MA Human Resource Management (Global)

• Students need to have an honours degree with classification 2.2 or better in any subject from a UK university or the equivalent from a recognised university overseas

or

• a CIPD level 5 qualification and two years Human Resource Management experience

Institution code	H36
School of study	Hertfordshire Business School
Course length	Full Time, 1 Years Part Time, 2 Years
Location	University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

• You want to help people reach their potential
• You want to add value to organisations and make a positive impact on society from a global perspective
• You’re looking for inspiring course content, with a range of optional modules to tailor your studies to suit your interests
• You value a fresh approach to teaching and learning, which focuses on real-life application of theory
• You’re looking to study alongside a diverse and inspiring cohort. We expect you to be studying alongside personnel and HR managers, line managers, trade unionists and equal opportunity officers from a variety of backgrounds. This will be a valuable opportunity to learn from the experience and perspective of your peers
• You want to become a member of the CIPD. At Herts, we pay for your CIPD joining fee and the first-year student membership
• Business and Management Studies ranked in the top 25% of UK universities for research impact. (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

What will I study?

We offer a problem-based learning approach to our teaching so you can gain real life skills for the workplace. Together we’ll explore complex issues arising from research, practices and current debates and see these from a global perspective. You’ll analyse human resource management at an individual, organisational, national and international level. We’ll teach you how to recognise ethical dilemmas and corporate responsibility issues to ensure that the organisations you work with are sustainable. You’ll develop an inquiry practice-orientated mindset, showing expert problem-solving, decision making and evaluation skills. We offer a blended learning approach, including individual and group work, one-to-one sessions, workshops, study trips, guest speakers and live projects/case studies. Formal lectures will be kept to a minimum (and available online if you can’t be with us in person or want to review later). We value our students as HR practitioners in training.  This means that you are starting or continuing your professional development in the class room. To reflect this, our teaching, learning and assessment shares this core value. For example, our tutors will facilitate and role model human resource management practice. Plus, we’ll encourage you to apply your learning to HRM problems and issues in the class and during assessments. Our focus is on experiential real-life learning, where you’ll be immersed in activities that bridge the gap between theory and practice. You’ll be assessed in this way too, with each assessment having two sections: a critical review of theory and application of that theory to practice. For example, you could carry out small consultancy work, deliver a presentation or write a brief to the board of directors to evidence your knowledge. The world of human resource management is complex and unpredictable. By studying at Herts, you’ll gain the personal development, skills and strategies you need to help individuals, organisations and your own career thrive. You’ll develop insights and skills in cross cultural management to empower you to manage a diverse international workforce in a fast-changing world. We’ll teach you the current issues and challenges that global HR needs to confront and solve. You’ll explore major issues central to cultural and institutional differences in people management, local markets, legal, economic systems, differing management styles, different approaches to compensation management, and the global HRM decision-making process. Issues such as the major challenges in the global staffing process, selection, learning, training & development strategies, and the cultural differences in these. You’ll analyse HRM and management policies, practices and strategies to overcome these issues and challenges.

Module	Credits	Compulsory/optional
PG HRM Dissertation/Management Research Project (CIPD)	45 Credits	Compulsory
Working Lives in a Changing Environment	15 Credits	Compulsory
Strategic People Management and Development	15 Credits	Compulsory
Business Research in People Practice	15 Credits	Compulsory
Personal Effectiveness and Leadership	15 Credits	Compulsory
Global HRM	15 Credits	Compulsory
People Management Across Cultures	15 Credits	Compulsory
Employment Law	15 Credits	Optional
Contemporary Employment relations	15 Credits	Optional
Sustainable Organisational Change and Development	15 Credits	Optional
Strategic Reward	15 Credits	Optional
People Resourcing	15 Credits	Optional
Strategic Learning and Development	15 Credits	Optional
Ethics In Business: A Global Perspective	15 Credits	Optional
Effective Work Psychology	15 Credits	Optional
Contemporary Issues in Work Psychology	15 Credits	Optional