Alberto Loyola

The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) focuses on achieving corporate strategy through the effective management of people in organizations. It examines the link between people, satisfaction, and productivity. Effective HRM results in a higher quality of work life, higher productivity, and an improved readiness for change. The role of the human resources manager within a corporate environment has been undergoing rapid change. In the past, personnel managers served primarily as administrators, policing and maintaining the organizational status quo. However, the role of the modern human resources manager has become more ambiguous, shifting in the direction of business partner, employee champion and change catalyst, and focused on strategic leveraging of human capital. The human resource manager's role is also moving toward one of internal consultant in order to help line and upper-level managers better manage their people, increase productivity, promote innovation, change management, build capabilities together in order to impact on the business results of the company

In this scenario HR professionals need to understand about marketing, finance, operations and sales and it has become very important for HR managers to have a strong business background, as well as clear strategic and financial experience. This is why companies are now hiring MBA candidates for HR positions.

Taking a look to the Top US MBA program neither of them focus on HR but some have really good electives or they have labor and industrial schools.

For example Cornell has a Industrial and Labor Relations Program very well known recognize and MBA candidates can take courseS in that school, University of Michigan has a Dave Ulrich as member of the Faculty, Kellogg also has Human Resource Management specialization inside of the MBA

In your experience which MBA would you consider?