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MSc Global Human Resource Management

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    MSc: 12 months full-time

Course Description

Our Global Human Resource Management MSc teaches you how to operate effectively within diverse and complex contexts to demonstrate awareness of institutions and organisations. This course prepares you for the workforce of today and the future, regardless of an organisation’s size and characteristics.

Global human resource management enables organisations and professionals to:

  • manage diverse workforces across national and geographic boundaries
  • recognise socio-economic interdependence and interconnectedness both locally and globally

It involves a heightened awareness of:

  • different institutional environments
  • diversity and cultural sensitivities
  • ethical and moral imperatives

This course provides you with a firm foundation in the skills required to pursue a career in this specialist field, these include:

  • knowledge
  • conceptual
  • analytical
  • practical

You’ll graduate with the ability to move globally in your career. You’ll become socially adept, mobile and ethical.

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in any subject.

If you do not have a degree we will take your work experience into consideration. You need to have at least two years’ of continuous work experience in a relevant field. You will also need to attend an interview (telephone or Skype) and provide a written submission.

 

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a number of scholarships and funding opportunities, please visit our website for further information and to apply.

Student Destinations

Graduates from this course have undertaken various roles including:

  • headhunter
  • recruitment coordinator
  • civil servant
  • human resource consultant
  • compensation and benefits manager
  • human resource and training development manager
  • human resource manager
  • head of HR division

Careers

This course prepares you for a wide range of careers with employers, such as:

  • Microsoft
  • Lloyds Banking Group Plc
  • ITV Broadcasting Ltd
  • Ericsson
  • Accenture
  • Babcock International Group Plc
  • Aviva
  • Network Rail
  • Ocado
  • Colt Technology Services

Our Careers Service

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through our ncl+ initiative.

Module Details

Compulsory Modules
Global Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice 20
People Management in Global Context 20
Global Employment Relations 20
The HR Practitioner: Skills, theory and practice 20
Research Methods 10
Human Resource Development in a Global Economy 10
Enhancing Critical and Employment Learning 0

Optional Modules 
Current Issues in International Business and Management 10
Managing Change in Organisations 10
Diversity in a Global Context 10
Thinking Differently about Global Human Resource Management 10
HRM in Cross-National Contexts 10
Dissertation (Global HRM) 60
Practice Based Project (Global HRM) 60

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