Human Resource Management (F93) (Taught)

In this MSc, you’ll learn about the role of the HR professional, the nature of professionalism, approaches to addressing ethical dilemmas, sustainable HR management, and EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion). You’ll develop the people management skills that are essential for HR work, such as selection and appraisal, interviewing, delivering training, managing performance, organisational development and people analytics. You’ll also gain the skills and understanding needed to work at a strategic level in an organisation in relation to HR issues. This includes employee relations, learning and development, talent management, employee and stakeholder engagement, and the ability to address change management.

Key features of the course

• Develop essential people management skills for working in HR

• Gain the skills and understanding needed to create organisational HR strategies

• Develop the core behaviours and knowledge to address business and change management issues in an uncertain world

• Understand a HR professional's role, tackling ethical dilemmas, and using sustainable HR management

Course Modules

To gain this qualification, you need 180 credits. You'll study three compulsory 30-credit modules plus 30 credits from a choice of option modules, and complete your degree with a 60-credit dissertation module.

You'll study the following:

• The role of the human resource professional
• Human resource management in context
• Creating evidence-based value in people management

You'll choose between:

• Employment relations and employee engagement
• Learning and development at work

You'll complete your masters degree with the Dissertation module in which you'll learn how to design and implement your own research into an aspect of HRM.