Course summary
This specialist MSc blends Human Resource Management with Business Psychology, a discipline also known as Occupational Psychology and Organisational Psychology, which equips you with a depth of understanding around the psychological mechanisms that drive positive behaviours and performances in the workplace. By viewing the workplace through a psychological perspective, and by developing analytical, critical thinking, and reflection skills, you will learn to recognize and improve seemingly intangible aspects of the workplace which, when appropriately managed, can directly improve performance, in areas such as:
- Job satisfaction
- Well-being
- Leadership
- Organisational commitment
- Organisational culture
- Performance and productivity
Modules
Semester 1 courses: Business Communication, Coaching Psychology, Organisational Culture, Social and Organisational Change. Semester 2 courses: Research Philosophy and Practice, Human Resource Management, Diversity, Psychology of Leadership. Semester 3 courses: Research project for Business Psychology
Assessment method
Thesis.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website
English language requirements
Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not been educated previously in the English language must provide evidence of their English language ability to ensure they can cope with the demands of a Heriot-Watt programme taught and assessed in English. Further information about the English Language tests that we currently accept as proof of English Language ability including our own English Language programmes, can be viewed on our website.
HWU English Language Requirements
https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/entry/english-language-requirements.htm
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Heriot-Watt University
Riccarton
Edinburgh
EH14 4AS