MSc
Management with Human Resources

Module Overview

The cornerstone of all human resource management (HRM) activity is the employment relationship – as a legal, social, economic and psychological exchange. This module is designed to provide students with the chance to develop a comprehensive understanding of employment relations perspectives and debates, both national and international, from a theoretical and behavioural competency perspective.

This module can help students to understand, analyse, and evaluate competing theories and perspectives associated with managing employment relations strategies and their outcomes on organisational climate, employees and management. By utilising descriptive, predictive and prescriptive data analytics, the employment relationship can be optimised, reducing areas such as staff turnover and sickness absence through data-driven performance improvement initiatives. The module provides opportunities to critically apply the activities, knowledge and behavioural competencies required for managing employment relations practices in union and non-union, small and large, private, public and indigenous and multinational organisations. It aims to enable students to review and critically evaluate the roles and functions of different stakeholders in employment relations and the structures and processes required to manage the employment relationship effectively.

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The "Finance for Business Management" module is designed to equip students with practical financial knowledge applicable in real-world business scenarios. This module emphasises understanding and applying financial concepts to make informed business decisions, rather than focusing on complex calculations. Students will explore how financial principles are integrated into business operations, enhancing their ability to interpret financial data and use it strategically. By the end of the module, students will be able to critically analyse financial statements, understand budgets and cost behaviours, and evaluate investment opportunities, all within the context of managing a business. This approach ensures that students are prepared to handle financial challenges and contribute to the financial health and strategic goals of their organisations. The module features a summative assessment designed to allow students to demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders.

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Human resource (HR) professionals and managers operate within an increasingly complex and changing organisational context, whether in the market, public or ‘third’ sectors, whatever the size of their organisations or the types of goods or services these enterprises produce for their customers or clients. This module provides learners, first, with an understanding of the principal internal and external environmental contexts of contemporary organisations, including the managerial and business context, within which managers, HR professionals and workers interact in conditions of environmental turbulence, change and uncertainty. Secondly, the module examines how those leading organisations respond to these dynamic environmental contexts. The module also indicates how leaders in organisations, those in the HR function, and line managers with HR responsibilities need to recognise and acknowledge that corporate decisions and HR choices are not always shaped by managers alone. They are also shaped by internal and external forces beyond their immediate control. By having a data-driven approach to people problems, the decision-making process becomes evidence-based, and predictions are less of a risk in terms of strategy. Having studied this module, learners will be aware that managers and HR professionals in different types of organisation (small, large, national, global), in responding to their internal, business and external environmental contexts, not only have opportunities and choices when taking organisational and HR decisions but also face constraints on their autonomy in determining their futures. This module explores the implications for professional practice and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development.

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The Independent Project (Pathways) module enables you to undertake a substantive project in the context of your chosen degree specialism, and within the Lincoln International Business School’s commitment to sustainable and responsible management practice. The aim of the module is to clearly illustrate your ability to synthesise the different business domains and management perspectives studied during your course and apply them through an independent project. You can engage with contemporary business and research themes as you explore innovative and creative ways to complete their chosen pathway.

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This module is designed to provide students with a conceptual and theoretical background in leadership, and an opportunity to develop leadership competencies suited to the demands of the contemporary organisation. It covers topics such as leadership style, followership, ethical and responsible leadership, gender and leadership, cross-cultural leadership and leadership 4.0. Over the course of this module, students will gain an understanding and appreciation of leadership and the emerging demands on leaders in the digital age. This module has an applied focus and requires students to reflect on and apply theories and techniques to their personal real-world context in order to enhance their leadership practice.

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This module prepares you to undertake a substantial independent project. It introduces you to the core principles of research design and methods you are likely to encounter during independent study. The module seeks to develop your competency and confidence in research methodology to a Master's level.

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In our current globalised world, individuals in leadership and management positions within organisations across sectors are often confronted with a myriad of ‘wicked’ problems which demand for a comprehensive and cohesive strategy. To succeed, individuals in position of responsibility must develop a range of capabilities needed to gain competitive advantage in markets and in the globe. This module seeks to equip students with crucial knowledge and strategy making skills to perform as a strategist and contribute to responsible business strategies to give their organisation a competitive advantage. Students who fully engage with the module will develop the knowledge and professional expertise needed for the formation, implementation and analysis of responsible business strategies; to make appropriate choices between strategic options; and then to follow a strategic route that will deliver results that are robust, ethically sound and socially responsible.