You will study key areas of human resource management, such as the principles, values and approaches to leadership and management, and you will explore the changing context within which businesses operate.
HRM and Strategy in a Business Context
This module provides an understanding of the historic roots and development of the concept, theories and models of HRM, before going on to examine the principal internal and external environmental contexts of contemporary organisations within which managers, HR professionals and workers interact.
Global Talent Management
This module focuses on the issues of recruitment, selection and employee retention along with the strategic aspects of equipping learners with the knowledge and skills required for resourcing and talent management within a global context.
Training, Learning and Talent Development
This module aims to provide a critical understanding of the concepts of knowledge management and organisational learning and to develop the personal and professional skills needed for designing and implementing knowledge management strategies that promote organisational learning including through coaching.
Developing Skills for Business Leadership
This module aims to develop your soft skills and demonstrate your ability and commitment to undertake Continuous Professional Development, both of which are essential in the modern professional workplace. The module also allows you to demonstrate knowledge and behaviours aligned to CIPD requirements.
Performance Management
This module provides learners with the knowledge and understanding of the role of performance management in supporting the strategic objectives of an organisation in different business environments.
Leading and Managing People
This module aims to provide learners with leadership skills together with knowledge and understanding of people management and development
Managing Employee Relations
This module aims to provide learners with an understanding of employment relations perspectives and debates. It will enable learners to understand, analyse and evaluate competing theories and perspectives associated with managing employment relations strategies and their outcomes. The module will also help learners understand the legal contexts and frameworks to better manage employment relationships.
Business Research Report/Dissertation
This is a major piece of self-directed investigative work focussing upon a current HRM subject, topic or issue chosen by the learner. As part of this module you will develop research skills and you will undertake the project under the supervision of a subject specialist.
Throughout the HRM course, you will develop a portfolio to demonstrate your commitment to continuing professional development, culminating in the production of a business research report on an HR-related topic of your choice.