Human Resource Management PgDip / MSc

Modules

Students studying for the MSc HRM will be required to complete the 4 core units in your first year. In your second year you will take Research Methods plus one core unit and two electives. Each year of the programme features a residential weekend as an integral part of the overall course. The dissertation gives you the opportunity to link theory with practice within an organisational context.

The taught units are assessed by a mixture of individual assignments, group presentations and by examination at the end of some units.

• Power and constraint : the strategic context
• Leadership and HR strategy
• Leadership and management skills
• Resourcing and talent management

• Research methods for HR
• Managing the employment relationship
• Management report (8000 words) (PG Dip only)

Plus 2 electives (subject to minimum numbers; at least one elective be taken from Group A)

Electives A:

• Managing reward
• Employment law

Electives B:

• Leading and managing change
• Managing coaching and mentoring
• Leadership and management development

• Dissertation (20,000 words) (Only MSc)