MSc
Human Resource Management
Dr. Laetitia Mulder
“Corporate strategy is usually only useful if
you get people engaged with helping you to
make it work.”
―
Max McKeown
,
The Strategy Book
Goals MSc HRM
After this master, you are able to:
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Define, analyze, and evaluate complex problems
related to the management of work and employment of
people in organizations
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Explore how HRM policies and practices can be
developed and applied to ensure the availability,
employability, commitment and vitality of employees
needed to accomplish organizational goals
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MSc HRM: Career Prospects
Broad variety of HRM-relevant positions in all kinds of organizations:
- HR officer on recruitment and selection, or training and development; - HR manager;
- Personnel consultant, management consultant.
Besides a professional career, graduates may opt for an academic career and take the Research Master (1 additional year) after which they can apply for a PhD position.
MSc HRM
1-year degree program of 60 ECTS:
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6 compulsory courses:
6 * 5 = 30 EC
•
2 electives
2 * 5 = 10 EC
•
master thesis
20 EC
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MSc HRM Curriculum (September Entry)
Period Course name EC 1.1 Strategic HRM 5 1.1
HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or
HRM & International labor Law
5
1.1 Elective 5
1.2 Leadership 5
1.2 Research and Professional Skills 5
1.2 Elective 5
2.1 Work Design and Team Processes 5 2.2 Personnel Instruments 5 2.1-2 Thesis Research 20
MSc HRM Curriculum (February Entry)
Block Course name EC 2.1 Work Design and Team Processes 5
2.1
HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or
HRM & International Labor Law
5
2.1 Elective 5
2.2 Personnel Instruments 5
2.2 Research and Professional Skills 5
2.2 Elective 5
1.1 Strategic HRM 5
1.2 Leadership 5
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Electives
1.1 HRM & International Labor Law or HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht 5 1.1 Organization Design 5
1.1 Business Ethics 5
1.2 Personnel Economics 5 1.2 Business Process Innovation and Change 5 1.2 Business Research and Consulting 5 1.2 Healthcare Operations 5 2.1 HRM & International Labor Law or HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht 5 2.1 Conflict Management & Industrial Relations 5 2.1 Innovation in Healthcare Organizations 5 2.2 Behavioral Perspectives on Corporate Governance 5 2.2 Behavioral Operations Management 5 2.2 Innovation & Entrepreneurship 5 2.2 Strategic Supply Chain Management 5
Period 1.1 Strategic HRM
T
his course considers HRM from a strategic perspective byconcentrating on the relationship between the business strategy of an organization and its HRM policies and practices.
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Eric Molleman
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Period 1.1 / 2.1 HRM & Nederlands Arbeidsrecht or HRM & International Labor Law
This course highlights the body of laws and administrative rulings concerning the labour relationships between employers and
employees.
Lecturer: Prof. Mr. Dr. Liesbeth Kneppers and Mr. Wout Wijnbeek
MSc HRM Curriculum
Period 1.2 Leadership
Leaders play a pivotal role in the enactment of HRM.
This course highlights the dominant theories, issues, and practices related to leadership in organizations.Lecturers: Gerben van der Vegt & Onne Janssen
MSc HRM Curriculum
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Period 2.1 Work Design and Team Processes
MSc HRM Curriculum
Work design: how to structure work organization into team settings Team processes: how team factors (e.g., team composition, diversity, task interdependence) and team processes (e.g., leadership,
coordination, conflict, mood) influence team performance Lecturers: Floor Rink and Suzanne Tauber
Period 2.2 : Personnel Instruments
MSc HRM Curriculum
HRM uses personnel instruments to match people to jobs/tasks: job analysis, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance management.
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Period 1.2 Research and Professional Skills
MSc HRM Curriculum
Training in Research Skills in Thesis Preparation (3 EC):
How to develop a research question, embed a research question in literature, collect data, use statistical procedures to analyze data, and write a research report.
Training in Professional Skills (2 EC) that are highly relevant for performing professional jobs in the HRM field (personal
effectiveness, interpersonal communication, negotiation, team functioning, leadership).
Period 2.1-2: Thesis Research
MSc HRM Curriculum
- 20 ECTS, 560 hours
- Working out research proposal developed in Research Skills
- Experiment, field study
- Topics focus on issues related to team functioning, diversity,
leadership, creativity and innovation, moral behavior,
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