Master of Arts specialisation in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies - Taught 180

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Employment Relations and Organisation Studies examines the nature of work, employment relationships and organisational life. It is concerned with how organisations function, how people work within them, and how they relate to their stakeholders and the wider environment. This includes organisations in the private sector, the public sector and the not-for-profit sector around the world. The subject helps people understand the role of management and includes activities that help to develop skills in managing people, teams and enterprises.

Postgraduate study in Employment Relations and Organisation Studies
You can take advanced courses and undertake your own research in areas such as:
- General and strategic development
- Organisational behaviour and theory
- Organisational change
- Employment relations
- Human resource management
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Business and society
- Business ethics
- International and cross-cultural management

Graduates will join or encounter organisations, whatever their occupational field. Employment Relations and Organisation Studies helps people prepare for organisational life. It helps individuals develop the basis for a career in management, including as a team leader in a wide range of functions or as a specialist in human resource management, organisational development or corporate social responsibility.

Complete 180 points comprising:

15 points for all Compulsory Courses, and
15 points from Business Elective Courses, and
90 points from Additional Elective Courses, and
Either:
60 points for all Dissertation - 1 Semester, or
60 points for all Dissertation - 2 Semesters

Compulsory Courses

Complete 15 points for ALL of the following:

BUSINESS 710 - Conducting Research (15 points)

Business Elective Courses

Complete exactly 15 points from the following:

BUSINESS 704 - Quantitative Research Methods (15 points)

BUSINESS 705 - Qualitative Research Methods (15 points)

Additional Elective Courses

Complete exactly 90 points from the following:

BUSINESS 704 - Quantitative Research Methods (15 points)

BUSINESS 705 - Qualitative Research Methods (15 points)

BUSINESS 711 - Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (15 points)

BUSINESS 712 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (15 points)

GLMI 701 - Competing Internationally (15 points)

GLMI 702 - International Management (15 points)

GLMI 703 - Global Strategy (15 points)

GLMI 704 - Challenges of Globalisation (15 points)

GLMI 705 - People, Performance and Well-being (15 points)

GLMI 706 - Working in an Age of Uncertainty (15 points)

GLMI 707 - Responsible Business and Sustainability (15 points)

GLMI 708 - Critical, Creative and Strategic Thinking (15 points)

GLMI 709 - Creating Global Ventures (15 points)

GLMI 710 - Innovation and Knowledge Management (15 points)

GLMI 711 - Strategic Entrepreneurship and Innovation (15 points)

GLMI 712 - Understanding and Managing Creativity (15 points)

GLMI 750 - Contemporary Themes in Global Management and Innovation (15 points)

GLMI 751 - Directed Readings in Global Management and Innovation (15 points)

Dissertation - 1 Semester

Complete 60 points for ALL of the following:

GLMI 791 - Dissertation (60 points)

Dissertation - 2 Semesters

Complete 60 points for ALL of the following:

GLMI 791A - Dissertation (30 points)

GLMI 791B - Dissertation (30 points)