MA Human Resource Management (Work Psychology)

What will I study?

We offer a problem-based learning approach to our teaching so you can gain real life skills for the workplace. Together we’ll explore complex issues arising from research, practices and current debates. You’ll analyse HRM at an individual, organisational, national and international level. We’ll teach you how to recognise ethical dilemmas and corporate responsibility issues to ensure that the organisations you work with are sustainable. You’ll develop an inquiry practice-orientated mindset, showing expert problem-solving, decision making and evaluation skills

The psychology pathway provides an overview of the application of psychological theory and research to understanding, predicting and influencing behaviour at work. You'll gain an understanding of how work psychology theories can inform contemporary business issues. By identifying and exploring these issues in relation to psychology, you'll be equipped to find innovative solutions.

We offer a blended learning approach, including individual and group work, one-to-one sessions, workshops, study trips, guest speakers and live projects/case studies. Formal lectures will be kept to a minimum (and available online if you can’t be with us in person or want to review later).

We value our students as HR practitioners in training. At Herts, you start or continue your professional development in the classroom. To reflect this, our teaching, learning and assessment share this core value. For example, our tutors will facilitate and role model HRM practice. Plus, we'll encourage you to apply your learning to HRM problems and issues in the class and during assessments.

Our focus is on experiential real-life learning, where you’ll be immersed in activities that bridge the gap between theory and practice. You’ll be assessed in this way too, with each assessment having two sections: a critical review of theory and application of that theory to practice. For example, you could carry out small consultancy work, deliver a presentation or write a brief to the board of directors to evidence your knowledge.

The world of human resource management is complex and unpredictable. By studying at Herts, you’ll gain the personal development, skills and strategies you need to help individuals, organisations and your own career thrive.

Level 7

Module

• PG HRM Dissertation/Management Research Project (CIPD)
• Working Lives in a Changing Environment
• Strategic People Management and Development
• Business Research in People Practice
• Personal Effectiveness and Leadership
• Effective Work Psychology
• Contemporary Issues in Work Psychology
• Employment Law
• Contemporary Employment relations
• Sustainable Organisational Change and Development
• Strategic Reward
• People Resourcing
• Strategic Learning and Development
• Ethics In Business: A Global Perspective
• Global HRM
• People Management Across Cultures