This research study sought to address was a determination of whether or not a sufficient level of competence-based information technology (IT) skill sets and fundamental technological literacy requirements are being taught in contemporary American graduate and doctoral-level human resource (HR) and human resource management (HRM) academic programs. Using Freedman's (1984, 2015) Stakeholder Theory as a theoretical framework to guide this research, it became clear that collective across-the-board stakeholder action is needed across the HR Community at-large to ensure there are no gaps in core technological foundational knowledge when equipping future HR practitioners. This research sought to highlight critical skill sets and professional knowledge bases needed by current upper-level HRM students to perform future HR functions. Implications of this research will potentially impact HR/HRM and IT/technology educators and curriculum directors at institutions of higher learning with graduate and doctoral-level HR programs nation-wide. Overall, out of the 80 purposeful solicitations sent out to 40 HR and 40 IT department chairs/program managers nation-wide, 54 subject matter expert (SME) responses were provided to the anonymous survey with 13 voluntarily one-on-one follow-up interviews to garner additional insights and enhance the collected inputs. Ultimately, this researcher found 76% of respondents readily identified specific IT-related "digital dexterity" skill sets future HRMs will need to successfully operating in an ever-increasing technological work environment. A 54% majority of respondents assessed today's HR Community's core technology skills as relatively low, while another 37% of respondents assessed those same technological skills as medium. In total, 91% of SME respondents nation-wide assessed there was room for improvement within the technology fundamentals education arena, while only 9% of SME respondents rated the current HR Community's technology skills as high and thus, sufficient. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]