UWE-MSc Business and Human Resource Management
MSc Business and Human Resource Management
University of the West of England (UWE Bristol Business School)
Finding, training, and retaining the right people is crucial for an organisation's long-term success. Central to business functions, HR practitioners have more opportunities to influence organisational direction and progress into strategic management roles.
Our MSc Business and Human Resource Management provides a holistic understanding of HRM's broader context, impacting all operational areas. You'll develop transferable skills, values, and attitudes to tackle contemporary business challenges and make ethical decisions.
Designed in collaboration with employers, Bristol Business School's MSc Business and Human Resource Management is delivered by industry experts, many of whom are active in business management-related research. Our practitioner-led teaching approach and curriculum is continually updated to reflect the fast-moving environment in which modern businesses operate.
We know it's not where you start but where you finish that matters. With this in mind, we've designed a skills and aspirations audit on arrival. This will help you identify gaps in your knowledge, including digital literacy, and guide you in choosing the right career path. Throughout the course, you'll receive tailored support to develop your skills and track your personal and professional growth. This feeds into the Careers Catalyst module, which enables you to reflect on your aspirations, build a relevant skillset and develop your personal unique selling point.
You'll also enjoy access to and dialogue with business leaders, debating current, relevant topics at our popular annual Masters' Business Conference.
When you graduate from Bristol Business School, you'll be prepared for entry-level HR roles. If you're already in HR, this masters' degree will enhance your skills for senior or consultative positions, locally or globally. Recent graduates have found roles in employee and organisational development, recruitment, employee relations, employment law, strategic HR management, and equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Course Module
- Digital Entrepreneurial Finance
- International Marketing Communication and Media Management
- International Business Strategic Management
- Global Management and Organizational Behavior
- Research in Action (Non-credit)
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HR design: fairness and performance
View HR design: fairness and performance Module Details
Overview
This module is based on stages of the HRM causal chain: design, implementation, and why stakeholder involvement is key to whether eventual organisational outcomes realise or fail to meet the original design.
Students will explore how HR initiatives, in for example reward, recruitment selection, onboarding, performance management, and learning and development, should align vertically with organisational strategy and horizontally across various HR functions to support organisational goals. The module examines the roles of stakeholders, HR, line managers, employees and their representatives, in the design and implementation of people policies/initiatives, and how the ultimate outcomes of policies/initiatives can be measured.
Educational Aims
By the end of the module, students will have a comprehensive understanding of strategic Human Resource Management (HRM) design and the realities of operational implementation. Specifically, we aim to equip students with the knowledge and skills to balance fairness and performance in the design and implementation of HRM to enable outcomes that are effective, ethical, and sustainable.
This module is based on stages of the HRM causal chain: design, implementation, and why stakeholder involvement is key to whether eventual organisational outcomes realise or fail to meet the original design.
Students will explore how HR initiatives, in for example reward, recruitment selection, onboarding, performance management, and learning and development, should align vertically with organisational strategy and horizontally across various HR functions to support organisational goals. The module examines the roles of stakeholders, HR, line managers, employees and their representatives, in the design and implementation of people policies/initiatives, and how the ultimate outcomes of policies/initiatives can be measured.
Outline Syllabus
Module Content
The syllabus may included (but is not limited to) the following:
- Introduction to Strategic HRM and the HRM Causal Chain:
Theoretical foundations and frameworks of strategic HRM.
Overview of the HRM causal chain: linking HR practices to organisational performance. - HR strategy formulation: aligning HR with organisational objectives:
Linking HR practices with business strategy (vertical alignment).
Stakeholder involvement in design.
The role of trade unions in shaping organisational policy. - Effective design of HR policies/initiatives, for example:
Recruitment and selection
Onboarding
Reward
Performance management
Learning and development - Ensuring cohesion across HR functions (horizontal alignment):
Alignment of for example: recruitment, selection, reward, and development policies.
Case examples of horizontal misalignment and its effects on organisational performance. - Role of stakeholders in policy implementation: HR professionals, line managers, employee representatives:
Devolution of HRM from HR to line managers.
The role of employee voice: in-house mechanisms and the role of trade unions.
Change management in HR: navigating organisational resistance *might be covered in core*
Case studies of successful employee voice initiatives. - Measuring the outcomes of HRM policies/initiatives:
Approaches to measurement: including benchmarking, human capital reporting, people analytics
- Introduction to Strategic HRM and the HRM Causal Chain:
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Career Catalyst: Developing Skills for Long Term Success
(Studying both Tri2 & Tri3) -
Project 1 : Choose One the following Module
- Management Project: Group Project Challenge
(Research Project)
OR
- Enterprise Project: Concept Development
- Career Catalyst: Developing Skills for Long Term Success
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Project 2 : Choose One the following Module
- Management Project: Individual Project Challenge
(Research Project)
OR
- Enterprise Project: Business Realisation
Some modules may be subject to change due to academic or operational requirements.
Accommodation
- Accommodation on campus (Frenchay Campus): En-suite starts from £211/week. (approx. 42 – 51 weeks)
- Accommodation in the city centre (City Campus): En-suite starts from £175/week, Studio starts from £225/week. (approx. 42 – 51 weeks)
Accommodation details and fees may change annually. Please refer to the UWE official website for updates.
Tuition Fees
- 1st Instalment: 150,000 THB
- 2nd Instalment: 200,000 THB
- 3rd Instalment: 280,000 THB
- Total Tuition Fee: 630,000 THB
For International Students (Non-Thai Student) Only
*** International students (Non-Thai nationals) will be charged 25,000 baht for the Extra fees on the 1st Instalment fee
*** International students (Non-Thai nationals) are required to have the Thai student visa / ED Plus visa before starting semester 1 in Thailand. (We cannot change the Tourist visa to the Thai Student visa in Thailand).
Minimum living cost: £1,171/month.
Students may work up to 20 hours/week during term time and full-time during vacation.
