Henley Business School at Univ of Reading. Pre-Experience Postgraduate Programmes Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

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1 MS in International Human Resoure Management For students entering in 2012/3 Awarding Institution: Teahing Institution: Relevant QAA subjet Benhmarking group(s): Faulty: Programme length: Date of speifiation: Programme Diretor: Programme Advisor: Board of Studies: Areditation: University of Reading University of Reading Henley Business Shool at Univ of Reading 1 years 05/Ot/2012 Dr Elizabeth Houldsworth Pre-Experiene Postgraduate Programmes Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Summary of programme aims The programme aims to provide a rigorous and urrent postgraduate eduation in the field of international human resoure management. By ombining offerings from aross the business shool the programme is unique in its ombination of theory and pratie in the study of HRM within a global environment and builds on the Henley Business Shool's reputation in the field of International Business. Emphasis is given to the understanding of both the disipline of HRM, the ontextual environment in whih organisations are inreasingly operating and the management of MNEs. Students will develop a pratial understanding of the range of hallenges faing organisations in different environments. Transferable skills The programme requires a substantial amount of independent reading, researh and study in aademi / theoretial and applied literature. Students are expeted to take personal responsibility and show initiative in developing their knowledge and understanding of the field of study. For the students that are able to demonstrate these independent study skills, they will have the opportunity to develop analytial and oneptual thinking and apply these skills to the management and motivation of their most expensive resoure. Students will reeive grounding in the field of international business as well as a speifi fous upon the development of HRM into a strategi funtion and the growth of International HRM in reent years. As well as developing a omparative awareness of the various elements of HRM pratie, notably: training and development; reruitment and seletion; performane management and reward the students will also be equipped with a range of analysis/diagnosti tools to support their awareness of ontext. The ore knowledge provided by the masters programme around HRM and international business will be supplemented by relevant optional topis as eletive modules. The final element in the programme is a projet in International Human Management. Projets are self-direted in their nature, but there will be an opportunity for the students to link with ativities in the Henley HR Centre of Exellene to disuss projet ideas and possibly to gain projet opportunities within one of these organisations. As outlined in more detail below, students who omplete this ourse of study will not only be well-grounded in the ore of HRM, its bakground and strategi development but will also have an awareness of how the field of IHRM has developed in response to the inreasingly global nature of our world. As a result students will be equipped to understand more about ontext and the hallenges this poses for international managers and leaders as they strive to manage people. During their studies students will have the opportunity to enhane and develop their refletive and interpersonal skills and enhane their ommuniation (oral and written), presentations, information handling, problem solving, team-working, and the use of information tehnology. Students will learn to work independently, under time pressures, and will learn to set priorities and manage their time in order to meet strit deadlines. Programme ontent Compulsory Modules MMM001 International Strategi Management 20 7 MMM027 Designing Organisations 20 7 MMM070 Study and Researh Skills: Soures, Methods, and Pratie - 7

2 MMM072 Professional Development and Pratie - 7 MMM078 Priniples of HRM in a Global Context 20 7 MMM079 Comparative Human Resoure Management 20 7 MMM080 Managing Transformation 20 7 MMM081 International Human Resoure Management 20 7 MMM082 Projet in Human Resoure Management 20 7 Optional Modules In addition students must hoose two option modules from a supplied list. A omplete list of options is available from the Programme Diretor, and a list of urrent options an be found in the relevant Departmental Handbook. There is no guarantee that in any one year all modules will be available. New option modules may also be added. There are 5 modules of speial signifiane, listed below, and students must gain a ombined average mark of not less than 50% in eah of these. Four of these are taught modules in whih students must ahieve a mark at least 50% in the examination omponent in order to omply with requirements for CIPD membership. Modules of Speial Aademi Signifiane MMM078 Priniples of HRM Taught MMM079 Comparative HRM Taught MMM080 Managing Transformation Taught MMM081 International HRM Taught MMM082 Projet in International HRM Projet Optional Modules In addition students must hoose two option modules from a supplied list. A omplete list of options is available from the Programme Diretor, and a list of urrent options an be found in the relevant Departmental Handbook. There is no guarantee that in any one year all modules will be available. New option modules may also be added. Students may hoose to substitute MMM082 (International HRM Projet, 20 redits) with a dissertation, 40 redits. This would require that they omplete only 1 additional optional module. Autumn Comp/Option Spring Comp/Option Summer Comp/Option MMM001 ISM MMM081 IHRM Projet (New) MMM082 MMM079 CHRM MMM080 Managing (NEW) Transformation (new) MMM078Priniples MMM027 Managing of HRM in Global Organisations Organisations MMM072 Professional Development and Pratie (inludes areers development & non-assessed) MMM070 Study and Researh Skills (supports projet) Possible optional module Part-time or modular arrangements N/A Progression requirements MMM072Professional Development and Pratie MMM070 Study and Researh Skills (supports projet) o Optional module (s) o MMM070 (ont) of taught modules in May/June; re-sit failed modules in August/September.

