The Masters in Human Resource Management (HRM) is a well-established programme which is designed to provide a solid foundation for successful participants to develop, or enhance their careers, in HRM.
The programme is delivered by the Cardiff School of Management, recognised across the world as a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) professionally approved centre. As such, the MSc HRM is fully approved by CIPD and you will be eligible for an ‘Associate’ membership of the CIPD when you have successfully completed the full Master’s programme.
The work environment has become more complex with significant changes in the organisation of work, an increasingly diverse labour force, new patterns of working and contractual arrangements. This is set against the background of a highly competitive global market. The attraction, retention and development of high-calibre people are sources of competitive advantage for organisations, and this places the role of HRM at the centre of high business performance and success.
The role of HR professionals is more important than ever when organisations deal with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. HR teams work in tandem with business heads to engage employees and keep up the morale, reconfigure workflows, redeploy talent and upskill staff to help them stay relevant.
You will be equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge for a multi-disciplinary approach to business, organisations and HR issues. By enabling you to function as autonomous learners, at the end of your studies you will have developed the foundations for future and continuing professional development.
Course Delivery
A student-centred approach to learning and teaching is encouraged through the use of specific teaching strategies; case studies; practical exercises, supplemented by the use of appropriate support materials. Active engagement with the subject material enhances learning and many of the learning strategies used attempt to promote this.
Lectures will normally form part of all of the compulsory modules. In the current pandemic, apart from delivering online live lectures, module tutors record mini lectures on a weekly basis in which an overview of the subject areas, associated concepts and theories and/or main arguments, and practical examples will be provided.
Central to the Programme will be seminars as these provide an opportunity to either employ case studies utilising for example, individual and group exercises designed to apply theory to real-life problems or to carry out informal discussions, intended to enhance critical understanding of theory. Students will attend face to face seminars in a Covid-19 safe classroom.
Where appropriate, online workshops are created and organised to encourage students to reflect on and share their understanding of materials, programmed learning and work-based issues arising from participation in the programme. These workshops form part of the guided learning hours, managed and led by the students themselves and facilitated by core teaching staff.
Contact Hours
Each taught module consists of 200 hours of which 100 will be guided learning hours. Students will receive 48 hours lecturer/student direct contact per module. Each module will be organised as a weekly taught session across each Semester with modules in parallel. There will be a further 52 hours of guided study hours (through, for example, preparation for seminars, lectures, Microsoft Teams discussion). The remaining 100 hours consists of “student centred learning†although the programme team is well aware that such learning needs to be directed and reviewed to ensure a successful learning experience. The research skills module will inform research skills particularly for the final dissertation.
Support
There is extensive support made available to students. The primary basis of student support is to be provided by the Programme Director and the associated administrative resource. In addition support will be provided by:
• The school-wide student mentoring scheme. This provides a point of regular and personal contact for all students studying with CSM.
• An induction programme
• Programme handbook and module guides.
• The Moodle Virtual Learning.
• Library and study skills packages.
• Library and learning resources of Cardiff University (by arrangement).
• A 24-hour open access IT facility on the Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses.
• Unlimited worldwide web access.
• The Personal Tutoring team which is dedicated to supporting all students at Cardiff School of Management in their personal, academic and professional development.
Technology and Facilities
Use of the Cardiff Metropolitan University Virtual Learning Environment is a key part of the learning and teaching strategy. All modules will be supported by Moodle and Teams and through these virtual learning mediums, you will be provided with a wide range of learning material and study guidance. Specifically, Teams is the platform on which module leaders arrange live sessions and discussions and on which the Programme Director (PD) holds one to one meeting with a student and deal with Q&As. Moodle provides students with access to all the programme and module information including module handbooks, lecture recordings and seminar materials, relevant links to external sites and assessment materials and guidance.
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