The Management and Human Resources Department offers courses within the different programs at HEC, with lectures given in both French and English. A large number of specialized fields are taught in the department, including: organization theories, human resources management, intercultural management, international management, developing managerial skills, psychoanalysis and organization. These courses are often conducted in liaison with other fields of management (strategy, management control and industrial and logistical management). The Management and Human Resources Department is widely involved in different teaching initiatives, setting up a multidisciplinary approach. The teaching staff is made up of 10 permanent professors, 1 affiliated professor and a number of temporary staff.

The department is greatly involved in international research.

Many students from all over the world are taken on and trained by the department within the framework of the Doctorate School, in order to help them complete management theses in our specialized areas.

Through its research activities, the department is influential in the French-speaking research world:

- Georges Trepo, President of the AGRH (Francophone Association of Management and Human Resources),
- Jacqueline Laufer, co-director of the MAGE (CNRS) Research Group: "Gender and the Labor Market".

The department has a strong presence on the international scene by its professors published works and participation in international conferences : Gilles Amado, editor in chief of the Revue International de Psychosociologie and chair person at the 2001 congress of International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organization (IPSOS) at Jouy en Josas.