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We are excited to announce that effective Fall 2023, the McGill School of Continuing Studies will be offering updated graduate-level programs in a more flexible format. These innovative programs will replace our current Diploma programs, pending approval by the University.

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Diploma in Human Resources Management

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Diploma in Human Resources Management

Human resources professionals play a critical role in the success of any organization. By acquiring a versatile set of HR competencies, you’re prepared to contribute to a business’ strategic decisions as a valued team member.

The Diploma in Human Resources Management includes a broad range of courses covering concepts, practices, current issues and areas of specialization in the field of human resources management (HRM). Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will have met the academic requirements of the Quebec Human Resources Professional Association (ORHRI) and will normally be eligible to write the certification exam toward the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation (subject to experience requirements).

Program Outline: Diploma (Dip.) Human Resources Management

Course Schedule

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Type: Diploma
Courses: 10
Credits: 30
Schedule: Full-time or Part-time
Time: Evenings and Saturdays
Delivery: Virtual
Unit: Administration and Governance
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Learning Outcomes

The program is designed to enable you to:

Apply theories of organizational behaviour
Understand the framework of industrial relations
Implement effective health and safety programs
Align HR with business strategy
Apply strategies for effective performance management
Perform HR planning
Understand rewards and motivation
Analyze the value and effectiveness of HR management

Program Courses

Diploma (Dip.) Human Resources Management (30 Credits)

Offered by:Administration & Governance

Degree:Dip in Human Resources Mgmt

Program Requirement:

This Diploma in Human Resources Management includes a broad range of courses covering concepts, practices, current issues and areas of specialization in the field of human resources management (HRM).

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will have met the academic requirements of the Quebec Human Resources Professional Association (ORHRI) and will normally be eligible to write the certification exam toward the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation (subject to experience requirements).

Required Courses (27 credits)

CORG 551 Behaviour in Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: The implications for management and the essential concepts of social psychology such as motivation, perception, attitude change and organization. Group and organizational dynamics will be the major emphasis of the course. Classroom discussion and student participation is encouraged.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Sonia Di Maulo, Nadège Firsova
  
  Nathalie-Michele Sylvain
CORG 553 Employee and Labour Relations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Industrial relations framework, its legal, political, social, economic, ecological and ethical subsystems. Processes governing union-management relations, collective bargaining and dispute resolution, and the roles of executives, supervisors, employees, employee representatives, HR-IR professionals in effective employee relations in unionized and non-unionized environments.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
- Instructors
  
  Pascal Rochefort
CORG 554 Managing Occup Health & Safety 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: How to develop, implement and manage effective health and safety programs; competencies and roles of employees, supervisors, executives and HR; strategic, legal and ethical implications of legislation, risk behaviour; socio-psychological aspects of mental and physical health and safety issues; communications and training strategies.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Amanda Freije
  
  Amanda Freije
CORG 555 Strategic HR Management 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Linking HRM and business strategy; role of HR in the organization and alignment with strategic management. Overview of HR functional areas and the competencies required to become a successful HR professional; impact of HR policies, processes and practices on employees, teams and organizations, including legal and ethical implications.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Corequisite: CORG 551
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Maha Daoud
CORG 557 Talent & Performance Mgmt. 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Talent and Performance Management focuses on succession planning and performance management systems, processes and tools. Topics include: performance management strategies, measurement, indicators and reviews. The goal is to select effective and practical processes, methods, and tools to assess and increase current and future organizational performance.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 555.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
- Instructors
  
  Nathalie-Michele Sylvain
CORG 560 Staffing Organizations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: HR planning and succession planning; organizational and job analysis; recruitment and selection processes which enhance individual performance and organizational effectiveness; recruitment and selection planning; validation and evaluation measurements. Strategic, legal and ethical implications of staffing practices and decisions will be analyzed.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 555
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Michelle Feder
CORG 561 Developing Human Resources 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Human performance technology and organizational learning models address individual, team and organizational performance problems: diagnosing workplace situations, identifying causes, selecting appropriate interventions, implementing change, and evaluating results; increasing client capability delivering results while considering internal and external factors affecting performance (competing pressures and resource constraints); strategic, legal and ethical implications.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 555
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Gerrit Jan Witvoet
  
  Gerrit Jan Witvoet
CORG 562 Total Compensation and Rewards 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: Strategic compensation management within a behavioural framework to understand rewards and motivation, work satisfaction and performance. Use of financial and non-financial rewards to attract, retain and motivate. Legal, economic, ethical and culture-fit issues in the design and implementation of direct and indirect compensation policies and systems.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 555
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources concentration), & Grad. Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Pierre Forest
  
  Pierre Forest
CORG 565 HR Information Systems: HRIS 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Organizational Behaviour: How to measure human resources management value and effectiveness; data sources relevant to strategic, operational, legal and ethical HR decisions: acquiring and analyzing data from HRIS, internet, surveys; methods to ensure validity of HR metrics. Survey of specialized computerized HRM applications.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 555
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in Management (Human Resources Concentration), Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Giancarlo De Lisi
  
  Giancarlo De Lisi

Complementary Courses (3 credits)

CGM2 510 Proj Mgmt: Tools & Techniques 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management: Focus on main concepts and theories of project management from initiation to close-out. Topics include: project life cycle, planning, scheduling, implementing, monitoring, controlling, close-out and ethics. The concepts presented apply to projects of various sizes, types and degrees of complexity.

Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship
- Restrictions: Open to students currently in a program. Not open to Special Students.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Andrew Chasse, Christian Champenois
  
  Sylvain Gauthier
CPL2 510 Commun. & Networking Skills 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Policy: This course will provide students with leadership skills pertaining to communication and networking in the workplace. Topics covered include influencing, appraising situations, business networking, teamwork and delivering effective presentations.

Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  Brendan J Walsh
  
  Brendan J Walsh
CPL2 532 Leading Change 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Policy: Leading and managing change issues, including the leader as a change agent and the change process itself. Various models of change and change leadership will be reviewed, as well as follower reluctance or resistance to change and strategies that leaders can use to gain follower commitment.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
  
  Summer 2023
- Instructors
  
  Robert E Saggers
CPL2 533 Developing Leadership Skills 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Policy: This course presents an overview of leadership theories and applications. It provides students with an understanding of why and how leadership skills are critical to organizational success. Students will learn to apply and develop their own leadership skills to work effectively with others in an organizational setting.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CORG 551
- Terms
  
  Winter 2023
- Instructors
  
  James Beatty Hunter
CPL2 534 Leading in Div & Global Wrkplc 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Policy: Exploring leadership within a global and diverse context. A variety of trends that have made managing workforce diversity an essential competency for future leaders are reviewed, as are the emerging skills that managers need to develop to succeed in a global environment.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Terms
  
  Fall 2022
- Instructors
  
  James Beatty Hunter

For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree from an approved university with a minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.0 or 3.2/4.0 in the last two years of full-time academic studies.

All students applying to Career and Professional Development Graduate programs must be proficient in English.

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Diploma in Human Resources Management

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Diploma in Human Resources Management

Learning Outcomes

Program Courses

Program Requirement:

Required Courses (27 credits)

Complementary Courses (3 credits)

Admission Requirements

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Testimonials

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