入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： UK Lower Second Class Honours degree (2:2) or equivalent. Professional qualifications related to the field of International Human Resource Management and work experience in an associated area will be considered.
英语要求：IELTS score of 6.5 overall with 7 in writing, TOEFL (iBT) 88 overall with 26 in writing, or equivalent, for non-native English speaking applicants.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,780
课程特征 Course Features：
Overview
This course adopts an intellectually rigorous and critical approach to international human resource management strategies and practices, assessing them from a range of theoretical and analytical perspectives, explaining them in terms of their social and economic context, and considering their implications and impact for a range of stakeholders and interest groups.
This MSc has a substantive international content (centred on the analysis of MNC strategies and practices), combined with a significant comparative dimension, considering national, regional and global contexts.
Special Features
It adopts a rigorous analytical approach to international human resource management.
You will be taught by professors and academics who are working on cutting-edge quality research, relevant to the course.
You will be engaged in exciting teaching, contributing regularly in class discussions and seminars.
You will develop a solid knowledge base equipping you to work in the area of international human resource management with confidence.
课程内容 Course Content：
You will study six core units over the first two terms. In the third term, you will complete a dissertation, giving you the opportunity to analyse an international human resource management issue in depth.
Core course units:
International Human Resource Management & Employment Relations
You will gain a broad overview of some of the major areas of international human resource management and employment relations policy within multinational companies (MNCs). These policy areas will be examined within the context of frameworks for understanding MNC strategies and structures, as well as competing arguments about the impact of national and regional differences upon international HRM.
Managing Across Borders
This unit focuses on the unique managerial challenges which exist between, and within, countries and the effect this has for companies operating in multiple countries. You will develop an understanding of contingent national contexts through engagement with scholarly research, exploration of diversity and debate within that literature, and consideration of the implications for managerial action.
International and Comparative Employment Law
You will critically evaluate national and regional differences in the regulation of labour, and their implications for international human resource management practitioners. This unit focuses on the nature of the employment contract in comparative perspective, as well as specific areas such as discrimination, recruitment and termination law.
Organisational Learning, Change and Innovation
You will examine how organisations learn, create and utilise knowledge and respond to the competitive pressures in a globalising knowledge-based economy. This unit focuses on the interactive relationships between societal institutions and the micro-dynamics of organizational learning and innovation.
Methodology and Qualitative Research Methods
You will develop an understanding of the key methodological debates in management research and the methods and techniques of qualitative data gathering and analysis. This unit examines the relationship between theory and method in research design and the nature of validation and reliability in the research process.
Quantitative Methods for Graduates
You will be introduced to the basic statistical concepts and procedures used in empirical research. Focusing on the need for statistical understanding in a practical context, you will develop the confidence needed to employ data.
Dissertation
This is an excellent opportunity to analyse a particular international human resource management issue in depth. By the end of the dissertation, you will be able to plan and manage a project, define aims and objectives, identify appropriate data sources and collection methods, be aware of and deal with potential pitfalls, execute a dissertation plan, and construct an effective argument.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Assessment is carried out by a variety of methods including coursework, examinations and a dissertation.