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MA - Master of Arts
Plymouth Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Equip yourself with the skills and capabilities required for a strategic role in HR on this full-time programme. Through lectures informed by active research and opportunities to gain important work related competencies, you will develop the necessary skills for contemporary HR management, in a business and organisational context. Key features: • Tailor your time at university to meet your needs by balancing your study around your work and personal commitments. Lectures take place in the afternoons on set days, thereby minimising the impact on everyday work commitments. The option to study part-time gives you extra flexibility. • Meet the requirements of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's qualification and membership structure. Upon successful completion of the programme students will also have the necessary knowledge criteria to upgrade to Chartered or Fellow membership (depending upon their level of work experience). • Add value to your professional development by combining academic knowledge and rigour, and build important work-related skills and competencies. • Complement your professional qualification with a masters’ degree in Human Resource Management when you successfully complete the HR masters dissertation with a research methods module • Join a diverse student body – this course appeals to both recent graduates who wish to enter the HR profession as well as those working in HR who wish to gain professional chartered status and strengthen their employment prospects. • Deepen your knowledge by studying a range of modules such as the critical role a human resources professional plays within the work environment, how best to lead, manage and develop employees, appropriate HR policies and strategies, maximising the contribution, growth and wellbeing of employees, including an ethical sensibility towards the practice of HRM.
In this capstone project, you will synthesise and apply learning from the taught element of the programme to a project of your choosing. There is scope for you to undertake a broad range of project types, including consultancy, business analysis, business development or academic study.
This module explores change management by considering how trends that affect organisational performance necessitate change and how people management practices can be designed and applied in a systematic, integrated manner to create change. Students will be encouraged to consider the impact that change has on individuals and organisations and develop the collaborative, influencing and communication skills needed to deliver change within an organisational context.
This module provides a comprehensive critical framework of knowledge and understanding of the management of employment relations within contemporary UK workplaces. It focuses on the understanding of the employment relationship, including the legal standards which underpin it, and explores the processes through which organisations seek to address and manage conflict with and between employees. In doing so, it provides both theoretical understanding and practical knowledge needed for HR practitioners and managers to function effectively and contribute to the development of productive employment relationships.
This module aims to equip learners with the knowledge and skills required to undertake core resourcing activities to a high ethical standard. Students will focus on mobilising an effective workforce through the practical and strategic aspects of recruitment, selection, talent management and retention, viewed through an ethical lens. The module will also introduce students to a range of different and more critical perspectives.
This module explores the relationship between the business environment and future developments in work and the management of people. It explores how HR professionals can create value and deliver outcomes for organisations and enhance the employee experience. It focuses on the need for policy and practice to be delivered coherently, in a way that is integrated and in line with organisational objectives.
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