Human Resource Management

Our MSc Human Resource Management is ideal if you wish to pursue a dynamic career as an HR professional in contemporary organisations. It will develop your critical analytic skills in design, implementation and evaluation of human resource practice, policy and processes in organisations both in the UK and globally.

Why choose this course?

• The role of human resource management (HRM) within organisations is now arguably more important than ever. This HRM degree gives you the opportunity to specialise with either a focus on people management or on organisational development and consultancy.
• Taught by award-winning academics and practitioners in the field of HRM, this course is designed to provide you with both industry and academic experience, applications of theory, and realistic and tangible responses to the demands of twenty-first-century working.
• It is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Upon successful completion, you will be an Associate Member of CIPD with the option to upgrade to Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow, provided you have relevant work experience.

What you will learn

This MSc Human Resource Management has been designed to provide you with theoretical and practical foundations to enhance your understanding of critical issues in HRM, including equality and diversity, employment law, leadership development and organisational change.

With the prevailing economic uncertainties, cost pressures, exhausted workforces and changes in the way we work, we examine how the focus of HR professionals in the future will mostly need to centre around:

• reinvigorating trust between employers and their leaders to optimise the adjustment to new working norms
• rethinking organisational culture to establish an efficient workflow fit for the new world of work
• investing in adopting and preparing for the impact of emerging HR technologies
• rethinking external recruiting and internal career pathing approaches to attract and retain critical talent.

We will also motivate you to think critically about the role of HRM within organisational contexts to ensure that workplaces are equitable, diverse and provide work that is both meaningful and safe.

How you will learn

You will study alongside a diverse and professional set of colleagues working through the challenges of the contemporary workplace, including students on other relevant courses to provide you with numerous networking experiences, chances for knowledge sharing and incentives for creativity and innovation.

This course is available for full- or part-time study and offers modules you can study online and/or on campus. Teaching may include seminars, and practical classes and tutorials. You will also have access to pre-recorded online lectures to give you an overview of a particular field of study that you can watch and absorb at a time that suits you.

This course is part of our new Birkbeck Flexible Master’s UK, which gives you the choice of how you want to study - on campus, online or via flexible learning, which combines both.