International Business and Human Resource Management MSc MSc

About the course

Career enhancement for recent graduates in a global job market.

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Key facts

UCAS course code:

Duration: One year full-time

Institution code: D26

Entry and admission criteria

You should hold a good honours degree or overseas equivalent, in any subject. Applications from those with significant professional experience in business or Human Resource Management (HRM) will be considered individually. If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.5 (including a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent is normally required. English language tuition is available both before and during the course if required.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching is through formal lectures, informal seminars, tutorials, workshops, discussions and e-learning packages. Attendance for taught sessions is three–four hours per week for 10–12 weeks per semester. Assessment is usually through a combination of individual and group work, presentations, essays, reports and exams.

Course modules

This exciting course is for graduates and professionals who would like to give themselves a competitive edge in today’s international job market, with a specialist focus on human resource management (HRM). You will gain an advanced knowledge of business and HRM principles, through both practical application and contemporary theory. Beginning with a range of modules designed to underpin key business and management fundamentals, the course introduces key theories and approaches. These are followed by a selection of modules aimed at developing strategic competences in relation to the specialist area of HRM within an international framework.

You will study six core (compulsory) modules covering key themes in business and management:

• Critical Perspectives in Global Management
• Operations and Human Resource Management
• International Strategic Management, Markets and Resource
• Accounting for Managers
• Research Methodology
• Strategic HRM and Development

You then study two electives from the following:

• International Human Resource Management
• Employment Relations
• Managing Organisational Change

The final stage is the dissertation, a detailed piece of written research with an international focus, on an HRM topic of your choice.

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Academic expertise

Our £35 million Hugh Aston Building offers state-of-the-art teaching and computer lab facilities.

Graduate careers

Enhance your existing qualifications and career prospects with a specialist focus on business and the management of people within an international context.

Fees and funding

Home/EU Students: For 2012/13 entry the tuition fees for this course are £6,500.
Overseas Students: For 2012/13 entry the tuition fees for this course are £11,200
A range of scholarships and early payment discounts are also available for eligible students. For the latest information on UK funding, please visit dmu.ac.uk/pgfunding and for international fee information please visit dmu.ac.uk/fees