3 Submit Projet in International Human Resoure Management on 30th August, as set out in the University alendar, or 4 weeks thereafter for students entered for resit examinations. Students wishing to proeed to a higher degree by researh should normally have obtained a merit grade and at least 60% in the Projet in International Human Resoure Management or dissertation. Students wishing to proeed to a higher degree by researh should normally have obtained an average of at least 60% in the modules and at least 60% in the Projet in International Human Resoure Management or dissertation. Summary of Teahing and Teahing is organised in modules. The method of delivery varies between modules, espeially in terms of the proportions of time alloated to letures, seminars and ase studies. With the exeption of the projet and dissertation modules, all modules are assessed though a ombination of methods: a written exam, or a multiplehoie test or oursework that an take a variety of forms. All students enrolled on a module study the same materials and sit the same examinations. Mark Interpretation % Distintion 60-69% Merit 50-59% Pass Failing ategories: 40-49% Work below threshold standard 0-39% Unsatisfatory Work For Masters Degrees To qualify for Distintion, students must gain an overall average of 70 or more over 180 redits and a mark of 60 or more for the dissertation, and must not have any mark below 40. To qualify for Merit, students must gain an overall average of 60 or more over 180 redits and a mark of 50 or more for the dissertation, and must not have any mark below 40. To qualify for a Pass, students must gain an overall average of 50 or more over 180 redits and a mark of 50 or more for the dissertation. In addition, the total redit value of all modules marked below 40 must not exeed 30 redits and of all modules marked below 50 must not exeed 55 redits. In line with CIPD poliy any student who is seeking to use the qualifiation in pursuit of an appliation for membership may not do so if a mark in a module of speial aademi signifiane has been ondoned in order to reah the pass mark of 50%. Students must also have ahieved an examination mark of at least 50% in modules of speial aademi signifiane. For PG Diploma To qualify for Distintion, students must gain an overall average of 70 or more over 120 redits and must not have any mark below 40. To qualify for Merit, students must gain an overall average of 60 or more over 120 redits and must not have any mark below 40.

4 To qualify for Pass students must gain an overall average of 50 or more over 120 redits. In addition, the total redit value of all modules marked below 40 must not exeed 30 redits and of all modules marked below 50 must not exeed 55 redits. Students who are awarded the PG Diploma will not be judged to have ahieved the standard required to apply for CIPD membership if they do not attain a pass mark of 50 in all 5 modules of speial aademi signifiane and pass the examinations in the relevant taught modules with a mark of at least 50%. For PG Certifiate To qualify for a Postgraduate Certifiate, students must gain an overall average of 50 or more over 60 redits. In addition, the total redit value of all modules marked below 40 must not exeed 10 redits. Students who are awarded the PG ertifiate will not be judged to have ahieved the learning outomes required to apply for CIPD membership. Admission requirements Entrants to this programme are normally required to have obtained a first degree the equivalent of a British upper seond lass honours degree. Degrees an be in any disipline but for appliants whose first language is not English, proof of profiieny is required. IELTS 6.5 or equivalent is the usual requirement. Referenes are also taken into aount. Aeptane onto the programme is at the disretion of the Diretor of Studies and the Faulty Diretor of Teahing & Learning. Cases where GMAT is reommended: GMAT is not in the admission requirements for this program. However, it may be useful for appliants who are not able to demonstrate that they have satisfatory bakground / level in maths and quants to submit a GMAT sore with their appliation, partiularly if they have been out of eduation for more than a few years. Appliants whose degree result is below the required level, or whose degree is from a university where the standard is not likely to be well known to the admissions ommittee, will require GMAT 600. Admissions Tutor: Dr Liz Houldsworth Support for students and their learning University support for students and their learning falls into two ategories. Learning support is provided by a wide array of servies aross the University, inluding: the University Library, the Student Employment, Experiene and Careers Centre (SEECC), In-sessional English Support Programme, the Study Advie and Mathematis Support Centre teams, IT Servies and the Student Aess to Independent Learning (S@il) omputer-based teahing and learning failities. There are language laboratory failities both for those students studying on a language degree and for those taking modules offered by the Institution-wide Language Programme. Student guidane and welfare support is provided by Personal Tutors, Shool Senior Tutors, the Students' Union, the Medial Pratie and advisers in the Student Servies Centre. The Student Servies Centre is housed in the Carrington Building and offers advie on aommodation, areers, disability, finane, and wellbeing. Students an get key information and guidane from the team of Helpdesk Advisers, or make an appointment with a speialist adviser; Student Servies also offer drop-in sessions and runs workshops and seminars on a range of topis. For more information see Learning support in the Henley Business Shool also inludes a student handbook ontaining full details of the programme struture and administration. Blakboard is used to manage teahing and learning and to monitor student progress for full-time, flexible learning and distane learning students.

