Business Management (Human Resource Management)

This BSc Business Management (Human Resource Management) is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of how businesses and their workforce operate and succeed, while providing you with a range of practical skills needed in today's world of business.

Why choose this course?

• The role of human resource management (HRM) within organisations is now arguably more important than ever. This course allows you to specialise with skills and knowledge in this field, as well as gaining a foundation in business management.

• Our academics are research active so their international collaborations and research activities feed into the teaching on this course to make it relevant and topical.

• It also offers you the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.

What you will learn

You will learn the analytical skills to critically appraise and challenge existing managerial and business practices, especially in the area of human resource management. You will learn about:

• how organisations are managed

• the environment in which they operate

• how decisions are made

• how to manage organisational behaviour and change.

How you will learn

You will learn via a range of different methods including lectures, seminars, presentations and group discussions. To help you gain practical knowledge first-hand, we also host guest speakers and offer you live case study sessions and panel discussions with entrepreneurs and practitioners.

You can study this course full- or part-time. You can also choose your own timetable for the core/compulsory modules selecting whether to study them in the daytime or in the evening.

Placement route

If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting to further increase your employability when you graduate. Please note that this option is not available for students who require a Student visa to study in the UK.

Foundation Year

If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.

Highlights

• Birkbeck is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the broad field of management.

• Our academic staff are active researchers, as well as enthusiastic teachers, and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the world's leading journals.

• We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sport management and marketing, as well as financial management and accounting.

• We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.

Careers and employability

On successfully graduating from this course you will have gained an array of transferable skills, including:

• analytical skills

• an understanding of decision making in organisations

• quantitative skills

• communication and interpersonal skills

• an appreciation of the impact of new technologies and globalisation on the business management function.

Graduates can pursue career paths in business, management, accounting or human resource management. Possible professions include:

• human resources officer

• management consultant

• business leader.

Course modules

For information about course structure and the modules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.