Management with Human Resources – (M.Sc.)

Contents

Stage1

Managing People

This unit aims to provide you with a secure foundation in the concepts and practice of management and leadership in the context of the changing nature of work and business in the international arena. A critically analytical and evaluative approach will be taken to explore these areas in a range of organisational scenarios, to develop a range of conceptual and practical managerial tools.

Assessment: 50% coursework and 50% examination

Marketing & Strategy

The unit aims to explore and analyse the premise that in order to be successful, organisations need to gain a good understanding of their customers’ requirements and to seek to achieve organisational objectives through the satisfaction of their customers’ needs and wants. The unit will also look at marketing against the backdrop of corporate strategy development, and establish the linkage between the two activities.

Assessment: 50% coursework and 50% examination

Contemporary Business Issues

The overall aims of this unit are:

• to ensure you are aware of how your specialist discipline interacts in a real world environment with other related disciplines
• to ensure you have a broad awareness of current and topical business issues (the word business in this context encompasses law, finance and management)
• to motivate you to learn from self managed and group environments.

Assessment: 100% coursework

Stage2

Contemporary Employment & Legal Studies

The central aim of this unit is to provide you with theoretical and conceptual understanding of two important specialist areas of knowledge and expertise in the theory and practice of HRM: Contemporary Employment Relations (CER) and Employment and Labour Law (ELL). With additional input in understanding the Data Protection Act, Access to Medical Reports and Heath Records.

Assessment: 50% coursework and 50% examination

People Resourcing & Development

This unit aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of people resourcing and development, to enable you to demonstrate how people resourcing and development (PR&D) activities can effectively contribute to achievement of corporate strategic goals. You should be cognisant of the impact of the changing environment of work and business on these activities, and the internal and external contexts in which these functions operate. Throughout the unit, the role of the HR professional in facilitating the relationship between PR&D and organisational effectiveness will be critically examined. Particular emphasis will be placed on developing the knowledge and skills that you need, to fulfil this role effectively.

Assessment: 100% coursework

Human Resource Practice & Theory

Having completed this unit you are expected to:

• critically evaluate how the HR professional role has evolved and become integrated into the work of other management specialists within contemporary organisations
• critically assess the ways in which HR strategies, policies and practices can add value to the organisations and evaluate associated methodological and implementation problems and dilemmas in areas such as employment relations discussing both the legal and political frameworks
• advance your conceptual knowledge and analytical understanding of Consultants and Outsourcing, both external and internal, and how they contribute to organisational performance and people management development.

Assessment: 50% coursework and 50% examination

Stage3

Research Project

The Research Project provides you with an opportunity to undertake a significant piece of self-managed research in a relevant area of particular interest.

Assessment: you will be required to submit a 15,000 word research project carrying 100% of the marks available

Accreditation

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the UK government’s teaching quality watchdog, awarded us the highest category of confidence in our academic standards.

Many of our courses are accredited by professional and industry bodies, which means our courses are readily recognised by employers, and our graduates have professional membership or status when they compete on the job market.

Funding details

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