5 Career prospets Due to its strong emphasis in International Human Resoure Management, it is likely that large firms operating internationally ould be seen as attrative potential employers. This programme builds on very strong rossshool foundations in the areas of managing people (MBA ore module); international HRM (optional module) and international business. Students may opt to build on element of the programme by undertaking an additional period of study (and additional fee) to omplete the Henley Certifiate in Failitation. Opportunities for study abroad or for plaements There are urrently no opportunities to study abroad within this programme. However there may be opportunities for projet work in assoiation with the Henley HR Centre of Exellene. Programme Outomes Knowledge and Understanding A. Knowledge and understanding of: A1. 1. Alternative models of management and international business 2. Most reent developments in relevant empirial work, business and management praties, and the international business environment 3. Theories of HRM - strategi, analytial tools and frameworks 4. Variables impating ontext: ulture, institutions and how they shape HRM pratie. 5. The role of the HR professional in international business 6. Conepts of failitation, the underlying literature A1-5 Formal letures, guest leturers from industry, disussions, individual and group presentation, group exerises, ase studies, guided readings and guidane on key soures of referene material. Feedbak and guidane are important elements omplementing an emphasis on self -study These are supported by letures and blakboard. A6. Formal letures supported by peer failitation pratie. Support is provided via virtual learning environment. Unseen examinations and oursework omprising of long essays. Seminar presentations are also used as a means of assessment in some modules. In order to gain Henley Certifiate in Failitation and Team Coahing student must omplete VLE ativities. Skills and other attributes B. Intelletual skills - able to: 1. Struture, analyse, and evaluate theoretial issues, and pratial business dynamis and hallenges. 2. Think logially and analytially to understand the different fators impating HRM in different ontexts 3. Identify hoies made by organizations in the management of their people and evaluate these with referene to pratie 4. Comprehend the rapidly evolving state of international human resoure management fators influening both the hange and the pae of hange Students are frequently hallenged in all teahing situations to omplete logial arguments, analyse problems and alternative strategies, and justify statements. Long essays, debate, group work, and presentations provide the prinipal vehile for developing intelletual skills Unseen examinations and oursework, ase study analysis, dissertation.

6 C. Pratial skills - able to: 1.Evaluate urrent theoretial and empirial researh in the field of study 2.Evaluate the ontext and strategy of firms and how this links to behaviour and ulture 3. Reognise the hallenges faing international business in their management of people in different ontexts. 4. Use failitation and team oahing tehniques in a ross-ultural multi- language ontext Students are required to undertake and understand a wide range of reading, both of speifi referenes and through researhing their own soures of information. Disussion in letures and seminars emphasises the use of statistial and empirial evidene and the strengths and weaknesses in alternative theories, methodologies, and international business praties. 1-4 are ahieved through letures, seminars, presentations, ase studies, and group exerises. Pratial skills are introdued in letures, developed in supporting/ group work ativities and tutorials and reinfored by supervised projet work. D. Transferable skills - able to: 1. Communiate effetively with a wide range of individuals using a variety of means. 2. Evaluate his/her own aademi professional performane. 3. Utilise problem-solving skills in a variety of theoretial and pratial situations. 4. Manage hange effetively and respond to hanging demands in a multi-national environment where there are material ultural and legal rossborder differenes. 5. Take responsibility for personal and professional learning and development (personal Development Planning). 6. Manage time, prioritise workloads and manage personal emotions and stress. 7. Understand areer opportunities and begin to plan a areer path. 8. Information management skills. e.g. IT Communiation skills are assessed at several points throughout the programme. Communiation, presentation and team-working skills are speifially important for work in HRM. Good time management is essential for organising a timetable to omplete projet work. of transferable skills is inorporated at several points in the programme Please note - This speifiation provides a onise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outomes that a typial student might reasonably be expeted to ahieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information on the learning outomes, ontent and teahing, learning and assessment methods of eah module an be found in the module desription and in the programme handbook. The University reserves the right to modify this speifiation in unforeseen irumstanes, or where the proess of aademi development and feedbak from students, quality assurane proess or external soures, suh as professional bodies, requires a hange to be made. In suh irumstanes, a revised speifiation will be issued.