Human Resource Management

Studying Human Resource Management at DMU allows you to explore various issues raised by contemporary management, work, and employment developments. Our degree focusses on the purpose, values, specialist knowledge and core behaviours of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).

The course offers you a diverse career path where you will be able to gain expert knowledge in managing employee relations, managing equality, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, organisational development and consultancy and critical issues in human resource management. To prepare for your future career, you will also acquire critical attributes that employers value, based on CIPD core knowledge. These include commercial acumen, self-reflection and emotional intelligence, research and project management, people practice, culture and behaviour, evidence-based practice, change management, and HRM and technology.

Key features

• DMU is one of the few prestigious Chartered Institute Personnel and Development (CIPD) Approved Centres, the leading HR professional body in the UK and worldwide, where CIPD is recognised as a mark of quality used by employers as a standard for human resource practice.

• Enhancing our students' employability is at the core of our modules. Our graduates have successful careers in globally renowned organisations, including Telegraph Media Group, Jaguar Land Rover, PwC and Mondelez.

• Many of our academics draw on years of industry experience, bringing real-world techniques into the classroom.

• Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

Year 1
Block one: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
Block two: Professional Development for Human Resource Management
Block three: Organisational Behaviour
Block four: Human Resource Management in a Global Business Context

Year 2
Block one: Human Resource Management in the Workplace
Block two: Learning and Organisation Development
Block three: Managing Employee Relations
Block four: Reward and Performance Management

Year 3
Block one: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Block two: Employment Law
Block three and four: Critical Issues in Human Resource Management. Choose one option from either:
Organisational Development and Consulting
Business Management Project

Teaching and assessment
Teaching involves a mixture of large group sessions, tutorials, on line resources and formative assessments. Students are given feedback throughout the course to develop and improve their technical knowledge, skills and understanding. Emphasis is placed on the application of technical understanding to case based and impact focused scenarios through the use of assessments.

Teaching contact hours
This is a full-time course. The learning, teaching and assessment contact hours for all the 30 credit modules are as follows:
Lecture: 20 hours
Seminar: 40 hours
Self-directed study: 200 hours
Consolidation: 35 hours
Assessment: 5 hours

Block teaching
You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive and nurturing community. That’s why most students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You’ll benefit from regular assessments - rather than lots of exams at the end of the year - and a simple timetable that allows you to engage with your subject and enjoy other aspects of university life such as sports, societies, meeting friends and discovering your new city. By studying with the same peers and tutor for each block, you’ll build friendships and a sense of belonging.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Personnel and Development, Chartered Institute of