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Undergraduate Prospectus 2017 | Business and Management

Human Resource Management
Key Information
Why study this course?

This programme at Keele offers a superb insight into the multi-faceted
relationship between the worker and the organisation.
You’ll learn about formal and informal ways of regulating the
employment relationship in the public, private and voluntary sectors,
including legislation and industrial relations. You’ll explore how
organisations function as part of their wider context, how they’re
managed, and how they plan their future needs. While developing
effective skills in listening, negotiating and persuasion, you’ll become
adept at problem solving and decision making. You’ll explore and apply
theories about the nature, management and experience of employment
in its local and global contexts. Since you’ll combine your studies with
another subject, your choice might include business management,
psychology, sociology, economics, politics or history.

Indicative modules

First year
• Management in Context
• The British and Global Economy
• Foundations of Human
Resource Management
Second year
• Employee Resourcing
• Developing Professional
Knowledge and Practice in
Human Resource Management
• Managing Human Resources
• Employment Relations
Third year
• Pay and Performance
• Researching Contemporary
Issues in Human Resource
Management

What will this mean
for my future?

Every organisation involves
people, and success for both the
organisation and the individual
depends heavily on their
relationship – which needs careful
and effective management.
This means that human resource
management skills are always in
demand. When you graduate, your
skills and in-depth understanding
of employment will prepare you
for a variety of specialist roles,
perhaps as a human resources
manager or in a trades union.
You might take up a career
in training and development,
equality and diversity, recruitment,
occupational psychology,
management consultancy
or counselling.

Course type
Dual honours

For information on dual
honours combinations
please visit www.keele.
ac.uk/ugcourses or page 158

Course duration
Three years

Indicative entry
requirements
BBB or ABC

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
entryrequirements

Study abroad
Yes

100%
Overall student
satisfaction
(2015 NSS)

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