Human Resource Management

Studying Human Resource Management at DMU allows you to explore various issues raised by contemporary management, work, and employment developments. Our degree focusses on the purpose, values, specialist knowledge and core behaviours of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).

The course offers you a diverse career path where you will be able to gain expert knowledge in managing employee relations, managing equality, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, organisational development, consultancy and critical issues in human resource management. To prepare for your future career, you will also acquire critical attributes that employers value, based on CIPD core knowledge. These include commercial acumen, self-reflection and emotional intelligence, research and project management, people practice, culture and behaviour, evidence-based practice, change management, and HRM and technology.

Key features

• DMU is one of the few prestigious Chartered Institute Personnel and Development (CIPD) Approved Centres, the leading HR professional body in the UK and worldwide, where CIPD is recognised as a mark of quality used by employers as a standard for human resource practice.

• Enhancing our students' employability is at the core of our modules. Our graduates have successful careers in globally renowned organisations, including Telegraph Media Group, Jaguar Land Rover, PwC and Mondelez.

• Many of our academics draw on years of industry experience, bringing real-world techniques into the classroom.

• Students value our expertise and teaching style, with 97% feeling positive that teaching staff are good at explaining things (NSS, 2025).

• Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

• Students have secured year-long placements in companies such as Airbus, IBM, Marks and Spencer, DHL, the NHS and many more.

• Get involved in DMU’s BizSpark Challenge – a unique opportunity to work on real challenges faced by real companies. You’ll be engaging with them to help solve the big problems, developing and putting into practice key business skills.

Course Modules

Year 1
Block one: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
Block two: Professional Development for Human Resource Management
Block three: Organisational Behaviour
Block four: Human Resource Management in a Global Business Context

Year 2
Block one: Human Resource Management in the Workplace
Block two: Learning and Organisation Development
Block three: Managing Employee Relations
Block four: Reward and Performance Management

Year 3
Block one: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Block two: Employment Law
Block three and four: Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. Choose one option from either:
Organisational Development and Consulting
Business Management Project

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Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of