This course is designed for experienced senior managers and human resource professionals who wish to contribute more effectively to the strategic management and human resource development of an organisation. It will be of particular interest if you are currently working within or consulting for an organisation undergoing major structural or cultural change.
The course will enable you to:
formulate and implement a business strategy through exposure to various approaches to strategic management and use of appropriate analytical tools and frameworks
take a strategic approach to the management and development of human resources
gain a broad awareness of human resource strategies in an international context
develop an understanding of the processes and skills involved in operating in a consultancy role for a client organisation in respect of human resource interventions and the management of change
develop a rigorous approach as a practitioner to research activities and methodological issues
A special feature of the course is a residential module in a mainland European city, which allows you to develop your diagnostic skills about HR and change issues in a European context.
The course covers all of the advanced practitioner standards of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Entry requirements
Applicants should possess a degree or equivalent qualification in a human resources related field, and have at least three years’ practitioner experience at managerial level, and have a job role affording access to senior management, and opportunities to influence strategic processes. In exceptional circumstances candidates can access the course on the basis of significant prior experiential learning.
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The course consists of six modules and a dissertation.
Core modules:
Consultancy Skills for HR
Organisation Dynamics and Change
Research Methods
Strategic Human Resources
Strategic Management
International Personnel and Development
The dissertation comprises a 15,000-word organisation research project and report.
Assessment
You are assessed using a range of methods: essays, seminar leading, group project presentations, writing portfolios, research papers, as well as assessment and evaluation by your peers, together with the dissertation.
Career opportunities
On graduation you can apply for a transfer to MPhil/PhD. A number of our graduates have moved into consultancy and others have found advancement in senior HR posts as a result of
The course provides aspiring and current practitioners in the expanding area of human resource management with the professional education, development and skills to enable you to build your career. You may proceed to a career as a professional practitioner in personnel management, training and development, or industrial relations.
The University's provision in Business and Management was rated 'Excellent' in recent subject reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. The course meets the requirements of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for Graduate status.
Entry requirements
You should have a university degree (2.2). Individuals without this qualification but
There are three compulsory taught modules:
History and Theory of Human Rights
Citizenship and Social Justice
Social Research: Principles and Practice
You must also complete a compulsory triple-module dissertation.
Three options must be chosen from a list including:
Human Rights and the International Order
Ethics and International Relations
Women, Gender and Human Rights
Labour, Race and Empire 1880-1960
Citizenship in the European Union
International Commercial Relations and Human Rights
Human Rights in UK and International Law
Refugees and Human Rights
Human Rights and Labour Rights
Criminal Justice and Human Rights
International Child Law and Human Rights Law
Social Structures and Policies
Issues in Contemporary
A North Central College degree in Human Resource Management uniquely prepares you in the practice of recruiting, hiring, training, motivating, evaluating and rewarding workers in a constantly evolving business environment.
But why choose North Central College?
Businesses need people who can think broadly – and that is exactly what North Central’s interdisciplinary Human Resource Management degree prepares you to do. Along with fundamental business courses, you’ll take courses in the humanities, social sciences and behavioral sciences, exposing you to issues like:
How compensation packages can raise ethical issues and their impact on the bottom line
How historical events like the Civil and Equal
The two-year part-time Executive-style MA in Human Resource Management is aimed at practising human resource professionals seeking to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of human resource activities. The aim of the course is to develop 'thinking HR performers' by providing a systematic understanding of people management and development, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of human resource management and practice. The MA in Human Resource Management is designed for HRM generalists and is intended to enable you to identify and make effective use of a
The course comprises nine modules, including three core modules, three options and a triple-module dissertation.
The core modules are:
History and Theory of Human Rights
Human Rights in UK and International Law
Legal Research Methodology
Options are chosen from a list including:
Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Women, Gender and Human Rights
Human Rights and Labour Rights
Refugees and Human Rights
International Children's Rights
Human Rights in the Digital Age
European Convention on Human Rights Parts I & II (including Moot Court)
Litigation at the European Court of Human Rights (Clinical module)
One option may be taken following discussion with the course director
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