Management and International Human Resource Management MSc

University of Dundee

This module will cover the role and function of Operations in different industries, Operations Strategy, Quality Management, Project Management, Operations Design and Management, Types of Organisational change, The Learning Organisation, Managing change in Organisations.

This module will introduce students to a wide range of human resource management issues faced by a multinational corporation operating within its international / global business environment. The module will exam the international business-related factors that impact upon the management of people within international organisations. By the end of this module student will be able to understand and assess the key differences in the management of employees in different countries and cultures. The class essay will enable you to develop your understanding of the subject matter and will provide formative feedback on your progress.

This module is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to produce a focused project on a topical area in management.

The aim of the module is to provide students with a critical understanding and key skills in managing people in organisations: the role of people management in achieving strategic aims, strategic change and enhanced performance; the international context of people management: culture, institutions and ?promising practices?; managing organizational design and its strategic role; managing people in corporate context; managing people in the contemporary technological context; contemporary issues in the management of people and organisations and employee engagement & psychological contract.

Marketing Management and Strategy will provide an understanding of how an organisation implements its marketing strategy and, if necessary, recalibrates it. The module aims: to provide an understanding of the core concepts and skills in marketing management; to develop skills in strategic marketing planning and analysis; to develop skills required to analyse marketing problems; to develop the ability to learn and to manage one's own self-learning and to develop the ability to work together effectively, efficiently and cooperatively as a team member, and, when appropriate, organise, guide and motivate other team members.

This module will cover the role and function of Operations in different industries, Operations Strategy, Quality Management, Project Management, Operations Design and Management, Types of Organisational change, The Learning Organisation, Managing change in Organisations.

The aim of this module is to provide students with a critical and reflective orientation to the deep understanding of complex approaches to strategic management and organisational analysis. The module will develop a critical appreciation of core concepts and essential strategic and organisational management tools for understanding data and analysing decisions. Students will acquire the analytic skills needed to accomplish, defend and critique a strategic business analysis.