MSc in International Human Resource Management and Comparative Industrial Relations

at University of Manchester

Course unit details

During the course you will be taking 180 credits in all. The eight taught modules during semester one and two total 120 credits and consists of both compulsory and optional taught units which can be viewed in the list below.  Please note that certain modules have to be taken to achieve CIPD recognition
 

Over the summer period, you will carry out your Research Dissertation, worth 60 credits.  Examples of recent dissertation project topics include:

• Work-life balance: perspectives of female teachers from the UK and India
• Demographic change in Germany and Japan and the implications for the labour market
• A comparative study of gender discrimination at work in the UK and China
• The impact of support practices on expatriate adjustment in a Russian multinational corporation
• Coping mechanisms of Nigerian women balancing motherhood and managerial roles
   

Course unit list

The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
 

Title

• Workplace Research and Analysis Skills
• International Human Resource Management
• Multinationals and Comparative Employment Systems
• HRM: Strategy and Practice
• Comparative Industrial Relations
• International Labour Law and Regulation
• The Management of International Organizational Change
• HRM: Context and Organisation
• Employment Practice and Equality
• Industrial Relations

Academic entry qualification overview
 

• We require a First or Upper Second class honours degree (2:1, with 60% average) from a UK university or the overseas equivalent, in any discipline.
• When assessing your academic record, we take into account your grade average, position in class and the standing of the institution where you studied your qualification. 

• MSc (full-time)
  
  UK students (per annum): £13,500
  
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £24,000

This course is ideal for those intending to pursue careers within multinational companies based in the UK or elsewhere and broaden the international understanding of HR professionals who wish to work in a global context .
 

Recent recruiters
 

Accenture, AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, Bentley, Deloitte, Department for Education, EY, European Central Bank, Hewlett-Packard, Nestlé, Proctor and Gamble, RBS Insurance, Saudi Aramco, Shell International and Ultramar Group.