MSc Human Resource Management/Human Resource Development
Full-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Business and management
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Semester one – postgraduate certificate modules
Human resource management in context
You develop a critical awareness of the development of organisations and the key role played by human resource management.
Resourcing and talent management
This module provides you with the principles of people resourcing strategies in organisations, and an understanding of the factors informing HR policy development. You explore the activities of acquisition, management and retention of people.
Organisations and leadership
You analyse the main influences on your behaviour at work and the central role that the HR leader plays in building and managing a competitive but harmonious organisation.
Performance and reward management
You develop your understanding of performance management, reward management and the related tools and systems.
Semester two – postgraduate diploma modules
Developing personal and professional practice (DPPP)
This module aims to support your learning and development in key professional and HR leadership skills over the diploma stage of the programme. Critically reflecting on theory and practice, you are required to evaluate your learning and develop a portfolio of evidence of your continuing professional development.
Developing people
You develop your understanding of current and future issues in learning and development. You learn how to research, design and deliver learning and development strategies.
Managing employee relations
You study national employment policy, legal regulation and current perspectives on the management of the employment relationship. This helps you to develop the skills needed to give professional advice and support to line managers.
Strategies for international HRM
You study comparative HRM, managing people across domestic boundaries, managing diversity in a domestic situation and managing a domestic situation affected by international influences, such as international labour law. This module is only for those continuing to the MSc stage
Investigating business issues from an HR perspective
You study this module if you are not continuing to the MSc stage. You complete research work that enables you to critically assess and analyse an aspect of human resource management/development of your choice.
Semester three – masters
Research philosophy and methods
This module prepares you for your dissertation and equips you with the skills to interpret and evaluate published research, so you can develop evidence-based HR policy.
Dissertation
The dissertation is the final element of the masters programme. It offers you the opportunity to enhance your personal and professional development through an in-depth independent study in an area of your choice that is relevant to human resource management/development
Full-time – one year
Normally three days a week for eight months, followed by three months to complete your dissertation
Starts September
2013/14 academic year
Typically £5,355 for the course including Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) student membership
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £12,060 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £12,150 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• coursework • time-constrained assignments • dissertation • reflective journal
Our Msc in Human Resource Management is recognised as equivalent to the CIPD Advanced level diploma. Successfully completing it also gives you the knowledge required towards a professional level of membership (Associate Member, Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow).
Andreas Kielmann
MSc Human Resource Management
'My primarily aim in choosing to study at Sheffield Hallam was to improve my knowledge in the field of human resource management and enhance my language skills.
'In terms of my exchange semester, it was necessary to find a course that was nearly the same as the one at my home university.
'The four modules offered in the first semester of the course cover a wide range of interesting topics. They are very useful to study because they deal with important themes in the working life of a human resource manager.
'The teaching was excellent because of the enthusiastic and friendly tutors. I received the impression that they have a very distinctive knowledge in their field combined with appropriate practical experiences.
'The learning facilities are very modern and largely accessible, especially the equipment in the library.
'I would definitely recommend Sheffield Hallam to my friends because the experiences I have had here were exclusively positive. I have never had the feeling that the learning matter would not be useful for my future job.
'The personal atmosphere on the course enables you to actively participate in discussions which lead to a more intense understanding of the topics. Additionally, the support of the tutors and other employees of Sheffield Hallam was excellent.'
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Andreas Kielmann
MSc Human Resource Management
