This course aims to develop
you as a Human Resource Manager. The focus is on the theory
and practice of organisations and Human Resource Management,
the nature of management skills, analytical and diagnostic
techniques, and the integrated nature of financial, economic
and information environments within which the HR Manager operates. |
Course Aims |
To develop you as a Human Resource Manager on the basis of
your understanding and appreciation of:
- the theory and practice of organisations and human
resource management;
- the nature of management skills, analytic and diagnostic
techniques;
- the analysis of economic and labour market factors
influencing corporate strategy; and
- how the human resource
manager deploys knowledge-based analytical and problem
solving skills and competences at both operational
and strategic levels
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Course
Market |
The course is aimed principally at providing a professional
qualification for the following markets:
- employees with significant human resource responsibilities
wishing to develop their practical and theoretical knowledge
in the human resource area;
- non-personnel jobholders who seek to gain a specialization
within the human resource area, underpinned by rigorous conceptual
knowledge capable of deployment in a vocationally useful
way;
- those who seek to be well-placed for HRM posts in management
training and development, strategic management and employee
relations.
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Course Structure |
Total
Credits - 180
Full-time Students in this category undertake the full course
which comprises:
Term-1 (60
credits)
NBM094 |
Professional Skills |
NHR001 |
Managing People |
NBM081 |
Research Methods |
NBM041 |
Strategic Management |
NBM201 |
Managerial Economics |
NFA003 |
Management Accounting |
Term-2 (60
credits)
NBM061 |
Cultural & Change Management |
NHR011 |
Human Resource Management |
NHR051 |
Managing Employee Relations |
NHR071 |
Strategic HRM |
Term-3 (30
credits)
NIS001 |
Management Information Systems |
NBM301 |
E-Business
Management |
* Please note that not all of the modules listed may be available
in any year, and the College reserves the right to substitute
alternative options in any given year.
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Project (30
Credits)
The project is designed to provide an opportunity
to translate both conceptual and practitioner knowledge acquired
during the course to the analysis of a specific HRM situation
or of a contemporary, established and focused area of academic/practitioner
enquiry in the HRM literature. It gives students the opportunity
to link theory with practice and is based upon a research project.
The project involves the identification and refinement of an
HR problem, undertaking an in-depth literature review, the
collection of primary data and the analysis and evaluation
of this data so as to produce a set of implementable recommendations.
The end product should be a dissertation of 12,000 words to
be submitted following the end of the taught programme. |
Duration |
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The programme is organized on a 3 term basis.
Full-time students normally undergo 24 hours of Guided Learning
Hours each week. You are expected to spend at least the
same amount of additional time each week in personal study
and completing assignments. All the students have to submit
a Dissertation within the last six months of the program.
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Assessment |
Most units are assessed by a mixture of coursework assignments
and end of semester examinations of 3 Hours each. However the
dissertation is assessed by means of a 12,000 word report.
Qualification is awarded to those candidates who achieve a
Pass grade or above in all components of their examination.
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Entry Requirements |
Applicants
WITH Standard Qualifications
Standard qualifications for admission to the course
are:
-
a UK Honours degree (or overseas equivalent)
in Business Studies, Public Administration or related
subjects; or
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a degree in a discipline relevant to
human resource management; or
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a degree supplemented by a qualification or by qualifications
from a course of study which includes a substantial business
or management studies component. Examples would include a
Management Diploma, HNC or HND plus, normally in each case
relevant working experience.
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Applicants WITHOUT
Standard Qualifications
NLC welcomes applications from persons with
certificated learning, or who have had a significant amount
of relevant working experience and who are able to demonstrate
that they will be able to study effectively at professional
level.
Some applicants may be interviewed by the Course Leader or
a member of the teaching team and/or be required to submit
a 1000 word essay on a selected aspect of human resource management.
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Additionally, all students whose first language
is not English require an English language qualification such
as IELTS with a scoring of 6.0 or above, or may have to enrol
with the NLC English Foundation course which is of 6 months
duration .
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Exemptions |
Certain
categories of graduate may be offered accreditation of prior
learning for all modules of Stage 1 of the course. This will
enable them to complete the full-time course in six months
and the part-time course in one year. Such applicants will
have satisfied the requirements above, and will hold in addition
one of the following qualifications:
- Diploma in Personnel Management (DPM)
- MA in Personnel and Development (MAPD)
- Diploma in Management Studies
- Diploma in Business Administration
- MA in HRM
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Exemptions
are unlikely to be considered unless supported by documentary
evidence of relevant achievement. |
