Doctor of Human Resources, Leadership and Religion
The Doctor of Human Resources, Leadership, and Religion (D.H.R.L.R.) is a 30-credit advanced doctoral program designed for senior human resource executives, organizational leaders, consultants, administrators, and faith-informed professionals seeking to lead complex organizations with strategic insight, ethical responsibility, and values-based leadership.
The program equips candidates with advanced expertise in strategic human resource leadership, organizational development, executive decision-making, workforce policy, talent strategy, employment systems, religious ethics, and applied research. Students develop the ability to address complex workforce challenges, guide institutional change, strengthen organizational culture, and lead diverse teams in dynamic, multicultural, and mission-driven environments.
The curriculum emphasizes evidence-based human capital management, ethical leadership, organizational transformation, and applied doctoral research that contributes to both professional practice and academic knowledge. Candidates examine how leadership, religion, and human resource strategy can work together to improve employee engagement, workplace justice, organizational well-being, ethical governance, and performance excellence across faith-based, nonprofit, corporate, and public-sector settings
- 100% Online (Optional)
- 30 Credit
- Intensive Courses
Overview
This program is offered 100% online (optional), anytime and anywhere, complete you studies from the comfort of your home. All intensive courses are completed 100% online (optional) with a one month format courses.
Students can enroll any day of the week in one-month-intensive-courses and the course ends within 30 days from the enrollment date.
All intensive courses contains reading content and a final exam or a final research based paper.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Doctor of Human Resources, Leadership, and Religion (D.H.R.L.R.) program will be able to:
Executive Human Resource and Leadership Practice
Lead complex organizations, human capital systems, and workforce initiatives with strategic vision, ethical judgment, religious awareness, and operational excellence.
Demonstrate cultural competence, executive presence, and values-based leadership across diverse, multicultural, and faith-informed organizational environments.
Apply advanced human resource leadership principles to strengthen organizational performance, employee engagement, workplace justice, and sustainable institutional culture.
Strategic and Administrative Excellence
Design and implement comprehensive human capital and leadership strategies that align with organizational mission, vision, ethical commitments, and long-term goals.
Apply advanced workforce planning, financial decision-making, policy development, and resource management practices within corporate, nonprofit, public-sector, and faith-based institutions.
Lead multidisciplinary teams with accountability, emotional intelligence, moral responsibility, and effective change management expertise.
Religion, Ethics, and Organizational Governance
Integrate religious ethics, interfaith understanding, and values-based reasoning into executive leadership, workplace policy, employee relations, and organizational decision-making.
Evaluate complex workplace and leadership challenges through ethical, spiritual, legal, and human-centered perspectives.
Promote fair, inclusive, and compassionate workplace systems that respect human dignity, diversity, and organizational well-being.
Innovation and Organizational Impact
Use data-driven workforce analytics and evidence-based human resource practices to improve organizational effectiveness, talent outcomes, and leadership performance.
Apply innovative leadership models and organizational development strategies to enhance employee performance, institutional growth, and workplace transformation.
Foster collaboration across departments, executive leadership teams, faith communities, and external stakeholders to maximize organizational and social impact.
Scholarly and Applied Research
Conduct advanced research in human resource leadership, organizational behavior, workforce policy, religious ethics, leadership studies, and organizational governance.
Develop and complete a doctoral dissertation or applied research project that addresses a complex real-world challenge in human capital management, organizational leadership, religion, ethics, or institutional transformation.
Transfer Credits to Exodus University
Exodus University is dedicated to saving you time and money by providing easy and fair transfer evaluation for eligible course credit.
Students can transfer to Exodus University up to 75% of credits into a Doctoral degree for courses with a grade of C- or higher are generally transferrable.
Admission Requirements
Featured Courses
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| General Courses (Choose any 4 – minimum) | Credits | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Organizational Theory | 3 | DHRL 101 |
| Strategic Human Resource Management Theory | 3 | DHRL 102 |
| Human Capital Theory and Applications | 3 | DHRL 103 |
| Organizational Behavior: Advanced Theoretical Perspectives | 3 | DHRL 104 |
| Leadership Theories and Models | 3 | DHRL 104 |
| Work Motivation and Engagement Theories | 3 | DHRL 106 |
| Talent Management and Succession Planning Theory | 3 | DHRL 107 |
| Performance Management and Reward Systems Theory | 3 | DHRL 108 |
| Employment Relations and Industrial Relations Theory | 3 | DHRL 109 |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Critical Theories | 3 | DHRL 110 |
| Change Management and Organizational Development Theory | 3 | DHRL 111 |
| Research Methodology in Human Resource Management | 3 | DHRL 112 |
| Religious Courses (Choose any 4 – minimum) | Credits | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Theology | 3 | RELI 711 |
| Christian Apologetics | 3 | RELI 712 |
| The Old Testament | 3 | RELI 713 |
| World Religions | 3 | RELI 714 |
Religion (select one)
| 3 | RELI 715 |
| Hermeneutics | 3 | RELI 716 |
| Research Courses (Choose any 2 – minimum) | Credits | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Dissertation Prospectus | 3 | DISS 790 |
| Dissertation I | 3 | DISS 791 |
| Dissertation II | 3 | DISS 792 |
| Dissertation III | 3 | DISS 793 |
| Dissertation IV | 3 | DISS 794 |
| Dissertation V | 3 | DISS 795 |
| Dissertation Defense | 3 | DISS 799 |
| Graduation | 3 | GRAD 800 |
Career opportunities
Doctoral Tuition
Tuition & Fees
Doctoral Programs
The basic costs listed here reflect the average total and are intended to be a planning guide for new students and their parents. As applicable, tuition, costs, and fees are subject to change without notice.
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Tuition Costs - Domestic
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How to Apply?
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- We Connect
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- You Get Ready
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