MSc in Human Resources and Organisations

Full-year programme. Students must take compulsory and optional courses to the value of three units and a full unit dissertation as shown below. The number of compulsory and optional units will vary depending on the specialism taken.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

All students take the following compulsory courses:

Paper

Course number and title

1

MG480

Management of Human Resources: Strategies and Policy (H)

6

MG493

Developing Professional Research and Employability Skills

Students take the following courses according to their chosen specialism:

Specialism 1 - Organisational Behaviour

Programme code: TMHRORG3

Department: Management

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Paper

Course number and title

2

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H)

3

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H)

4

MG475

Organisational Theory (H)

5

Two half-unit courses from the Options list

Specialism 2 - Human Resource Management (CIPD)

Programme code: TMHRORG2

Department: Management

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Paper

Course number and title

2

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H)

3

MG478

Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H)

4

MG4A9

Foundations of Business and Management for Human Resources (H)

5

Two half-unit courses from the Options list

Specialism 3 - International Employment Relations & Human Resource Management

Programme code: TMHRORG

Department: Management

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Paper

Course number and title

2

MG4D2

International Employment Relations (H) and

3

MG478

Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H)

4

One course from the following:

 

MG4C2

Organisational Behaviour (H) or

 

MG473

Negotiation Analysis (H) or

 

MG475

Organisational Theory (H) or

 

MG4B5

Business in the Global Environment (H)

5

Two half-unit courses from the Options list

Options list

Paper

Course number and title

LL4H8

Employment Law (H)

LL4H9

Human Rights in the Workplace (H)

MG421

Foreign Direct Investment and Emerging Markets (H)

MG423

Leading Entrepreneurial Organisations in Global Markets (H)

MG450

Social Network Analysis and Strategies (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG474

Managing Diversity in Organisations (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG476

Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG477

Reward System: Key Models and Practices (H)

MG4B2

Personnel Economics (H) (withdrawn 16/17)

MG4B7

Organisational Change (H) (specialisms 2 & 3 only)

MG4D1

International and Comparative Human Resource Management (H) (n/a 16/17)

MG4D3

The Dark Side of the Organisation (H)

MG4D4

Cross Cultural Management (H)

MG4D5

Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (H)

 

Specialism 1 only (Organisational Behaviour):

MG478

Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H)

PS428

Knowledge Processes in Organisations (H)

PS445

Organisational and Social Decision Making (H)

PS462

Theory and Practice of Organisational Development (H)

 

 

Specialism 3 only (International Employment Relations):

EU425

Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe (H)

EU443

European Models of Capitalism (H)

EU446

The Political Economy of European Monetary Integration (H)

EU453

The Political Economy of European Welfare States (H)

GI409

Gender, Globalisation and Development: An Introduction (H)

GI418

Feminist Economics and Policy: An Introduction (H)

GV4A5

International Migration and Immigration Management (H)

SO438

Sociology of Employment I: Social Relations at Work (H) (withdrawn 16/17)