On this course, you’ll learn about the key issues in human resource management (HRM). You’ll gain knowledge in employment relations, workplace behaviours and the practice of good people-management. You’ll explore:

• internal and external factors that give shape to complex HR ideas and practices. This includes firm strategy, market dynamics, national and supranational governance, demographic and technological trends, and political-ideological contexts
• HR issues from the perspective of the strategy of an individual firm, and the external context of labour markets, employment relations and employment trends
• assessing and improving employee engagement, and evaluating the effectiveness of employee-engagement strategies
• financial and managerial aspects including turnover assessment, recruitment, retention, retirement, redundancy, dismissal, succession planning and talent management
• the interplay between firm-level management practices and employee experiences including motivation, engagement, identity-formation, negotiation, participation and representation.

You’ll learn from nationally and internationally recognised scholars in a wide range of HRM areas. You’ll have the opportunity to take part in activities including CIPD conferences, employer visits and practitioner seminars.

This CIPD-accredited course provides a comprehensive curriculum so that you can enter a range of careers in the field of human resources and take up roles such as:

• compensation and benefits adviser
• diversity and inclusion manager
• employee engagement consultant
• employee relations expert
• head-hunter
• HR generalist
• HR information systems adviser
• recruitment and development administrator
• reward manager.

We offer advanced research methods training and the opportunity to carry out an independent piece of research. This prepares you for further study at PhD level or for a career in research consultancies and research institutes.