MA Strategic Human Resource Management

The course aims to provide experienced practitioners who are CIPD qualified with a challenging programme that develops their strategic competence. It is intended to provoke and challenge the course participants in their thinking and expectations about how and why we manage people at work. The programme challenges participants to consider how different human resource management (HRM) approaches may be more effective in achieving corporate success. In the first year, students will study the following modules in Human Resource Management in Context, Developing Skills for Business Leadership, Leading, Managing and Developing People, and Resourcing and Talent Management. In the second year, students will study one core module in Investigating a Business Issue from a HR Perspective. Students will also study two modules that will be determined via employer and student surveys, ensuring that they are studying the most relevant modules to their career. These include modules around managing employee relations, employment law, learning and talent development, and understanding and implementing coaching and mentoring. The final year of the MA consists of a research methodology and dissertation. The dissertation is the essential component of this Masters course.