and programs around the world, and ultimately to improving the practice of business in every industry around the world.

ACBSP Accredited

What Can You Do with a Master’s in HR Development?

Job Outlook

92% of Webster students who completed a degree in Human Resources Development in 2017 found full-time employment post graduation. The industry is also projected to grow 9% from 2016 to 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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