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Human Resource Management – (M.Sc.)
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Business School
| Location: | Portsmouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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There is increasing reliance upon HR professionals to be professionally accredited through the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which is reflected strongly in advertisements for HR jobs. The full time MSc Human Resource Management provides students with the generalist grounding needed to operate as an HR professional, and equips course members to operate effectively at a strategic HR level.
In addition to developing knowledge and understanding of HR strategy and practice, skills development workshops are integrated into the course. Student-centred learning activities relating to both personal, managerial and HR-related activities form the basis for the dedicated skills development units, which enables the enhancement of a range of people management and HRspecific skills. Reflections upon personal competence and competence development further equip students with the ability to make an active contribution to business performance.
Contents
Full-time study normally means attendance for four days per week for the first 10 weeks of semester one, followed by a work placement of three weeks with an employer in January. The placement then becomes one day per week until Easter. The placements provide opportunities for students to incorporate their coursework assessments related to some of the units studied and gain valuable work experience in HR. Our Placements Office will support you in maintaining and developing business contacts, advise you of vacancies and help you prepare for interviews and other selection methods.
Units
Managing in a Strategic Business Context (15 credits) Examines and analyses the competitive, demographic, social, technological, political, regulatory and global contexts within which organisations operate.
Leading and Managing People (15 credits) A critical exploration of the following areas: leadership and management; organisational change; and developing excellence in organisations with an emphasis upon performance infrastructures and performance differentiators.
Managing Information for Competitive Advantage (15 credits) Critically evaluates three key areas: the role and application of statistics in managerial decision-making; the role and nature of IT and ecommerce within the business systems domain and knowledge management processes and systems; and the purpose and application of financial information and understanding of accounting conventions in decision making.
Management Skills for Results (15 credits) Looks at how organisations function and how they optimise organisational and personal performance; evaluating how managers contribute to organisational performance; and the engagement of continuous personal and professional development and its impact on organisational performance.
People Resourcing (15 credits) Develops ?Thinking Professionals? who can make informed judgements about resourcing and rewarding employees within the work context. This unit also provides a critical awareness of conflicts and ambiguities associated with added value professional roles.
Employment Relations (15 credits) Explores how employment relations and reward strategy contributes to organisational success and the management of change, gaining commitment to organisational goals and objectives, and integrates employment relations with other people-management activities within particular contexts.
Learning, Training and Development (15 credits) Critically explores how learning, training and development contribute towards strategic decision-making and strategic HR and HRD.
Professional Competence Development (15 credits) Develops ?Thinking Performers?, promoting professional competence at personal and organisational level. A gradation of strategic and operational skills and competences are explored and evaluated.
IELTS
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A good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject and seeking to pursue/continue a HR career. Applicants with appropriate management or HR experience and a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) level 3 or 5 qualification will be considered.
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 or equivalent, with a minimum score of 6.0 in all individual components.
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
Accreditation
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
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