Course summary
The MSc Strategic Human Resource Management course presents an exciting opportunity for human resource practitioners and anyone who has an active role in managing people, to consider and challenge the application of theoretical perspectives to real organisations, including your own. Delivered through a work based approach to gain a Master’s qualification, this course will further enhance your knowledge and understanding of organisational development and people management as well as to develop your commercial awareness and strategic capabilities in modern organisations. Our lecturers will help you to further develop your ‘thinking skills’; to become a critical thinker and reflective practitioner is not only a valuable skill in an academic context but essential in the development of your people management capabilities which can have a significant impact on wider organisational activities. The course is designed and underpinned using the principles and components of the CIPD Profession Map. This course is ideal for those who :
- have a direct impact on the strategic management, engagement and development of employees to optimise workplace productivity and promote professional growth. e.g HR managers;
- are responsible for HR decision-making within an organisation at an operational, tactical or more strategic level
- have responsibility for the HR function and activities within an organisation, including HR development
- wish to extend their professional practitioner qualifications to an MSc.
- Roles may include HR managers; HR Business Partners; specialist HR practitioners, e.g Diversity and Inclusion officers, Recognition and Reward advisors; HRM or HRD Consultants.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of
Entry requirements
Employment in a HR role to enable you to undertake a work-based project; Applicants with a non-standard entry qualifications and / or relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis. Applicants should have HR work experience that gives exposure around areas including grievances, disciplinaries, recruitment processes, organising or delivering development sessions. Applicants will be required to demonstrate a commitment to the subject they wish to study and should demonstrate how their chosen programme of study will benefit them in their future career. An Honours degree is desirable; Other requirements: Academic and/or employer reference. For those who do not hold an Honours degree, you may be required to undertake a written assessment as part of the application process. You will be required to take part in an interview to assess whether you have the level of work experience and exposure to HR work in your job role to enable you to complete assessments.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
For more information on fees and funding please visit the course page on the NTU website.
Provider information
Nottingham Trent University
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