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PIONEER HUMAN RESOURCES MASTER’S PROGRAM WITH GLOBAL CONCENTRATION LAUNCHED BY PACE UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK, NY, November 2, 2009 – Pace University’s Lubin School of Business has launched what is very likely the first MS degree program in Human Resources Management (HRM) with a global concentration.

“To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first HRM graduate programs in the United States to concentrate on strategic global human resource management issues,” said Ibraiz Tarique, PhD, a professor of HRM at Lubin and designer of the new program.

The need for such professionals is growing as more companies develop a cross-border presence and use global supply chains. The primary issues involve dealing with people from different cultures and backgrounds, which can occur almost as easily with a project team in a single office as in a global or multi-national company.

In addition, rules and regulations for dealing with people can vary from one country to the next around subjects like compensation, benefits, hiring, firing, development, and record keeping.

Direction-changing

The new program is designed for future managers who wish to study HRM in its international context and practice it across international borders.

The degree equips executives with knowledge and skills across both human resources management and industrial relations areas, and is suitable for people coming straight from a first degree who have decided to pursue a career in HRM and people who have worked for a few years in another profession and want to change direction. Lubin believes the new program will be especially beneficial to middle level executives who are ready to embark on senior level HRM appointments and senior level HRM executives who need theoretical grounding and updates.

Given relentlessly-increasing internationalization, "the challenge of the global corporation today is to harness the creative input of its human capital, regardless of where such capital may be located in the world,” said Alvin Hwang, PhD, professor and chair of International Management at the Lubin School.

Students in the program may take courses on topics in international business, management, and law. Region-specific offerings cover human resources in Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, North America, Europe, and Latin America.

Career Opportunities in HRM

According to the U.S. Department of Labor forecasts, employment is expected to grow in careers for which HRM graduates receive offers -- training and development specialists, recruitment and placement specialists, human resources managers, and compensation analysts. An increase in legislation around the world requiring more standardization in labor practices is likely to increase demand for professional knowledge still further. The MS in Human Resources Management, a 30-credit graduate program, is offered by a business school -- Lubin -- where both theory and practice play an important role in the learning environment. Students analyze, design, and evaluate human resources systems and processes across the full spectrum of human resources management functions. They:

• Examine the role of Human Resources Management as practiced in multinational and global organizations;

• Analyze the role and inter-relationships of the different human resources management functions and processes to determine their effective integration with organizational strategy;

• Design appropriate human resources management functions and processes that draw out the most effective performance across organizational goals;

• Evaluate performance of human resources functions and processes to continually adapt them to today's changing business environment.

For the full list of courses and more information about the program, visit www.pace.edu/lubin/sghrm . For more information contact Professor Ibraiz Tarique (itarique@pace.edu)

About Lubin

The Lubin School of Business recently has earned a preeminent position in thought leadership on issues surrounding the world’s move to International Financial Reporting Standards, having hosted three major conferences on the subject which have received media coverage including two special sections of the CPA Journal. The school is accredited for both business and accounting by AACSB International, an elite distinction shared by fewer than three percent of business schools worldwide. It is one of the largest four-year, private undergraduate and graduate business programs in the nation. Its dean, Joseph Baczko, is a former COO of Blockbuster.

With a tradition of practice-oriented curricula, Lubin has achieved national recognition for both its graduate and undergraduate programs in U.S.News & World Report and other media. Approximately 4,000 students are enrolled in Lubin’s undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in Downtown and Midtown New York City, and Pleasantville and White Plains in Westchester County. Prominent alumni include Melvin Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio; James Quinn, president of Tiffany & Co.; Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and CEO of Verizon; Marie Toulantis, former-CEO of Barnes&Noble.com; and Richard Zannino, former-CEO of Dow Jones & Company. www.pace.edu/lubin.

About Pace

For 103 years Pace University has produced thinking professionals by providing high quality education for the professions on a firm base of liberal learning amid the advantages of the New York metropolitan area. A private university, Pace has campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, enrolling nearly 13,000 students in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in its Lubin School of Business, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lienhard School of Nursing, School of Education, School of Law, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. www.pace.edu

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