MANAGEMENT WITH HUMAN RESOURCES [MSC]

Postgraduate programme

MANAGEMENT WITH HUMAN RESOURCES [MSC]

Offered by CYP UK

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Programme overview

Why choose this programme?

This programme is designed to enable you to evaluate theories of contemporary human resource management and to understand and prepare for the challenges of managing in culturally diverse and fluid business contexts. It is an engaging and stimulating learning experience, with staff and students coming together in a vibrant postgraduate community. The Adam Smith Business School celebrates the legacy of Adam Smith by developing enlightened and enterprising graduates and internationally recognised research with real socio-economic impact. The School is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
You will develop knowledge of the underpinning fields of management, in conjunction with developing a specialism in human resource management. The programme will give you a rapid and succinct introduction to contemporary business and financial management issues, while providing you with an informed understanding of environmental and historical influences on business and management practice, and a critical understanding of the nature of issues associated with human resource management at both the strategic and operational levels.

The first part of the programme...

Modality

ON-CAMPUS: GLASGOW

SYLLABUS

Subjects

- IT
- IT Management
- Management
- School
- Resource Management

Course programme

You will take a series of core courses and optional courses and complete a substantial independent piece of work, normally in a project, dealing with a topical management issue. There are also non-assessed, compulsory workshop programmes, involving participation in a series of reflective learning exercises that include induction events, strategic case analysis and debates.

The first part of the programme focuses on the building blocks of management, such as strategic management and marketing, while the second half of the programme will allow you to develop specialist knowledge and skills in human resource management.

The taught courses comprise a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, fieldwork and project work, both in groups and individually.

Core courses

- Business management and decision making
- Contemporary issues in human resources management
- Delivering performance
- Financial information management
- Marketing management
- People in organisations
- Strategic management.

Optional courses

- Business environment in China
- Influencing skills
- Learning and development
- Managing diversity in organisations.