Scholarships
The scholarships below are open to international students and those applying from England, Wales and Northern Ireland with a 2.1 or above for a postgraduate course.
This programme is focused on contemporary human resource management (HRM) practice. It's designed to ensure you develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to deal effectively, systematically and creatively with issues around people management. HRM is a globally important functional area of all organisations.
The programme covers a wide range of HRM strategies, policies and procedures that organisations use to manage employees in both local and global contexts. You’ll also develop an understanding of the differences between HRM practices and employment systems of different countries and multinational organisations, and how they are influenced by economic, political and social factors.
You’ll share experiences with peers from all over the world, through workshops and activities, to develop professional and strategic thinking skills.
This programme will:
Develop your knowledge and understanding of contemporary HRM in a local and international context.
Develop a critical understanding of the complexities of managing employment systems.
Enable you to become HR managers who’ll have an influence on organisational performance and change.
Give you the opportunity to study and learn intellectual abilities and strength in a multicultural and stimulating academic environment.
During the final phase of the programme, you'll be able to self-select a project relating to international HRM. This can be used to highlight your acquired skillset to potential employers.
Applicants should have:
MSc International Human Resource Management will set you up for a successful career in a constantly evolving industry. Learning outcomes include:
Critical evaluation of contemporary HR policies and practices in an international context.
Planning for the initiation, promotion,implementation and evaluation of development policies and organisational change.
Development of effective, evidence-based practices designed to support strategic objectives.
Strong communication and negotiation skills relevant to current HR practice.
Critically evaluate contemporary HR policies and practices in different business, industry and organisational contexts.
Initiate, promote and implement organisational change and development policies.
Develop effective evidence-based practices and policies designed to support strategic objectives and effective human capital building, deployment and reconfiguration.
Demonstrate effective communication and negotiation skills relevant to contemporary HR practice.
Use effectively business research skills to address HR issues and practice aiming at organisational impact.
Undertake an autonomous research project where they can identify and justify a research question/s, design and implement a suitable research methodology, analyse data, discuss results and make suitable recommendations.
You’ll be assessed using a number methods, designed to give insight into best practices in the field. These include portfolio work, case study analysis, presentations (individual and group) and report writing.
You'll also undertake ‘authentic’ assessments that match what you would be expected to do as an HR professional e.g. plan and run a development workshop. Self-reflection is also an important part of the programme and matches to the expectation of professionals in the field.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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The scholarships below are open to international students and those applying from England, Wales and Northern Ireland with a 2.1 or above for a postgraduate course.
This £1,000 award is open to all prospective new postgraduate students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This £3,000 award is open to all prospective new international postgraduate students at Abertay University.