MSc Strategic Personnel and Development
Entry Requirements
- All applicants must be Graduate Corporate Members, Fellows or
Companions of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
(CIPD).
- In addition, applicants must have 3 years experience in a
personnel related function.
Key Features
- To increase course members' ability to operate at strategic
level and to supplement their professional knowledge and skills
through provision of a deeper and broader knowledge of both
problem-solving and of strategic personnel and development
issues.
- To deliver personal and professional development to personnel
practitioners. The programme will enhance your ability to
make an effective contribution to the development of human resource
strategy within your organisation.
- Suitable for personnel practitioners who have already achieved
professional membership of the CIPD and have at least three years
experience of operational personnel management.
- The CIPD qualification will count for 110 Credit Accumulation
and Transfer (CAT) points towards the 180 points required for a MSc
award. The MSc is therefore suitable for recent CIPD
graduates who wish to extend their specialist knowledge, or for
more experienced personnel professionals who wish to update
themselves on recent developments in management science.
Course Description
- Contemporary Issues in Human Resources
- Organisational Change and Transition
- Personnel and Development Consultancy
- Research Methodology - designed to provide you with the support
and confidence required to successfully complete the
dissertation
- The Role of Strategic Personnel and Development.
Tuition and Support
The MSc lasts for nine months and requires attendance at four
intensive two day workshops. Participants will benefit from
sharing information and working closely with colleagues in learning
sets. We strongly believe that the cross fertilisation of
experiences enhance the benefit of any taught programme.
Assessment
Assessment is by a set assignment on an aspect of HR strategy
which has to be completed within the first three months. In
the remaining six months you will undertake a supervised research
project culminating in the submission of a 15,000 - 30,000 word
dissertation.
Further Information / Application Form
Please fill out the DBS
Application Form
Disclaimer: All courses are
run subject to numbers, and every effort is made to ensure the
information on this leaflet is correct. Doncaster College reserves
the right to amend the contents as deemed necessary.