Overview

All forms of business require human resources professionals. This human resources course aims to teach you about managing and treating employees fairly.

Relying on Human Resource Management (HRM) and Development (HRD) professionals, successful organisations recognise the importance of being able to recruit, select, develop, motivate, performance manage and reward their employees efficiently and effectively in order to realise their business goals.

Coventry University has delivered HRM courses for over 30 years. This course is designed to develop a sound understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by HRM professionals today, and is focused on supporting you as you look to develop a potential future career in managing and leading people, across any number of business sectors.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will not only obtain a degree, but you can achieve the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Intermediate Certificate or Diploma in either HRM or HRD. You will have to pass certain CIPD Modules to gain credits to obtain the certificate or diploma, and this is subject to additional requirements. Please refer to the Accreditation and Professional Recognition tab for further information

Course information

This course aims to provide a solid foundation in the management of people, drawing upon contemporary business and human resource theory and practice.

The CIPD qualifications are specifically designed to incorporate the needs of both management specialists and generalists, increasing the business content and broadening the appeal and relevance of these highly respected qualifications. Please refer to the Accreditation and Professional Recognition tab for further information on CIPD qualifications.

Throughout your studies, our focus will be on practice-led learning, encompassing informed research, using real-world case studies and role play (skills practice), designed to help enhance your essential practical and academic leadership and management skills. We will explore how to apply your learning to case studies of real-life scenarios from multinational corporations to smaller local companies to public and charitable organisations, so you can have the chance see for yourself the impact and influence of good human resource management on successful business performance.

We will encourage you to use your student membership of the CIPD to engage with field trips to conferences, as well as attending local and national branch events, so that you have the opportunity to engage with employers of different companies, giving you the chance to build your professional networks and accessing the latest research and thinking. Talks include topics that currently present major challenges to HR practitioners, such as unconscious bias in recruitment and performance management, skills shortages, linking reward to performance, etc.

On graduation, you will be prepared for potential future career options and/or to pursue further professional HRM/HRD qualifications, such as the Advanced CIPD Level 7 or an MA/MSc in Human Resource Management. Please note that further study/qualification opportunities are subject to competitive application, availability, meeting applicable visa requirements and additional fees will apply.