MSc Human Resource Management
The specialist area of HRM offers a wealth of career opportunities within every business sector. This Human Resource Management master is designed to provide you with the up-to-date knowledge and understanding you need to manage people effectively in the workplace.
It will be especially useful if you are seeking a career in HRM or have recently entered HR or line management and are keen to progress your career.
The MSc Human Resource Management also provides you with a postgraduate qualification alongside CIPD accreditation, the professional body for Human Resource Managers, at the associate level.
It's flexible - you can gain a Postgraduate Certificate after the first stage of the course; Postgraduate Diploma after the second or complete the full Master's degree and obtain CIPD accreditation. This course is also available through Network75, a combined work and study route.
What you will study
You will study key areas of human resource management, such as the principles, values, and approaches to leadership and management, and you will explore the changing context within which businesses operate.
As you progress through the HRM course, you will study areas that relate to employment relations and the framework of performance management as well.
You will study:
- Strategic HRM
Learn about how those in HR, respond appropriately to opportunities and challenges arising from managerial responses to principal environmental contexts. - Developing Skills for Business Leadership
Develop a strong sense of self-awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses as a manager or colleague whilst improving a range of definable skills that are pivotal to successful management practice and to effective leadership. - Leading, Managing and Developing People
Discover a rigorous framework of knowledge and understanding concerning people management and development. - Managing Employee Relations
Gain an understanding of the significance and complexity of the employment relationship and the contribution of employment relations to business performance and the wider society. - Resourcing and Talent Management
Consider not just the practical aspects of recruitment, selection, employee retention, and dismissal, but also the strategic aspects for resourcing and talent management within a global context. - Regulating the Employment relationship
Critically analyze approaches to workplace conflict and resolution, as well as develop your knowledge and ability to brief organizations on the consequences of current and future developments in employment law. - Performance Management
Gain knowledge and an understanding of the role of performance management in supporting organizations' strategic objectives in different business environments. Learn how the performance of people can be enhanced and inspired by leadership and direction. - Human Resource Management Business Research Report
Demonstrate the ability to diagnose and investigate a live, complex business issue from an HR perspective.
Throughout the HRM course, you will develop a portfolio to demonstrate your commitment to continuing professional development, culminating in the production of a business research report on an HR-related topic of your choice
Careers
As well as giving you the chance to study for a role within HRM, the HRM masters confer CIPD membership which is often a requirement of appointment and/or promotion in the HR profession.
By achieving this qualification students are demonstrating that they have the skills and drive to maximize their contribution to overall business performance and that they are committed to achieving the highest standard of professionalism within their career.
CIPD qualification is internationally recognized. Graduates can also progress to a Ph.D. or research degree.
Benefit from our partnerships and links
USW's HRM masters have been working with part time students for over 15 years and so has developed a strong network of HR practitioners and managers in the locality from which our students can benefit.
Our HRM USW Network brings together past students who contribute to the course through acting as guest speakers, offering work shadowing opportunities and possible internship
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