International Human Resource Management MSc

at Coventry University

What you'll study

The course focuses on strategic people management and development within an international organisational context, placing special emphasis on global employment issues, including national cultures, legislation and strategies. For example, we consider the role of HR professionals in managing skilled and unskilled migration and how this impacts on organisational effectiveness.

Our course team currently benefits from a close relationship with the CIPD, organising and hosting CIPD local branch events. Your programme of study currently reflects the CIPD’s current professional standards and expectations, which aims to broaden your awareness of HR generalist and specialist functions in an international context and provide you with the essential requirements needed to work within the broad context of international people management and development. Please see the Accreditation and Professional Recognition section for further details.

We will aim to develop your strategic awareness of global business operations, for example, by considering how the individual goals and strategies of businesses drive their marketing, production, employee or customer orientation, as well as learning and development strategy. We will also look at how HR professionals can add value in organisations through ensuring cultural diversity through recruitment and selection practices or global talent management programmes.

You will have the chance to study a range of technical modules, such as HR Analytics and Managing Organisational Change Projects using project management, in addition to core HR accredited modules to help you achieve Associate CIPD membership, upon successful completion of the course. Please see the Accreditation and Professional Recognition section for further details. We also ensure that you have the opportunity to gain a genuinely internationalised learning experience, so that you have the chance to develop your awareness of a range of international contexts. For instance, the ‘Comparative Global HRM’ module allows you to select two regions from four to compare HR practices, which should enable you to tailor your studies depending on your personal requirements and in line with your future career aspirations.

Year one
This course currently includes the Professional Development Module – Consultancy, giving you the opportunity to study a module developed in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), focused on consultancy, which can lead to a professional qualification upon successful completion. Please see the Accreditation and Professional Recognition section for further details.

The Project module can allow you to undertake an internship2 with a host company, with the experience informing the production of the final module submission, allowing you the opportunity to gain practical experience during your course.

Please note that all of the below modules are mandatory, and the order of modules within semesters is subject to change.

Modules
 

• Strategic Resourcing and Talent Development – 15 credits
• International HRM in Context – 15 credits
• Organisational Behaviour – 15 credits
• Strategic Employment Relations – 15 credits
• Managing Change and Innovation – 15 credits
• Applied Practice for HR Practitioners – 15 credits
• Future of Global Work – 15 credits
• People Analytics – 15 credits
• Entrepreneurial Practice – 10 credits
• Project – 50 credits

UK
 

• Applicants should hold a good honours degree 2:2 or above in a relevant academic discipline, such as finance, accounting or economics.
• Each application will be considered on its merits and the final decision will be made by the course director.
• We recognise a breadth of qualifications, speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you. 

International
 

• Applicants should hold a business-related honours degree at 2:2 or equivalent qualification.

Tuition fees

Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
 

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of International Human Resource Management and related subjects outlined in the current CIPD HR Profession Map relevant to a course start in 2022/23. (Please see the Accreditation and Professional Recognition section for further details.)
• Appreciate any ethical, legal and financial factors and their effects at local, national and international levels upon the strategy, behaviour and management of organisations.
• Exercise sound judgements in the selection of different methods and approaches available to deal with financial, cultural and legal business problems nationally and internationally.
• Use financial skills to communicate and work effectively to persuade and influence others to make decisions.

This course prepares you to be able to operate either as a generalist or a specialist manager, with opportunities to develop more specific areas of expertise in the diverse area of HR. The course will provide you with a deep insight of people management as a set of practices, which can include the processes of talent acquisition, optimization, and retention, while providing continued support for the business and guidance for the employees of an organisation.

Upon successful completion, you should gain a clear understanding of a broad range of HR, managerial and business principles, practices and competencies in different regions of the world. You should develop specialist technical competence, strong analytical and problem-solving skills in managing organisational change and in HR analytics.

Our Faculty aims to give you access to Employment Personal Tutors, aligned to your area of study, to work with you throughout your course. Our Employment Personal Tutors have previously worked in industry and some have experience of being a recruiter; because of their experiences, they understand the labour market, the skills employers look for and the processes used by employers to select candidates.

Where our graduates work
Many of our past graduates from similar courses have found employment positions within generalist HR, general management, specialist pay and reward, people development and employee relations roles in organisations such as, British Nuclear fuels, BNP Paribas, McKesson Lloyds Pharmacy, Coventry City Council, Hays Plc at Honeywell, Sage Publishing, JLR and the BBC.