UWL, MA, Human Resource Management

Semester 1: Students start with 2 of the leadership and management modules: Managing information for competitive advantage; and managing in a strategic business context; the 1st is assessed by an examination; the 2nd by an essay: a management research methods module; semester 2, the other leadership and management module: managing and leading people/managing for results (assessed by 1 essay and 1 examination); plus: people management and development (assessed by 1 assignment of 2 parts); as this semester ends, the final version of the research proposal is submitted, in preparation for the writing of the management research report itself during semesters 3 and 4; a report supervisor is allocated to each student; semesters 3 and 4 involve the studying of modules to meet the CIPD’s specialist personnel and development field of study; the learning outcomes of learning and development and people resourcing are combined into a module: people resourcing and development; and employee relations and employment law outcomes are delivered via a combined module: employment relations and law; assessment is a combination of coursework and examination for each combined module; plus students use an individual learning plan from the start of the course, intended to support progress; each student is required to submit with their management research report a learning log and review of continuing professional development; it is anticipated that students work in a human resource management function or people management role, with access to relevant data and experience to provide examples, both for classroom discussion and assessed work.