Human Resource Management

Career and employability

Successful completion of this programme will enable you to work in roles including a human resource manager, a trainer/developer, and a recruitment consultant.

You could also find openings as an employee relations advisor, an administrator, or a management trainee.

Why study this course with us

As well as being delivered by a specialist Human Resources department, on the course you will have an opportunity to:

• Develop a critical awareness and understanding of the importance of effective people management practices within organisations, and of managers valuing people as the key resource for achieving sustained business success and competitive advantage.

• Develop personal skills that will enable you to maximise your personal development both inside and outside employment.

• Develop a flexible and enquiring intellectual stance that will enable you to adapt to a rapidly changing environment of work and social life.

• Develop a critical understanding of Human Resource and management theory and practice by adapting holistic perspectives and a reflective approach.

• Enable you to make an effective early contribution to Human Resource practice and the management of the organisation.

• Enable you to perform effectively as Human Resource practitioners and make a significant contribution to organisational effectiveness.

Objectives

Course Aims

The BA (Hons) Human Resource Management course aims to provide you with the knowledge and understanding of human resourcing theories and their strategic application to organisations operating within a changing global and highly digitised environment.

Through the use of a range of concepts, approaches, research techniques and e-learning forums, the course intends to equip you with a range of personal and intellectual skills in preparation for a career in the human resourcing or general management fields.

On completion of the course, you are expected to be able to:

• Understand and apply the fundamental concepts, principles and contemporary theories of HRM.

• Assess the impact of changing internal and external environmental forces on organisations’ people management practices.

• Formulate, implement and evaluate HRM strategies, plans, models, relationships, tasks and roles within complex and dynamic global business environments.

• Develop and strategically apply recognised human resourcing techniques within a digital forum.

• Apply qualitative, quantitative and ICT skills to enhance your own effectiveness and that of others.

• Acquire a range of people management skills which will be attractive to employers, both inside and outside the human resourcing profession at a local, national and international level.