Human Resource Management MA

This module aims to enable you to:

1. Gain advanced knowledge and understanding of business context and how people practice should be aligned with the business strategy to ensure the organisation sustainability and performance.

2. Explore the different approaches to Strategic People Management and how these influence the operational strategies within organisations.

3. Develop workforce plans to support organisational effectiveness in the delivery of key business strategies and plans.

4. Develop people management policies and procedures that will bring about effective organisational performance.

The purpose of this module is to provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to brief organisations on the consequences of current and future developments in employment law, and to give up-to-date, timely and accurate advice concerning the practical application of legal principles at work in different jurisdictions.

During this module you will explore the mainstream activities of the HR practitioner, including human resource and talent planning, job design, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal and management, and employee release.

The aims of this module are to:

1. To develop a critical understanding of the potential and limitations of the contribution of learning and talent development policies and strategies to formulating and achieving objectives at national, organisational, group and individual levels.

2. To enable the development of intellectual, social, professional and personal skills to perform effectively in associated professional roles.

3. To reflect critically on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint, explore the implications for professional practice, and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.

The study of this module will also encourage and enable you to gain new skills and core behaviours in line with the CIPD Profession Map to support your development as a People Practitioner.

This module is designed to achieve the following aims;

• Provide you with critical knowledge of the theoretical framework of contemporary organisations and their business environments.

• Provide advanced knowledge on the contemporary nature of work and how different forms of work patterns within organisations support the delivery of organisation strategies and their resulting impact on organisational performance.

• Provide advanced knowledge and insight into the role of managers and people practitioners within organisations and their multiple business environments.

• Increase your knowledge of the complexities of managing across cultures within the context of people management practices.

• You will also gain knowledge and insight on why key people strategies such as wellbeing, inclusion and diversity support organisations in attaining competitive advantage globally.

The module is primarily concerned with the development of your leadership skills and other core behaviours/skills in line with the CIPD Profession Map. In particular, we will support you, as part of your growth as a people practitioner to develop and improve a range of definable skills and behaviours that are important to successful people management and practice.

This module aims to enable you to;

1. Develop an evidence-based approach to people practice underpinned by the use of data

2. Develop insight focus and key competencies based on problem-solving people issues within the workplace.

3. Gain an in-depth understanding of the psychology behind people behaviour to support evidence-based practice.

The study of this module will also encourage and enable you to gain new skills and core behaviours in line with the CIPD Profession Map to support your development as a People Practitioner.

This module aims to enable you to:

1. Design and develop an empirical investigation, on a specific, current people management issue, within an organisation and make costed recommendations sensitive to the personal, economic, political and social consequences as part of evidence-based practice.

2. As People Practitioners and in line with the CIPD Profession Map, reflect and demonstrate your ability to critically review, analyse, evaluate and communicate your own experience in its professional, social, personal and programme context including how you manage your learning.