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COURSE INFORMATION
Students on the programme will engage with theoretical and applied perspectives of HRM/D practice. This includes frameworks for reviewing, reflecting, analysing and critiquing existing individual and organisational practices as well as providing new knowledge and skills, enabling enhanced and more appropriate practices to be developed in a context of change.
The Masters programme builds upon knowledge and skills required for accreditation to CIPD and focuses on three main areas to enable 'postgraduateness' in the area of HRM/D:
- the contribution of human resource management to corporate strategy;
- the management of organisational learning and knowledge,
- and the development of appropriate research knowledge and skills to undertake a major research project in the area of HRM/D.
This programme has been developed for practitioners who have worked for between 2 and 5 years at managerial level in HRM/D, and are graduate members of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and now wish to undertake academic study at postgraduate level, leading to the award of MA in HRM and Development.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is the professional body, representing individuals who make a specialist people management and development contribution to organisations at a strategic, and/or functional level.)
Programme Modules
- Strategic human resources
- Managing organisational learning and knowledge
- Research methodology and methods.
Dissertation
This will be up to 15,000 words in length, and requires participants to apply and extend their knowledge through the examination of a clearly defined 'researchable question'.
Participants will be required to select and apply appropriate research methods and to attend a dissertation preparation and research methods programme to facilitate this process. Participants will be supported by a personal research supervisor, and the timescale for completion is normally two semesters part-time.
ATTENDANCE
Delivery of the programme will be by either weekly attendance or 'block mode'. Block mode will consist of short intensive study periods over the academic year; learning is facilitated through directed learning, support materials and tutorial support.