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International 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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The internationalisation (or 'globalisation' as it is more usually called) of business and of other organisations means that the management of people has become an international activity. It cannot be assumed that what is effective in one country can be automatically transferred to another country even when it is within the same organisation.
The course will help you to acquire specialist HR knowledge and enhance your HR competence, explore the strategic management context, enhance career prospects through applying HR knowledge and skills in an international context, enable you to learn within a framework that places emphasis on relating theory to practice and to network and learn within an internationally diverse group.
Contents
Units - Semester one (Postgraduate Certificate in Management)
In the first semester, the emphasis is on putting the foundations into place: developing understanding of the functions and tools of management such as finance, marketing, operations management and, of course, HRM. There is also the need to appreciate the importance of an organisation´s external environment, which as the programme highlights, is international. In addition, a weekly tutorial will help you understand the requirements of studying in the UK at postgraduate level.
* Human Resource Management: critically assesses concepts within organisational behaviour and their relative value to the management of work, whilst analysing the nature of human resource management as a generalist and/or functional area. The evaluation and application of human resource management techniques to business situations will also be explored.
* International Business Environment: by examining the external influences on organisations, this unit relates economic, political and social concepts to the role of managing organisations in the international environment.
* Management Operations: relates key concepts in the management functions of finance, marketing and operations to the role of managing organisations in the global economy.
* Statistics and IT for Managers: critically examines the role and nature of management information systems and exploits software applications in the generation of reports in order to contribute to effective management decision making. It also analyses the role of statistics in decision making through evaluating data sources, manipulation, presentation and interpretation in relation to corporate scenarios.
* Weekly Tutorial to develop study skills at postgraduate level.
Units - Semester two (Postgraduate Diploma)
In the second semester, the focus moves more to the strategic level. As in the first semester, the approach is to develop the relevant knowledge and then apply it via activity-based learning, such as case studies.
* Comparative Employment Relations: explores the understanding and explanation of international variations in the way relationships between employers and employees are regulated, experienced and contested.
* Human Resource Development: focuses on the contribution made by training and related activities to individuals and organisational development.
* International Strategic Management: considers the nature of strategic analysis, decision making and the management of change in different contexts.
* Strategic International Human Resource Management: the main approach of this unit demonstrates how strategic human resource management can impact on the strategic processes driving organisations in an increasingly globalised business environment. Differing levels of strategic thinking are addressed, from the integration of human resources theory, which is related to strategic analysis, planning and action at an organisational level, to mechanisms for integrating personnel and organisational development strategies.
* Research Methods for International HRM: as well as developing your ability to identify appropriate methods for the collection and analysis of data, the assessed piece of work will be the proposal for your project. This will have to be submitted before the end of the semester, so when the second semester finishes your research will be underway. The proposal is clearly structured and is introduced by means of an explanatory workshop.
June - November
* Research Project: the dissertation should be of value to you in your career and therefore should be strategic in nature and, where appropriate, could be of significance to a sponsoring organisation. It should demonstrate the ability to integrate theory and practice, as well as your capacity to manage and present (in written form) a substantial piece of work based on in-depth research. A supervisor will be allocated to guide you through the research. Individual tutorials will be arranged to monitor progress and ensure a balance is achieved between academic rigour and practical relevance.
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An upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
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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