MRes/PhD in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources)
(This programme is not available in 2018/19)
For the MRes component of this programme (Years 1 and 2), students must take courses to the value of 5.0 units over two years, as shown below. Please refer to the Classification scheme which should be read in conjunction with these programme regulations. During the MRes, students are covered by the Regulations for taught master's degrees for students entering in or after the 2009/10 academic year. Continuation on to the PhD is dependent on meeting the progression requirements as stated below.
For the PhD component of this programme, in addition to progressing with their research, students are expected to take seminars and workshops as shown below. When students progress on to the PhD part of the programme (Years 3-6) the academic regulations that apply to them change from the regulations for taught master's to the Regulations for research degrees.
Students on the MRes or PhD programme must comply with the General Academic Regulations.
Programme Structure - MRes
Programme code: TMRESMGERH
Department: Management
For students starting this programme of study in 2018/19
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and can be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
Paper 1 |
MG518 Employment Relations and Human Resource Management Seminar I (0.5) and MY500 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5) | |
Paper 2 |
MG505 Research in Organisational Behaviour Seminar I (0.5) | |
Paper 3 |
MY551 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5) and MY521 Qualitative Research Methods (0.5) | |
Year 2 | ||
Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
|
DV501 Development History, Theory and Policy for Research Students (0.5) | |
|
GV517 Comparative Political Economy: New Approaches and Issues in CPE (0.5) # | |
|
MG576 Corporate Social Responsibility and International Labour Standards (0.5) (not available 2020/21) | |
Paper 5 |
Courses to the value of 0.5 unit(s) from the following: | |
|
MG436 Firms, Markets and Crises (0.5) # (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
|
MG473 Negotiation Analysis (0.5) | |
|
MG475 Organisational Theory (0.5) | |
|
MG4A9 Foundations of Business and Management for Human Resources (0.5) | |
|
MG4B7 Organisational Change (0.5) (not available 2020/21) | |
|
MG4C2 Organisational Behaviour (0.5) | |
|
MG4D1 International and Comparative Human Resource Management (0.5) (withdrawn 2018/19) | |
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
MG4D5 Leadership in Organisations: Theory and Practice (0.5) | |
Paper 6 |
MG599 Research Paper in Management (1.0) | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
Programme Structure - PhD
Programme code: RPMGERHR
Non-examined courses | ||
|---|---|---|
1. |
Relevant workshops from the following: | |
|
||
2. |
At least one Department of Management Research Seminar each year | |
|
All PhD projects involve a qualitative stage, including fieldwork, for theory generation and a quantitative stage for theory testing and analysis. This will normally take place in Years 3 and 4. | |
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
A: FOR PROGRESSION FROM THE FIRST YEAR TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE MRES IN MANAGEMENT (ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR)
Students must achieve marks of 65% in each first year core course in order to progress to year two of the MRes programme. Students who do not achieve this standard may progress to the second year having failed (but not a Bad Fail) or received a mark between 50-59, or 60-64 mark, in a maximum of half a unit of courses only as long as they obtain the permission of the MRes Programme Director.
Where the student receives a fail mark (but not a Bad Fail mark) or a mark between 50-59, or 60-64 mark in a half unit in total, they will be required to resit this work at the end of the programme in order to progress on to the PhD unless they achieve the compensation conditions set out at 3.2.3 above.
Where a student has been awarded an MRes according to the classification schemeabove but is required to resit an element of assessment in order to meet the PhD progression requirements the resit mark will not supersede the original attempt or result in an adjustment to the award.
A student who passes all courses but fails to achieve the required standard in more than half a core course unit cannot progress and fails the degree without the opportunity to resit. A student who receives fail marks (including Bad Fails) in more than half a unit cannot progress to year two until those fails have been resat and they then meet the progression requirements as set out above.
A student may only resit an assessment on one occasion only.
B: FOR PROGRESSION FROM MRES TO PHD
The award and classification of the MRes shall be based on the 5 unit classification scheme. In order to progress on to the PhD registration students are required to achieve marks of 60% in all 5 course unit marks by the end of the programme.
1 failed unit (but not Bad Fails) or passed unit with marks in the range of 50-59, or a 60-64 mark can be compensated by achieving marks of at least 70% in courses of an equivalent value. Or, by achieving an aggregate mark of 260 in the non-failed courses.
Students who fail to achieve marks of 60% or above and are unable to compensate these marks must resit these courses at the next available opportunity on one occasion only. Results obtained following a repeated attempt at assessment will not supersede the original attempt or result in an adjustment to the classification where a student has previously achieved a pass mark in that course or an award has already been made.
Students who progress to PhD registration can resit up to half a unit only in order to attempt to satisfy the progression requirements. They need to achieve a pass mark of 60 or above in this work to continue their PhD registration. Students failing to meet this standard will have their PhD registration discontinued.
A student may only resit an assessment on one occasion only.
See the Calendar for further information about Programme Regulations, Course Guides, School and Academic Regulations.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
