The two M.S. programs, from Saint Joseph's Haub School of Business, will launch this fall. The consequence is a much more complex financial marketplace. Historically, HR people often haven't been business-literate, and it's been to their detriment and the detriment of their organizations. The program is designed for professionals for whom an MBA would add depth but would subtract from HR-specific training. It covers aspects of HR and business including accounting, financial statements, employment and labor law, organization change, leadership, human resource information systems, and global business strategy.
Organizations have such an influence on our world today.
We can make our workplaces fairer, more just, and more humane by preparing HR professionals as a Jesuit institution. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph's University is celebrating 150 years of academic excellence. The university's strong liberal arts tradition is marked by rigorous and open-minded inquiry, high academic standards, and the development of the whole person. Terese Waldron, of Allentown, Pa., was recently named director of the food marketing M.S. and pharmaceutical marketing MBA programs at Saint Joseph's University. Waldron is a graduate of the university's food marketing M.S. program and holds a B.S. in journalism and marketing from the University of Maryland.