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Advance your career as a Talent Manager and HR leader

In today’s competitive global environment, talent management professionals are an integral part of an organization’s business strategy. Employers are looking for leaders with broad-based business knowledge and specialized skills in human resources who realize the strategic importance of recruiting, developing, managing, and retaining top talent to align human resource capabilities with organizational goals.

Clark University’s flexible, fully online, part-time master’s program in talent management and human resources is designed for the working professional who wants to broaden their competencies and advance their career while maintaining a work-life balance. Join a program developed in consultation with experts in the human resource field that prepares students to become strategic business professionals with specialized expertise in effectively leading and managing talent in today’s global organizations.

Human resources is one of the fastest growing fields in the U.S., with positions expected to grow by 7 percent by 2028. By knowing how to communicate effectively, manage ethically, and bring strategic vision to a diverse workforce, human resource professionals and talent leaders are key links between management and employees.  Our M.S. in Talent Management and Human Resources provides talent management skills employers are looking for including employee management, labor relations, compensation and benefits, organizational development, and performance management, along with business management tools like strategic planning, performance analytics, and resource administration.

Why a Master’s in Talent Management and Human Resources at Clark University?

  • Earn your graduate degree in talent management and human resources from a globally ranked and accredited university—Clark University has been named a Princeton Review “Best Business School,” achieved repeated recognition from U.S. News & World Report, and is among the elite 5% of business schools to receive AACSB accreditation.
  • Study and apply global best practices in management, information technology, and human resources with our core faculty of collaborative scholar practitioners who share with you their deep leadership experience and present opportunities to practice what you’ve learned in your current work environment.
  • Gain the essential human resources management toolkit and develop tech-savvy communication and presentation skills critical to effective leadership at any level of an organization.
  • Coursework integrates the most up-to-date research and human resources best practices to prepare you to become a strategic business partner who can effectively align human resource policies and practices to achieve organizational talent and business goals.
  • Program aligns with current Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) key areas of competency such as business acumen, communication, consultation, critical thinking, ethical practices, cultural effectiveness, leadership and navigation, and relationship management.
  • Pursue your master’s degree on your terms with our flexible, fully online program that fits into your busy life. Earn your master’s degree in as few as 1.5 years with Spring and Fall program starts.

The Essentials

Program Overview

Clark’s online master’s degree program in talent management and human resources is designed to take advantage of the existing strength of School of Management programs while providing the skill set sought by human resource professionals and talent managers. The program consists of eight units — 4 core and 4 elective courses. The core courses include three qualitative management courses and one talent management course, each with a focus on key competencies of leadership, ethical practice, business acumen, and global awareness. Program electives are pertinent to core functions of talent management and HR skills with specialized electives based on interest and career focus.

  • Learn how organizations attract, develop, retain, and mobilize talent, and how talent management skills can be used to facilitate a variety of organizational goals.
  • Develop competencies in areas of management including ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability.
  • Gain experience in leadership, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, emotional intelligence, multiple perspectives, global mindset, change management, practice-oriented research, and managerial. communications needed to lead organizational members towards the attainment of individual, team, and organizational goals.
  • Acquire strategies, models, and practical techniques necessary to lead an organization through periods of adaptability and change.
  • Develop an understanding of the strategies, practices, and initiatives currently being designed and employed by organizations to better understand the value and competitive business advantage associated with greater diversity and inclusion.
  • Talent Management
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Employment Law
  • Talent Acquisition and Diversity
  • Compensation and Benefits
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Foundations of Effective Management

Requirements

8 course units

  • 4 core courses
  • 4 electives

Relevant. Challenging. Transformative.

Faculty Research Areas

Zhihong Wang

Zhihong Wang

Assistant Professor

Cultural behaviors, global effects

Professor Wang conducts behavioral research in management control systems, the impact of cultural values on financial reporting systems, business ethics and fraud, and accounting professionals' decision-making.
Inshik Seol

Inshik Seol

Associate Professor

Seek and you shall find

Professor Seol studies audit judgment, environmental auditing, and accounting education.
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Sitikantha Parida

Assistant Professor

Setting prices, realizing value

Professor Parida focuses his research on empirical asset pricing, mutual funds, and behavioral finance.
Steve Ng

Steve Ng

Associate Professor

Investing in knowledge

Professor Ng has held senior positions at many financial firms, and studies wealth management, capital markets, portfolio management, and investment strategies. He is a principal at Woodland Investment Consulting.
Xiao Zhong

Xiao Zhong

Visiting Assistant Professor

Gaining a glimpse of the unknown

Professor Zhong focuses on exploring new computational and intelligent methodologies to predict the unknown, and developing efficient stationarity tests in time series, with applications to business and others.
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Zhenyang (David) Tang

Assistant Professor

Information as a catalyst for action

Professor Tang studies empirical corporate finance, market efficiency, and insider trading.
Jing Zhang

Jing Zhang

Professor

Systems of knowledge in the world of big data

Professor Zhang dedicates her research to examining management information systems, including interorganizational knowledge sharing and networking.
Will O’Brien

Will O’Brien

Associate Professor

Adopting an entrepreneurial – and environmentally responsible – mindset

Professor O’Brien is an experienced executive, entrepreneur, consultant, teacher, and attorney. His research interests include business sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Tom Murphy

Tom Murphy

Lecturer

A better way to market

Tom is a consultant to global companies, helping improve business plans and investments across global markets. He designed the unique "Sustainability Marketing" course for GSOM.
Laura Graves

Laura Graves

Professor

Exploring why we work – and how we can work better

Professor Graves studies work-life balance, how organizations encourage diversity, and how business leaders engage with socially responsible activities.
Donna Gallo

Donna Gallo

Assistant Professor

Running a tight ship

Professor Gallo teaches courses related to business policy, international management, and real estate; her research focuses on effective decision-making and business strategy.
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Priscilla Elsass

Associate Professor

Managing motivations

Professor Elsass focuses on behavioral science in management, ethics, and diversity.
John Dobson

John Dobson

Associate Professor

Helping small businesses grow through data

Professor Dobson studies how home-based entrepreneurs use information systems to improve livelihoods and incomes, including the impact of entrepreneurial education and social networks on small-business performance.
Keith Coulter

Keith Coulter

Professor

What’s it worth to you?

Professor Coulter studies consumer behavior and marketing strategies to determine how and why we’re persuaded to make purchases.
Mary-Ellen Boyle

Mary-Ellen Boyle

Associate Professor

Managing social – and structural – change

How does social change intersect with education, corporate citizenship, university-community partnerships, and the arts – and how can organizations manage effectively in a constantly shifting marketplace?
Barbara Bigelow

Barbara Bigelow

Professor

Applying management principles to healthcare

Professor Bigelow studies strategic management in healthcare organizations and the use of dialogue in the classroom. She serves as associate dean of the School of Management.

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