ILRHR 6560 - Organizational Consulting

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: ILRHR 5600. Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

C. Collins, J. Haggerty.

Provides students with the insights and tools they need to work successfully as human resource management consultants, both as HR managers operating within a firm to improve organizational effectiveness and as external consultants providing project support to an internal HR organization. The consulting process is examined primarily from a systems perspective. This includes the knowledge and skills required to build trust and influence, to contract with clients, and to maintain good working relationships with clients. It also includes developing a clear comprehension of the consulting process from diagnosis, through action planning, to implementation and completion.