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MSc/PgDip/PgCert Human Resource Management

Master

In Sheffield ()

£ 2,800 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

Course description
This course is for HR managers wanting to develop their career and recent graduates who want to begin working in HR management. It is also appropriate for professionals who are looking for a change of career.
The course begins by placing the study of HRM in its internal and external context. We then introduce you to organisation theory alongside specialist theory and practice in key areas of HR such as • resourcing and talent management • performance and reward management • managing employee relations • developing people • strategies for international HRM.
The course also aims to further develop the specialised skills needed for more effective higher-level people management and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.
You complete a developing skills for business leadership (DSBL) module that helps you to make the most of your studies. It builds your postgraduate study skills and requires that you critically reflect on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint. The DSBL covers personal reflection and planning skills.
This course includes an intensive study block and a two day residential held outside Sheffield, which develops your skills in HR practice. Currently the focus of the residential is coaching and mentoring and is delivered by members of the highly-regarded Coaching and Mentoring Research Unit here at Sheffield Hallam.
You can attend guest lectures from leading practitioners and visiting professors and professionals to ensure you learn the latest developments in HRM. We have a close relationship with the CIPD South Yorkshire and District branch who provide a professional advisor to support students and the course team.
You can also join the student-led HR Network which provides opportunities for sharing experience with alumni, sponsors, HR managers and HR consultants. The Network also arranges events and invites guest speakers on contemporary...

About this course

Study a course designed to develop or launch your career in HR management. You learn about theoretical and practical aspects of human resource management and can specialise in areas such as resourcing, talent management and performance management.

Entry requirements
2017 entry requirements
Normally one of the following
• a degree or equivalent in any discipline
• professional equivalent
• completing a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) postgraduate award from a recognised institution
We may consider you without a first degree if you have the necessary experience and can demonstrate an ability to complete the course. You may also be able to claim credit points which can reduce the amount of time it takes to complete your qualification at Sheffield Hallam. Find out more
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Subjects

  • Employee Relations
  • Coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Leadership
  • Network
  • Learning and Development
  • International
  • HRM
  • Resource Management
  • Network Training

Course programme

Course structure

Part-time – typically three years, maximum six years
Starts September

Typical modules may include

Course design

You attend one afternoon and evening a week, based on two modules each semester. There is also a range of personal and professional development activities in each semester.

Year one – postgraduate certificate

Organisations and leadership
You analyse the main influences on your behaviour at work and the central role that the HR leader plays in building and managing a competitive but harmonious organisation.

Human resource management in context
You develop a critical awareness of the development of organisations and the key role played by human resource management.

Resourcing and talent management
This module provides you with the principles of people resourcing strategies in organisations, and an understanding of the factors informing HR policy development. You explore the activities of acquisition, management and retention of people.

Performance and reward management
You develop your understanding of performance management, reward management and the related tools and systems.

Developing skills for business leadership (Year one and two)
This module aims to support your learning and development in key professional and HR leadership skills over the diploma stage of the programme.

Critically reflecting on theory and practice, you are required to evaluate your learning and develop a portfolio of evidence of your continuing professional development.

Year two – postgraduate diploma

Developing people
You develop your understanding of current and future issues in learning and development. You learn how to research, design and deliver learning and development strategies.

Managing employee relations
You study national employment policy, legal regulation and current perspectives on the management of the employment relationship. This helps you to develop the skills needed to give professional advice and support to line managers.

Strategies for international HRM
You study comparative HRM, managing people across domestic boundaries, managing diversity in a domestic situation and managing a domestic situation affected by international influences, such as international labour law. This module is only for those continuing to the MSc stage

Investigating business issues from an HR perspective
You study this module if you are not continuing to the MSc stage. You complete research work that enables you to critically assess and analyse an aspect of human resource management/development of your choice.

Developing skills for business leadership (year one and two)
You continue to reflect on your learning and develop your portfolio, as detailed under the module description for year one above.

Research philosophy and methods
This module prepares you for your dissertation and equips you with the skills to interpret and evaluate published research, so you can develop evidence-based HR policy.

Year three

Dissertation
The dissertation is the final element of the masters programme.

It offers you the opportunity to enhance your personal and professional development through an in-depth independent study in an area of your choice that is relevant to human resource management/development.

MSc/PgDip/PgCert Human Resource Management

£ 2,800 + VAT