Human Resources Management ORGB423 Fall 2025

ORBG423
Open Closing on September 2, 2025 / 4 spots left
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Zihan Cai
Industry Liaison Officer
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Timeline
  • September 5, 2025
    Experience start
  • September 9, 2025
    Students form teams
  • September 24, 2025
    First reachout
  • October 2, 2025
    Interviews
  • November 28, 2025
    Final Report Submission
  • November 29, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
4 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Organizational structure Talent recruitment Employee retention Training & development Workplace health/wellness
Skills
human resource strategy business analytics marketing operations management performance management talent pipelining organizational behavior strategic management human resource management training and development
Learner goals and capabilities

Students in the BCom program complete this course in their second or third year at McGill. Students come from diverse backgrounds with a wide variety of concentrations including Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Business Analytics, Marketing, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategic Management and Sustainability. Students outside of the BCom program or exchange students may also take this course as an elective, adding to the diversity of our class. Some students have completed internships in human resources and/or in other management fields.  


This is a great opportunity to work with leaders of tomorrow, foster a relationship with McGill, as well as start a talent pipeline for your organization. You may get inspiration and some fresh ideas from the students.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
30 learners
Project
4 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Student teams will deliver a 12 to 15-page report identifying their analysis of the HR process they studied within your organization and formulating recommendations. Each student will spend 3-4 hours on this project, making this a project totalling approximately 15-20h of work. Common project topics for students could be related to employee recruitment and selection, onboarding, training and development, performance management and evaluation, compensation structure, health & safety at work, equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as overall HR strategy. Students will have the option to share their findings with you, if they are comfortable doing so. You have the option to make this a requirement, if you inform them from the start that one of your conditions to participate is for them to share their report with you at the end. 

Project timeline
  • September 5, 2025
    Experience start
  • September 9, 2025
    Students form teams
  • September 24, 2025
    First reachout
  • October 2, 2025
    Interviews
  • November 28, 2025
    Final Report Submission
  • November 29, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

A core component of this undergraduate course is a group project where students in groups of 4-5 collect human resources (HR) data and consult on an HR process in your organization. Students will apply course-specific knowledge and skills to produce relevant recommendations. They will subsequently curate, share, and showcase their insights in a report.

Student groups be assigned to your organization during the week of September 22nd. Students will separately interview (1) an employee affected by an HR process, and (2) an employee working in HR or a manager involved in this same HR process (ex.: an employee who recently went through the Onboarding process + the HR person responsible for employee onboarding).

The idea is to get a different perspective on the delivery of an HR processes in the organization vs how the employee experiences it.

The two staff members in your organization participating in this class project should each budget approximately two hours over the course of the semester, one hour for the initial interview and another hour to answer additional questions (if needed). The two staff members will be interviewed separately by students. These interviews will be held virtually outside of class time. The student team and your representatives will communicate via email for scheduling purposes and for other exchanges pertinent to the project.


Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • question 1

    Would you want students to share their report with you, as a condition of working with your organization?