MSc Management and Human Resources (formerly MSc Human Resource Management)

About the MSc programme

This programme in human resource management primarily takes a managerial perspective and places HRM in a wider business context. The programme is based in the Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group|.

The programme has been designed so as to allow students to satisfy the educational requirements of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) professional level of membership. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in workshops that help to develop the skills and competencies required by the CIPD and, if required, will be given assistance in applying for CIPD membership.

Applicants normally require a first class or upper second class honours degree (or the overseas equivalent) to be accepted onto the programme. In exceptional cases, where candidates lack the required academic attainments, relevant work experience may be taken into account. However, please note that the programme is academically demanding.

Students are expected to be inquisitive and thoughtful, to have good writing skills, and to be willing to focus on research methods; however, a social science degree is not a prerequisite. We find that well-motivated people wishing to change disciplines or careers can produce as impressive results as those seeking to deepen their social science knowledge.

If appropriate, applicants will need to pass an English language test at the higher level specified by the School.

The programme carries a very heavy workload. As well as a full academic timetable, students wishing to satisfy the CIPD educational requirements must attend ten all-day workshops aimed at developing competencies essential for an HR professional. Additionally, students will be required to carry out a business project in connection with their dissertation.

There is a potential opportunity to extend your studies beyond the end of the programme through the European Master's in Labour Studies| programme, which allows you entry to around 12 other participating universities. 

Graduates of this programme have gone on to a wide range of careers in human resource management and consultancy, both in the private and public sectors, in the UK and across the world.

Compulsory courses

(* half unit)

• Foundations of Business and Management for HR*
• Management of Human Resources: Strategies and Policy*
• Organisational Behaviour*
• Dissertation
• Human Resource Policy and Practice (for students wishing to satisfy the educational requirements of the CIPD)

Plus one from:

• Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management*
• Globalisation and Human Resource Management*

Options

Choose a total of one full unit from:

• International and Comparative Human Resource Management*
• Cross Cultural Management*
• Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice*
• The Dark Side of the Organisation*
• Organisational Change*
• International Employment Relations* 
• Negotiation Analysis*
• Managing Diversity in Organisations*
• Organisational Theory*
• Reward Systems: Key Models and Practices*
• Globalisation and Human Resource Management* †
• Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards*
• Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management* †
• Employment Law*
• Human Rights in the Workplace*
• Personnel Economics*
• Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets*
• Human Resource Management and Employment Regulation*
• An MSc level course from another programme, subject to approval 

† if not already taken

See also MSc International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management| and MSc Organisational Behaviour|