MSc Human Resources and Organisations

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.

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

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

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

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)
MG474	Managing Diversity in Organisations (H) (n/a 15/16)
MG476	Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (H) (n/a 15/16)
MG477	Reward System: Key Models and Practices (H)
MG4B2	Personnel Economics (H) (n/a 15/16)
MG4B7	Organisational Change (H) (specialisms 2 & 3 only)
MG4D1	International and Comparative Human Resource Management (H) (n/a 15/16)
MG4D3	The Dark Side of the Organisation (H) (n/a 15/16)
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) (n/a 15/16)

Progression requirement for part-time students on Specialism 2 - Human Resource Management (CIPD)

Part-time students following the HRM (CIPD) specialism will follow the standard regulations and classification scheme for a four unit masters. These students are expected to take a minimum of 1 unit and a maximum of 3 units in each year with a recommendation that they take 2 units each year as follows:

Year 1
Paper	Course number and title
1	MG480	Management of Human Resources: Strategies and Policy (H) (MT)
2	MG4C2	Organisational Behaviour (H) (MT)
3	MG478	Globalisation and Human Resource Management (H) (LT)
5	One half unit elective from the Options list (LT)

Year 2
Paper	Course number and title
4	MG4A9	Foundations of Business and Management for Human Resources (H) (MT)
5	One half unit elective from the Options list (LT)
6	MG493	Developing Professional Research and Employability Skills

MG493 is designated as critical to assessment and must be passed in order for the student to obtain the award.
Students are required to pass MG480 and MG4C2 for progression from year 1 to year 2. If a course is failed but is not a "bad fail" then the student may be permitted to progress upon the approval of the examination Sub-Board.