Human Resource Management

De Montfort University
Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year Business and management studies

About this course

This programme provides the opportunity to develop requisite underpinning values, core knowledge and behaviours to support access to the professional grades of CIPD membership. It will allow you to identify, develop and apply appropriate interpersonal, organisational and functional skills required to embark on a career in HRM as reflexive practitioner.

This programme integrates and explains the interrelationships between employment relation dynamics, legal, and strategic dimensions of managing and engaging people in organisations. It enables students to evaluate contemporary and future trends in HRM from critical perspectives. You will develop a critical understanding of Human Resource Management as a body of theory and practice and gives you the opportunity to become a graduate who can operate in a changing global context using a range of practical, analytical and in-depth research project skills.

*This accreditation is subject to approval from the professional body.

Key features

* Benefit from membership with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the UK’s leading professional body for all HR practitioners.

* You will be taught by expert academics with first-hand experience of researching or working in human resource management.

* Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

1136 Human resource managers and directors
3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers
3582 Health and safety managers and officers
3574 Other vocational and industrial trainers
3573 Information technology trainers

Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Leicester
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Business and management studies