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MSc in International Business and Management 2009

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MSc in HRM 2011,
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MSc in Finance 2009

MSc Human Resource Management (Full-time)

MASTERS

Management
Finance and Accounting
Human Resource Management
- Human Resource Management (Full-Time)
- Human Resource Management (Part-Time)
Marketing
Law

Overview

Our MSc in Human Resources Management is a globally recognised postgraduate qualification for HR professionals, accredited by the CIPD. This full-time programme aims to provide the knowledge, understanding and skills required to develop highly effective practitioners and managers who are able to comply with the highest professional standards associated with employment and work issues.

+Course details

Initially, MSc students take a number of compulsory modules to provide the foundations for an understanding of management. There is then the opportunity to choose from a range of specialist modules before embarking on a dissertation looking at a specific HR-related topic.

+Module details

Compulsory modules

Developing skills for business leadership
Employment law
Employee relations
Human resource development
Human resource management in context
Leading managing and developing people
Research methods

Elective modules

Choose two from a wide range of elective modules (subject to change).

+Accreditation

The programme provides the underpinning knowledge required to achieve professional levels of CIPD membership – they still then need to demonstrate application in the workplace.