MSc Human Resource Management

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University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus

Comments about MSc Human Resource Management - At the institution - Paisley - Renfrewshire

• Entry requirements
  ENTRY REQUIREMENTS * Entry to the MSc is open to those possessing an Honours degree (or equivalent) with relevant work experience. Direct entry is also open to students possessing an Ordinary degree in a business relevant subject, who are currently employed in a relevant business function. Applicants with a nonbusiness related degree and substantial relevant experience will be considered. In line with University and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) policies on wider access, applicants who do not meet standard entry requirements will also be considered.
• Academic title
  MSc Human Resource Management
• Course description
  Human Resource Management (HRM) is a strategic approach to managing employment relations. Increasingly the key to competitive advantage for an organisation, recognised by business leaders and academics, is the effective management of the organisation’s most important resource, its staff. This involves the creation and utilisation of a distinctive set of integrated employment policies and practices.
  
  This programme is designed to assist participants to understand how the employment relationship operates on both an individual and collective basis. This understanding will achieve greater utilisation of the human resource and facilitate greater business success and increased employee satisfaction. It will allow participants to develop and assess employment policies and practices. As such, the programme would be beneficial for both general managers and those working, or intending to work, in the specialist function of HRM.
  
  Course Contents
  
  The programme will cover and seek to improve competency and skill in generic areas of management. To this end, the course will discuss the influence of the environment on organisations, the management of information, change and customer service. These general areas are built on later in the programme as the more specialist areas of people resourcing, learning and development, employee relations and pay and reward are explored.
  
  Throughout the programme the emphasis will be to produce professional managers with the ability to apply critical thinking skills and practical vocational skills. As such, work-based assignments and projects will be a key feature of assessment.
  
  Modules will include:
  
  • Managing Strategically
  
  • People Resourcing & Reward
  
  • Managing for Results
  
  • Managing Information for HRM
  
  • Applied Personnel & Development
  
  • Learning & Development
  
   • Employment Relations (including Employment Law)
  
  • MSc Project (HRM)
  
  Professional Recognition
  
  The MSc Human Resource Management has been designed to meet the requirements of the CIPD Professional Development Scheme.
  
  This course is designed as a means for participants to enter the field of HRM and to allow progression through the specialism. It will also be beneficial for managers who wish to improve their people management competencies while remaining in a generalist role.

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