St Mary’s University London’s 100% online MBA in Human Resource Management enhances your knowledge of economics, cost-based decision making, corporate financial management, operations, marketing strategy, organisational management, corporate planning and more. In our digital classroom, you will apply the theories you learn to real-world workplace challenges, collaborate and work effectively in teams across and within functional areas, enhance your communication skills, sharpen your critical and analytical thinking, deepen your ethical decision-making in business contexts, and proactively anticipate rapidly changing business challenges in a global economy.
The human resource management specialisation comprises three courses designed to help enhance your knowledge and ability in talent management, employment law, and labour law. You will learn about:current and emerging HRM best practiceshow to apply strategic initiativeshow to recruit and manage the right peoplehow to solve a broad range of complex challenges in human resourcesdeveloping a workplace culture that engages workers, develops leaders, and creates a creative and inspiring workplace.You’ll develop your capacity to:develop a comprehensive strategic human resource management approach incorporating alternative methods for managing people in an organisationdesign effective planning frameworks for talent acquisition, initial induction, and individual and team-based development to support optimal performance within the workplaceformulate retention strategies adaptable to future organisational developments and evaluate the impact of diversity and engagement on organisational successanalyse change management processes and develop innovative solutions for effective change managementbuild change management plans based on cultural, technological, organisational structure, and leadership factors, and evaluate the effectiveness of change and monitor the process to enable change success factorsdesign inclusive and equitable policy frameworks that address diversity and engagement-related issues, formulating comprehensive diversity and engagement plans that incorporate best practices and align with organisational goals and values.And grow your careerThe MBA in Human Resources Management equips you with the management skills needed to handle industry pressure and workplace challenges by pursuing a career in HR in roles such as: Head of HR, HR Director, HR Manager, Learning & Development Manager, Senior HR Consultant, Employee Engagement Manager, HR Operations Manager and more.Career path14 industry-focused MBA degrees and 5 MSc Computer Science programmes.