Human Resource Management & Organisational Analysis

Course detail Description

Become an In-Demand People Professional

Achieving an MSc in Human Resource Management & Organisational Analysis from King’s Business School will equip you with in-demand and current knowledge and skills. As organisations become progressively more turbulent and the solutions required to meet organisational demands become more diverse, we can help to future-proof your career in the people profession.

Our courses cover critical and challenging issues in the people profession, including strategy, organisational management, contemporary challenges in human resource management, high performance, well-being, and advanced qualitative and quantitative analytics. The MSc involves completion of a dissertation, for which you will receive supervision by qualified academic advisors.

The programme is made up of optional and required modules and offers you flexibility with the choice to study either full or part-time. You must take modules totalling 180 credits to complete the course, including the compulsory dissertation which will count for 60 credits. If you are studying full-time, you will complete the course in one year, from September to September. If you are studying part-time, your programme will take two years to complete, with 4 core modules making up your first year, and a mixture of core and optional modules in your second year. You will also complete your dissertation in your second year too.

In addition to our core MSc course, we offer the opportunity to gain CIPD accreditation through attendance at 14, self-contained workshops. This is an engaging experience for students and involves input from high-profile guest contributors who are actively involved in the practice of the people profession.

Course purpose

We want to improve your career skills. Whether you’re working already or will start looking for a job on graduation, we’ll make sure you’re capable of great things.

With our international focus and our expertise in a wide range of HR issues, we’re committed to creating capable future leaders.

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Course format and assessment

We use lectures, seminars and group tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.

teaching Module Lectures, seminars and feedback Self-study Per 15-credit taught module Between 20 and 30 hours which typically consist of a combination of lectures, case discussion and class activities; there may be some variation in the precise format. Each 15-credit taught module has 120 – 130 hours of self-guided learning time. Dissertation module Dissertation workshops and one-to-one supervision. Approximately 592 hours self-study and project work.

Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Your assessment on taught modules, which make up 120 of the final credits, will consist of a range of different forms of assessment. The written dissertation submitted in September each year makes up the final 60 credits. The dissertation will be assessed on one 12,000-word extended piece of writing.

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Structure

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.

Part-time students should plan to take 60 credits of required modules in their first year, and 60 credits of required modules and the dissertation in their second year.

Required Modules

You are required to take:

• The Management of Human Resources: Conceptual and Strategic Perspectives (15 credits)

• Research Methods in HRM and Organisational Analysis (15 credits)

• The Business and Financial Context of Management (15 credits)

• Approaches to the Analysis and Management of Organisations (15 credits)

• The New Workforce: Issues and Challenges (15 credits)

• Managing Diversity; Contemporary Issues (15 credits)

• High Performance and Employee Well-Being (15 credits)

• Dissertation (60 credits)

Optional Modules

Students are required to take one of the following optional modules:

• The New Employment Relations (15 credits)

• International HRM (15 credits)

There is an option to gain a CIPD accreditation by attending 14 workshops (no credit towards MSc). This accreditation is optional and costs £1500.