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Text on screen: Webster University logo, Management and Leadership

Text on screen: Terhea Jones, Management and Leadership Program

[Jones sits and talks in a classroom.]

Jones: My name is Terhea Jones. I am in the Management and Leadership program, and I'm expected to graduate in the Fall of 2020.

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Jones: I thought going back to school at this time in my life would be difficult, but I have enjoyed it so much. The staff here is very accommodating. They answer my questions in a timely fashion. I like the several different locations that you can take the classes at, and I also like the online classes. It is a great opportunity to further your education just by taking online classes. I plan to use my degree in Management and Leadership to move my career forward in my business. I could see myself being in Management and Leadership at a higher level, to learn how to manage the job but lead individuals as opposed to just have an undergraduate degree from another university.

Text on screen: Webster University logo, Management and Leadership, webster.edu/wbst

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Text on screen: Program Spotlight Master Programs in Human Resources

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Text on screen: Julie Palmer, Professor

[Julie Palmer speaks toward camera.]

Palmer: There's two HR focus graduate programs. They share some of the same classes but with each degree, you are focusing on becoming an expert in Human Resource Management.

Text on screen: Human Resources Management (MA)

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Palmer: So with the HRMG program, you take classes including a basic finance for managers class, an employment law class, compensation and benefits, and then, of course, a capstone course, which synthesizes all of those courses and helps the person understand what their role would be working in a company working in HR.

Our graduate program really gets people to think more critically about how to be a person change agent in an organization which is, in essence, an HR manager.

Text on screen: Human Resources Development (MA)

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Development means training. We're really trying to train you to be able to train other people. Group and organizational development, sharpening people's skills to become influencers in an organization. We're trying to teach students to be able to share their ideas with large groups maybe in an organization.

Text on screen: A Diverse Network of Practitioner Faculty

Text on screen: Kevin Gitonga Adjunct Faculty

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Gitonga: I teach primarily three classes in the Human Resource Development program, namely Introduction to human resource development, training and development and then the capstone project.

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Gitonga: We also have a very diverse pool of instructors, some of whom are full-time academics and others who are professionals in industry.

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Palmer: Which we feel like gives our students an edge. Because we want our students to get the experience of somebody who has actually been working in that area. We look for practitioners who have experience in compensation and benefits. Lawyers teach the employment law class. Who better to take an employment law class than from somebody who is actually practicing law.

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Text on screen: An innovative approach to Management, Training and Development

Palmer: Students that have a passion for wanting to learn how to be a better change agent, be a better employee relations specialist, are those students that end up in our program. Whether you're working on the training aspect, whether you're working on the benefits aspect, whether you're working on the communication with employee’s aspect — we're really trying to help students hone those skills.

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