Master in Management of Human Resources (MHR)

The Master's degree programme in Management of Human Resources (MHR) is designed to prepare students to accomplish an international career in the field of human resources. It aims to provide its students with high-level competencies to plan human resource management strategies, improve employee experience, and innovate people management practices. It is a two-year academic programme entirely taught in English. An interdisciplinary and comparative approach, a strong orientation toward HR analytics, and a learning-by-doing teaching approach characterise it.

Expected learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding. At the end of the MHR degree programme, students will acquire knowledge of the major theoretical and methodological approaches for designing human resource management (HRM) strategies and for planning interventions in different areas of the employment relation (e.g., attraction and recruitment; training and development; compensation and benefit; affiliation; diversity and inclusion; well-being). Moreover, they will understand the complex interactions between HRM strategies, employees' behaviours, legal sources of employment relationships, labour market institutions, and digital technologies.

Applying knowledge and understanding. Students will be able to apply theoretical and methodological knowledge to implement people management strategies. Moreover, they will learn advanced analytical tools and quantitative and qualitative techniques.to assess and develop human resource management practices.

Making judgements. Students will develop the ability to work independently and elaborate critical evaluations of the appropriateness of management strategies and their human, social and economic impacts.

Communication skills. Students will enhance their ability to listen, express ideas, provide feedback and present the results of their project works clearly, using disciplinary vocabulary appropriately. Particular attention will be paid to developing skills in communicating within the teams.

Learning skills. Students will acquire an attitude to lifelong learning, which allows them to update their knowledge and continue deepening and reflecting throughout their professional life on the social and ethical implications of people's management strategies in the workplace

Human Resources Business Partner

Function in a work context: Its main functions are management of relations with managerial figures, management of relations with the personnel, management of the interface between human resource management systems and procedures and personnel, support for strategic decisions related to the implications on human resources, management and education of administrative personnel procedures, management or planning process management support and budgeting. In the evolutionary phase, the role can take on an increasingly marked managerial and coordination value up to lead to the role of Senior HR Leader.

Skills associated with the function: knowledge of human resource management systems and their characteristics, relationship management and organizational behavior, negotiation and interpersonal communication in complex contexts, administration and accounting, business strategy, data analysis and interpretation.

Employment opportunities: Professional opportunities are primarily represented by the Human Resources and Organization Departments large companies with a global presence, both Italian and international, which have already absorbed numerous gods in the past Human resources curriculum graduates. In addition, another outlet is represented by the consulting firms that is they deal with strategic redefinition processes and organizational planning as well as resource management human in Italy and abroad. Destination basins less significant numerically but still present are the personnel search and selection agencies and head hunting companies.

Human Resources Specialist

Function in a work context: Its main functions are design management of human resource management systems, management in autonomy of part of the specialist processes of human resource management, management of the interface between systems and human resource management procedures and personnel, management and instruction of administrative procedures of the personnel, management or support to the management of the planning and budgeting process. In the evolutionary phase the role can assume an increasingly marked managerial and coordination role up to the role of Senior HR Specialist in various functional areas of the human resources department.

Skills associated with the function: knowledge of human resource management systems and their characteristics, negotiation and communication interpersonal in complex contexts, administration and accounting, business strategy, analysis and interpretation of data, organizational design, change management.

Employment opportunities: Professional opportunities are primarily represented by the Human Resources and Organization Departments large companies with a global presence, both Italian and international, which have already absorbed numerous gods in the past Human resources curriculum graduates. In addition, another outlet is represented by the consulting firms that they deal with strategic redefinition processes and organizational planning as well as resource management human in Italy and abroad. Destination basins less significant numerically but still present are the personnel search and selection agencies and head hunting companies.

Organization consultant

Function in a work context: development of analyzes and insights aimed at a diagnosis of organizational functioning, definition of plans action and their implementation.

Skills associated with the function: knowledge of organizational systems, human resource management and their characteristics, negotiation einterpersonal communication in complex contexts, administration and accounting, business strategy, analysis and data interpretation, organizational design, change management.

Employment opportunities: Professional outlets are primarily represented by large companies with a global presence, both Italian and international, which have already absorbed numerous gods in the past Human resources curriculum graduates. In addition, another outlet is represented by the consulting firms that they deal with strategic redefinition processes and organizational planning as well as resource management human beings in Italy and abroad. Destination basins less significant numerically but still present are the personnel search and selection agencies and head hunting companies.

The University of Milan is a public teaching and research university, which - with 8 faculties and 2 schools and a teaching staff of more than 2000 professors - is distinguished by its wide variety of disciplinary fields. A leading institute in Italy and Europe for scientific productivity, the University of Milan is the largest university in the region, with approximately 64,000 students; it is also an important resource for the socio-economic context of which it is a part. Milan is, in fact, the capital of Lombardy, one of the most dynamic and international regions in the European Union, a leader in the national economy that stands at the Italian forefront of research and development investments and commitment to technological innovation.

The University of Milan also possesses a remarkable artistic and cultural heritage that includes important historic buildings, inherited and acquired collections, archives, botanical gardens and the old Brera Observatory commissioned by Maria Teresa of Austria. The University’s departments are housed in important historic edifices in the center of Milan and in modern buildings in the area known as Città Studi (the City of Studies). Among the palazzos that house the University’s facilities are the old Ca' Granda (the big house) – a monumental complex from the 15th-century in the heart of the historical city centre - the 18th-century Palazzo Greppi designed by Giuseppe Piermarini – who built the Scala Theatre in Milan – and the 17th-century Sant’Alessandro College commissioned by the Arcimboldi family. The book collection , which is one of the richest in the region, is preserved in 47 libraries, while the APICE Centre collects rare and valuable book stocks and archives. The University also has a Choir and its own Orchestra, which actively contributes to the cultural life of the city and receives international acknowledgments on an increasingly frequent basis.