MSc Human Resource Management

Abertay University

This module is designed to introduce postgraduate students to business research methods and statistical analysis. Theoretical, historical and statistical concepts are taught in lectures with hands on practical lab sessions using quantitative or/and qualitative techniques that allow students to put theory into practice.

Overview of employee relations theory, practice and processes that build knowledge and skills typically expected in HR and employee management professionals need. Module content: The changing nature of employee relations; Employee relations in context; The employment relationship; Employee engagement; Employee relations and engagement.

An understanding of the principal internal and external contexts of contemporary organisations within which managers, HR professionals and workers interact in conditions of environmental turbulence, change and uncertainty. Module content includes: the nature of HRM and organisational behaviour; employee resourcing; performance management; employee development; employee relations; rewards and remuneration.

An examination of the interplay between social, psychological and structural factors within organisations and the impact of these factors on human behaviour in work contexts.

This module provides an in-depth understanding of the theoretical underpinnings and the practical implications of international approaches, models and regulations of managing people in a global context. Through this module you will examine the different models of international human resource management, the major employment policies of multinational companies and the problems that arise when operating in different countries.

This module aims to equip you with an understanding of the complex nature of leading and managing people when implementing and evaluating change in organisations. The relationship between task, people and technology will be analysed in the context of organizational change. Factors that necessitate change and the main indicators of change are critically analysed. Different approaches to leadership are examined as are alternative models of organisational change.

Provides an understanding and critical awareness of contemporary perspectives on the effective management and development of human capital. Module content includes: the human capital context; managing human capital; developing human capital for effective organisational and individual performance.

The MSc research project is a research-based enquiry into a management issue or issues with the aim of finding a solution to a problem or problems and/or identifying, explaining and analysing elements of good or bad practice in the management of human resources.