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University of Minnesota

Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers

This specialization provides a robust introduction to the key principles, policies, and practices of human resource management, with a focus on understanding managerial choices and constraints, acquiring and onboarding talent, managing employee performance, and rewarding employees. The capstone project provides learners with the opportunity to apply these key principles and practices to a real-world workplace (including a learner's own workplace if desired). Specifically, the capstone project will involve identifying the key human resources challenges for a workplace--including the most pressing motivational, selection, performance evaluation, and reward issues. And for each of these areas, learners will devise a multi-step action plan for addressing the challenges identified.

Status: Employee Retention
Status: Recruitment
Course21 hours

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LL

5.0Reviewed Jan 7, 2020

Awesome overview of the HR practices! I'd recommend for HR employees as well as for anyone who leads others. The course was well organized and the instructors were great, too!

WW

5.0Reviewed Mar 30, 2025

Very detailed. Knowledgeable professors. Challenging at times, but it made me want to dig deep. Have recommended it to family and friends. Thanks!

KE

5.0Reviewed Aug 15, 2020

The course includes assignments that require you to expand your learning from the four foundational courses. It is appropriately challenging.

WR

5.0Reviewed Oct 25, 2018

Very educational and informative course which works in collaboration with the others. Great professor as well who made it easy to understand.

SB

5.0Reviewed Sep 20, 2020

This was a really good course very informative I've learnt about HR in this specialization. Thanks to Coursera and all its team members who made this possible.

VJ

4.0Reviewed Jun 28, 2020

Good way to apply the theory but it would make more sense if a Prof. can correct the the final project. Many people do not take the course too serious and responses and feedback are vague.

MC

5.0Reviewed Aug 17, 2023

Simply outstanding !!!! Do not stay without this experience. Affordable and totally worth it. An amazing option to give a boost to your individual development plan.

MG

5.0Reviewed Feb 13, 2023

Learned a lot and the most important thing is to understand the concepts to be conveyed to the students. Continue with new ideas and innovate in line with changing times and conditions.

BA

5.0Reviewed Jun 29, 2023

The capstone challenged me to use all the knowledge and tools acquired during the previous four courses to apply what I learned and gain experience.

FG

5.0Reviewed Jun 28, 2019

The Best HR Specialization course I have attended on par with what I learnt in my MBA.Woud highly recommend it for current managers.

AH

5.0Reviewed Jan 19, 2019

I am very happy to finish the first set of courses from this distinguished site and have given me a lot of information and discussions I thank all the lecturers in these courses Thanks for the effort

TN

5.0Reviewed Aug 31, 2023

This course guide you how manager should work ,which skills are important for managers and how you can manage people. Also which HR strategies a manager should must develop for managing people.

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