For working professionals
A hybrid program
JR Keller, EMHRM Faculty Director & Associate Professor discusses why EMHRM is an investment in your future and your company's success.
Online Courses
Most coursework is completed online, making it flexible and convenient for busy, working professionals. The following courses are taken by all EMHRM students in a lock-step format.
- Business Strategy for HR Leaders
- HR Strategy
- Strategic Decision Making
- Finance & Accounting Principles
- Strategic Human Resource Management (residential)
- Agile Project Management Approaches
- Using Design Thinking in Human Resources
- Analyzing Formal Organizational Structure
- Results Through Talent Management
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- Valuing HR Initiatives
- Facilitating Staffing Decisions
- Faculty-led Seminar Series
- Capstone Pt 1: Identifying the Business Case and HR Challenges
- Diversity & Inclusion in Practice for HR
- Adopting Inclusive Hiring Practices
- Executive Compensation Essentials
- Human Resource Leadership
- Talent Management (residential)
- Managing and Leading Hybrid Teams
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Capstone Pt 2: Developing an HR Intervention and Change Plan
- Navigating Power Relationships
- Navigating Labor Relations
- Preparing for Labor Negotiations
- HR Leadership (residential)
- Conflict Resolution (residential)
- Capstone Final Report
Residential Sessions
A core part of the EMHRM program is the three, week-long residential sessions (July, March, July).
These sessions bring the curriculum into practice, giving you dedicated time to step back, engage deeply with faculty and senior HR leaders, and apply what you’re learning in real time. You’ll collaborate with peers facing similar challenges, sharpen your strategic thinking, and build strong professional relationships that often continue well beyond the program.
For many alumni, the residential sessions are what made EMHRM stand out from other options, and what made the investment worth it.
Capstone Project
A critical component of the Executive Master of Human Resource Management program is the capstone project, through which you will apply the knowledge and skills you learn on campus and online to a challenge facing your organization. The major objectives of the capstone project component are:
- To bind learning from the program to your real-time challenges
- To ground your learning in practical, on-the-job and business-related experience
- To provide concrete steps for the practical application of program content
During the first residential session, students will propose a capstone project focused on a critical business issue with significant human-resource implications for their organization. They will advance the project over the full length of the program, incorporating executive course learnings. Students will receive ongoing guidance from an assigned Cornell faculty advisor and an executive HR advisor. Although students will work on the project independently, scheduled project reviews and ad hoc advisor dialogues will help refine the scope and objectives of the case, sharpen their analysis and recommendations and learn from the collective expertise and experiences of peers.
Reflecting on Faculty:
“The faculty was well equipped with theory, research and frameworks that were useful during the exercises and can be even more useful moving back to our challenges at work.”
“Being immersed in the ILR school with world-class professors—learning and being personally stretched and challenged to perform—was stimulating. The professors are authentic and very candid in all discussions. Their dedication, passion, and desire to create a unique learning experience was apparent in the way they taught and their interactions with the class.”
Reflecting on CHRO/Senior Executive Speakers:
“The sessions with the Chief HR Officers from IBM and Barilla Group were amazing. The ability to apply what we learned during the week, leverage our collective backgrounds and hold sessions with these down-to-earth world-class leaders, was such an added benefit of this program.”
Reflecting on Fellow Students:
“The greatest gift and value of the week was the opportunity to engage with others with a similar drive toward excellence and improvement in the practice of HR. Hearing the vast amount of experience and insight from the group was awe-inspiring.”
“Meeting this cohort of students/experienced professionals in person with extremely diverse backgrounds and life experience was transformational. It was clear that the group was not competing. We all truly want to see one another be successful. Everyone was willing to share from their professional backgrounds and create a safe space to be vulnerable and learn."
Overall Impact:
“I left feeling energized, excited and smarter! Being challenged by my classmates, hearing different perspectives and professional experiences reignited a new passion for HR.”
"I walked away from last week’s experience greatly impacted – both personally and professionally. This immensely impressive cohort, the incredible faculty and guest speakers, were extremely influential."
