MSc International Business and Human Resource Management
ObjectivesEnhance your existing qualifications and career prospects with a specialist focus on business and the management of people within an international context.
Entry requirementsCareer enhancement for recent graduates in a global job market
Academic titleMSc International Business and Human Resource Management
Course descriptionProgramme
This exciting one year programme is for graduates and professionals who would like to give themselves a competitive edge in today's international job market, with a specialist focus on HRM. Students will gain an advanced knowledge of business and HRM principles, through both practical application and contemporary theory. Beginning with a range of modules designed to underpin key business and management fundamentals, the programme introduces key theories and approaches. These are followed by a selection of modules aimed at developing strategic competences in relation to the specialist area of HRM within an international framework.
Following an induction week, students study five core (compulsory) modules covering essential key themes in business and management:
-Critical Perspectives in Global Management
-Organisational Context and Analysis
-International Strategic Management, Markets and Resources
-Accounting for Managers
-Research Methodology.
Students then study four modules in:
-Research in Human Resource Management
-International Human Resource Management
-Managing Organisational Change
-Strategic Human Resource Management and Development.
The final stage is the dissertation, a detailed piece of written research with an international focus, on an HRM topic of the students' choice.