Faculty of Business Administration - University of New Brunswick

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently announced that UNB’s BBA with a major in Human Resource Management degree program offered on the Fredericton campus through the faculty of business administration fully aligns with the recommended requirements for HR degree programs, as outlined in the SHRM HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates.

The SHRM devised the curriculum guidebook and templates in 2005, as a way to provide universities and colleges a resource for tracking HR Curricula against a common, minimum skill set needed by employers who seek to fill HR positions. The template identifies 13 minimum core HR topics that should be required curriculum in every HR degree program, as well as 11 elective HR topics to complement the required core.

An important feature of the HR curriculum template is that it offers professors greater flexibility in devising their HR courses, while providing a minimum level of standardization for HR content being taught.

SHRM has also gained the support of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International in an effort to bring a similar level of commonality to HR degree programs that is required of AACSB accredited Schools of Business.

Representatives from the SHRM met with the faculty of business administration and engaged in talks regarding the current HR curriculum. After thorough discussions and assessment of the topics, courses, business context, and delivery methods used by UNB, it was determined that the HR honours program fully aligns with the standards SHRM laid out in their guidebook and templates.

Affiliations with professional associations, such as SHRM are extremely important for students and the university. This certification distinguishes UNB’s HR program as being taught in accordance with the highest of standards, giving students the skills and training they need for successful careers in human resources management.

Posted at 1:36 PM

Dr. E. Stephen Grant, Professor of Marketing, was recently awarded the 2009 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.

The award was created by the faculty many years ago to support faculty excellence in teaching. Each year the faculty honours one professor for his or her outstanding teaching performance.

The choice of the award recipient belongs to the students. At the end of each academic year students in the BBA and MBA programs nominate the professor who they feel is most deserving of the Award. A committee of current BBA and MBA students, plus an alumni representative then selects the winner from among the nominees.

Dr. Grant is a graduate of the UNB BBA program, and he joined the faculty as a lecturer from 1987-1990 and later returned to the faculty in 1993 as a full time professor of marketing. He now teaches courses for the marketing and entrepreneurship areas.

For a number of years Dr. Grant has been involved in the export partnering program, teaching the export market entry course. Dr. Grant has an outstanding record of research and service to the faculty and university, which was recognized in 2005 when he received the UNB Merit Award.

“Steve Grant’s recognition for excellent teaching is long overdue”, commented Dr. Daniel Coleman, dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. “Steve has contributed to teaching in many ways for many years, having helped with the export partnering program, the Activator (entrepreneurship) program, and of course, his outstanding delivery of a wide array of marketing courses. He is one of our very best instructors.”

Posted at 11:22 AM