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Human Resource and Knowledge Management – (M.A.)
Lancaster University
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,396 - ≈ € 14,220 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Lancaster / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Lancaster University
Sophisticated skills for understanding people, knowledge, and change in organisations in the 21st century
Based in the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology, the 12-month full-time MA programme offers in-depth analyses of HRM, knowledge management and change in organisations at the dawn of the 21st century. You will examine the conditions in which HRM and knowledge management have become the central links between people, work, and technology in contemporary organisations.
LUMS is widely recognised as one of the best management schools in the UK and is a world-leader in management research. The MA in Human Resource and Knowledge Management is recognised as one of the finest specialised master’s courses in the country. Indeed, getting onto the course is, in itself, difficult with hundreds of applications from all over the world and only accepting around twenty students.
The programme uses a wide range of concepts to help participants understand the management of people at the level of organisational practices, as well as in the wider, global context of contemporary economy and culture.
The MA at Lancaster investigates new approaches in the specialist areas of Human Resource (HRM) and Knowledge Management, as well as the ways in which changes in the structure of organisations, in the world economy and culture, and in government policies, affect the way we work, manage and organise in the 21st century.
This is not just a programme teaching you simple “models” or “techniques”, but a programme which will help you develop the sophisticated conceptual and analytical skills needed to understand people, work, management and organisations in the contemporary world. These skills are absolutely necessary if you want to become effective management professionals in today's complex organisations.
The MA in HR and Knowledge Management is also available as an MA in HR and Knowledge Management (by research) as part of the ESRC ‘1 plus 3’ scheme (one year of training in research methods followed by three years of supervised research). Progression to PhD is dependent on successful performance during the MA (by research) year.
Contents
The MA in HR & Knowledge Management (offered by the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology) is structured around four main themes: HRM (two courses); Knowledge Management (two courses); the management of change and new organisational structures in the 21st Century (two courses); and the production of managerial knowledge (two and a half courses).
The academic year at Lancaster has four terms: the first (Michaelmas) and the second (Lent) contain the main lectures. The third and fourth (Summer terms) are devoted to much less direct teaching and are focused upon supervised work for the dissertation project.
I. In the Autumn (October to December), the Michaelmas Term consists of four courses:
* Human Resource Management I
* Knowledge Management I
* Organisations in the 21st Century
* The Production of Managerial Knowledge I: The Rise of Management Ideas and Concepts
II. In the Spring (or Lent) Term (January to March), the corresponding four courses are taught:
* Human Resource Management II: The Rise and Growth of HRM Ideas and Techniques
* Knowlegde Management II: Knowledge Management as Social Practice, Global and Ethical Issues
* The Management of Organisational Change
* The Production of Managerial Knowledge II: Analysing Management in Practice
III. In the Summer Term (April to September), there are three main elements:
* The Production of Managerial Knowledge III: Quantitative Methods in Management Practices Today (intensive five-week module - assessed)
* Legal Issues in Employment (five-week lecture series - not assessed) - this series of five lectures is organised together with the Law School at Lancaster with the aim of offering a general overview of some legal issues encountered in employment contexts.
* Dissertation Project
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Entry Requirements
Applicants for the MA in Human Resources & Knowledge Management should have, or expect to hold, one of the following types of degrees:
* Management and Business Studies, Social Sciences (for example Sociology, Psychology, Applied Social Science, or History), Philosophy, English, Arts or other Humanities with very good grades, equivalent to 2.1 or GPA 3.2 or better.
Work experience is beneficial, but not compulsory. Yet, although work experience is not a compulsory admission criterion, it is always an important asset. We encourage all those who work in management and are interested in developing their careers to apply.
For those applicants for whom English is not their first language, we ask for proof of competence. We accept the following:
* British Council International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a balanced score of at least 7.0, or
* TOEFL with at least 600 (paper-based)/250 computer-based)/100 (internet-based), or
* equivalent acceptable qualifications. We also accept Cambridge Proficiency Certificate in English (grade C).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
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