Human Resource Management

Overview

Effective management to maximise the performance of human resources (HR) is central to any business success. Employers need managers who can proactively and positively influence organisational strategy, developing and implementing the policies, benefits, employee relations and engagement that helps them recruit and retain the best talent.

Acknowledging the importance of considering different perspectives and cultural dimensions, our broad-based, integrated curriculum includes the employer, employee and other stakeholder perspectives, when covering issues such as employee resourcing and development, employee relations, communications and pay. 

Careers

Graduates from this Human Resource Management  course from Keele University  have gone to pursue a range of managerial and professional careers, including as HRM specialists in the health service, police force, specialist recruitment agencies and financial sector. Some have started their own businesses, gone on to become lecturers in the subject or work in a variety of roles within government or third sector (charities). They have found employment with the NHS, British Transport Police, Npower, DSG Financial Services, Interserve, Prudential and Churchill China, to name just a few.On completion, you’ll be ideally placed to pursue further postgraduate studies at MPhil or PhD level.Examples of the roles you might find yourself working in during the course of your career:

• Assistant HR Manager
• Associate Business Process Manager
• Business Customer Manager
• Business Development Consultant