Human Resource Management
UCAS Code: N600
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit or equivalent. English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE required as separate qualifications at grades A* - C (9 -4).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
UCAS Tariff
from at least two A Levels. Plus five GCSEs at grades A*–C (9 - 4) including English Language and Maths.
About this course
This course equips you for a career as a manager, capable of reflecting critically on your own practice and that of an organisation. You will study issues including the impact of HRM practices on firms’ performance, managing change, business law, employment relations, organisational culture, motivation and leadership.
**- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Approved Centre**
ensuring you learn the latest developments and practice relevant to the profession
**- Gain a CIPD Intermediate Qualification and Associate membership of the CIPD (Assoc CIPD)**
upon graduation, subject to module choice
**- Benefit from the expertise of our lecturers, many of whom have worked in business**
and bring real-world experience into the classroom
**- Real-world experience and internationally renowned research in the classroom**
Through lecturers who have worked in industry and produced renowned research in the areas of Work, Employment and Organisation
**- Enjoy an international experience with #DMUglobal**
trips have included Copenhagen, New York, Berlin, San Diego and Toronto
**- Placement opportunities with local, national and global companies**
including NHS, Marks and Spencer, Siemens, Lidl, Rugby Borough Council
**- Our alumni are employed by leading brands in graduate roles**
including Employer Relations Executive at Thomas Cook, Talent Resource Co-ordinator at Telegraph Media Group, HR Consultant at Jaguar Land Rover and HR Manager at the Royal Mail
Modules
Year 1
Understanding Business
Employability, Professionalism and Academic Study Skills
Global Business Issues
Introduction to HRM
Introduction to Work and Organisations
Politics in Business
Year 2
HRM in the Workplace
Organisational Behaviour
Employment Relations
People Management
Resolving Individual Disputes within the Workplace
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
Business Law
Organisational Management
Management and Strategy
Year 3
Critical HRM
Plus option modules from the following indicative list:
Managing Equality and Diversity
Globalisation and International HRM
HRM Dissertation
Business Ethics
Issues in International HRM
Reflective Business Practice*
Employment Law**
* Only applicable to those students who have undertaken a placement year
** Choose this module if you wish to be accredited by the CIPD for the Intermediate Diploma in HRM
Assessment methods
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, essays and reports) and usually an exam or test, which is typically weighted as follows in your first year:
Exam: 28%
Coursework: 72%
These assessment weightings are indicative only. The exact weighting may vary depending on option modules chosen by students and teaching methods deployed by the academic member of staff each year. Indicative assessment weighting and assessment type per module are shown as part of the module information. Again these are based on the current academic session.
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?This subject is much more common at postgraduate level, and so be aware that many of the good jobs in HR and personnel management go to graduates with Masters or other postgraduate qualifications in this subject. Work experience for first degree graduates can help to get around the lack of postgraduate qualifications, but if you want to go into management you might find that Masters to be an advantage. Although human resource roles are much the most common outcome for graduates from these courses, they take those jobs in an impressive array of industries so there are plenty of options for the kind of employer you can work for. If you would like to know about graduate prospects for your chosen course more specifically, head to an open day to talk to tutors about what previous graduates went on to do.
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