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Study Details: 12 months full-time
This course will help you to develop an understanding of how and why human resource policies and practices differ across the world. You'll examine how international companies address these challenges.
It allows you to consider these issues critically and encourages you to think more practically about the skills required to manage in an international context.
The programme will provide you with a good understanding of theoretical debates and policy issues affecting human resource management in the global context.
You'll develop an awareness of the range of possible national and regional models for the management of human resources within the globalised economy.
You'll learn about the impact of local cultural and institutional influences on the practices of global organisations.
By the end of the programme, you'll have a good working knowledge of the skills required to manage in an international context, as well as an understanding of how multinational organisations can best mobilise a culturally diverse workforce.
Minimum second-class honours degree or overseas equivalent (view the entry requirements for your country) in any subject.
As a graduate of this programme, you'll be well placed to work for organisations including global multinationals, government bodies, and global non-governmental organisations (e.g. International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF). In recent years, graduates have accessed a range of jobs with a variety of organisations and recent graduate destinations and jobs have included:
Head of Human Resources at Reiches, Austria
HR Advisor at Aberdeen Standard Investments
Business Analyst at Calaisco, Berlin
Principal Recruiter at ADAMAR, Indonesia
HR Executive at Clintec Pharmacetucials
Doctoral Researcher at University of Strathclyde
Core modules:
Business Skills
Comparative Employment Relations
HRM in a Business Context
Labour & Diversity in a Global Context
Leading, Managing and Developing People
Managing Human Resources in Multinationals
Research Methods
Optional modules:
Employee Reward
People Resourcing
Intensive classes offered at the Business School’s Spring School
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