The Master's Degree in HRM: Midwife to a New Profession?

Abstract

Human resource master's programs lack a consistent identity. No course is required in more than 59.2% of programs, and the two most commonly offered courses are not the courses that managers favor. Part of the variability is from competition among four paradigms. Both HR scholars and HR managers favor greater emphasis on business and change management competencies, with less on technical competencies. But program directors do not anticipate change in program design.