Modern human resource management goes beyond managing employee payroll and benefits. Successful companies engage in Strategic Human Capital Management (SHCM), which involves designing work in a way that enables the organization to meet strategic objectives. Strategically empowering employees can make or break an organization and it is important that human resource professionals realize the value in SHCM and how it ties directly into the strategy and goals of the company. Focuses on the development of foundational human resource management knowledge combined with applied human resources analytics skills.