MSc in Human Resource Management (MHF/MHP)

This programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications to help students understand and solve organisational issues. This helps students to become more effective managers.

Characteristics

• A conversion programme for general and HR professionals and managers
• A wide range of people management courses
• Emphasis on both theory and practice
• Local and global perspectives in private and public sectors

To graduate, students need to complete 31 credits. There are two routes for attaining these 31 credits:

• 10 three-credit subjects (4 Compulsory and 6 Elective), plus one-credit Business Ethics;
• 4 Compulsory Subjects and 2 Elective Subjects, plus one-credit Business Ethics, three-credit Research Methods, and nine-credit Dissertation

Students may graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma upon completing 4 Compulsory Subjects and 3 Elective Subjects (21 credits), or with a Postgraduate Certificate upon completing Compulsory Subjects (12 credits).

Compulsory Subjects (any 4 subjects - 12 credits) (Non-Dissertation Option / Dissertation Option)

• MM514 Human Resource Management *
• MM515 Organizational Behaviour *
• MM517 Human Resource Development
• MM5112 Organization and Management *

Ethics Subject (1 credit) (Non-Dissertation Option / Dissertation Option)

• MM5021 Business Ethics

Non-Dissertation Option

Elective Subjects (any 6 subjects - 18 credits)

• MM501 Research Methods
• MM516 Management of Pay and Benefits
• MM518 Employee Relations
• MM5191 Negotiation and Conflict Management
• MM5201 Global Leadership in the Asian Context
• MM5221 Human Resource Management in China
• MM5222 HRM Seminars
• MM5231 Strategic Human Resource Management
• MM5281 Mediation at Workplace
• MM5271 Wellbeing at Work
• MM531 Strategic Management*
• MM534 Entrepreneurship
• MM539 International Management
• MM5424 Management Information Systems
• MM554 Political and Economic Environment for Management
• MM576 Marketing Management
• MM5921 Practice of Human Resource Management

Dissertation Option

Dissertation Subjects (total 12 credits)

• MM501 Research Methods (3 credits)
• MM592 HRM Dissertation (9 credits)

Elective Subjects (any 2 subject - 6 credits)

• MM516 Management of Pay and Benefits
• MM518 Employee Relations
• MM5191 Negotiation and Conflict Management
• MM5201 Global Leadership in the Asian Context
• MM5221 Human Resource Management in China
• MM5222 HRM Seminars
• MM5231 Strategic Human Resource Management
• MM5271 Wellbeing at Work
• MM5281 Mediation at Workplace
• MM531 Strategic Management *
• MM534 Entrepreneurship
• MM539 International Management
• MM5424 Management Information Systems
• MM554 Political and Economic Environment for Management
• MM576 Marketing Management