MASTER OF SCIENCEInternational Human Resources & Performance Management

 

 

Programme courses

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Courses by semester & credits

  
SEMESTER 1

   > Mandatory courses

  • Globalisation and HRM: The Cultural Impact on People and Organisations, 3 credits

  • Career Management, 1 credit

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   > Module 1: Fundamentals of HRM
  • HRM: Fundamentals of Organisational Structures, 2 credits

  • Advanced Organisational Behaviour, 2 credits


   > Module 2: International HRM
  • Managing HR and Careers in International Organisations, 3 credits


   > Module 3: Performance Management
  • Managing Individual & Collective Performance Systems, 3 credits

  • Recruitment Techniques, 2 credits


   > Module 4: Learning, Knowledge, Change
  • Knowledge and Collaborative Intelligence, 3 credits


   > Module 5: Contemporary issues in HRM, 8 credits
  • Strategic Human Resource Management, 3 credits

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Performance, 2 credits


Electives (choose one in addition to Research Methods)
  • Research Methods (mandatory for MSc), 3 credits

  • Droit Social (taught in French) or Conflict Management, 3 credits


 

SEMESTER 2

   > Mandatory courses
  • Personal and Professional Development for the HR Manager, 3 credits

  • Career Management 2, 1 credit


   > Module 1: Fundamentals of HRM
  • HR and the Legal Environment - Comparative Labour Law, 4 credits


   > Module 2: International HRM
  • International Employment Relations, 3 credits

  • Benefits & Compensation in International Organisations​, 2 credits


   > Module 3: Performance Management
  • HR Metrics & the Balanced Scorecard​, 3 credits

  • Information Systems for HRM, 2 credits

   > Module 4: Learning, Knowledge, Change
  • Training and Development - Designing Innovative Learning 2 credits

  • Organisational Development & Change Management, 3 credits


   > Module 5: Contemporary issues in HRM
  • Agile Project Management, 3 credits

  • Quality of Life and Well-Being at Work, 3 credits


Dissertation*, 30 credits
 

Electives (choose one)
  • AI and the Digitalisation of the HR Function with Microsoft, 2 credits

  • Droit de la Formation Professionnelle Continue (taught in French), 2 credits

  • HR Marketing and Employer Branding, 2 credits

  • Diversity and Inclusion: A Stakeholder Perspective on Responsible HRM, 2 credits

 
TOTAL credits (courses: 60 + thesis: 30), 90 credits
 
 
 
* Students must write an MSc dissertation on a subject of personal interest or a field in which they would like to work. The dissertation project gives students the opportunity to become expert in one specific aspect of human resources management/organisational behaviour. Students are encouraged to choose a dissertation project linked to their internship, thus demonstrating expertise in a particular area of HR to any future employer.
 
 
 
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