International Business and Human Resource Management MSc

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** <br/><br/>**Course summary**<br/><br/><br/>- Gain useful practical experience and solid theoretical expertise.<br/><br/><br/>- Develop the skills you need to pursue an exciting career.<br/><br/><br/>- Engage and network with real organisations via a live consultancy project.<br/><br/><br/>- Strengthen your independent learning, personal responsibility and initiative.<br/><br/><br/>- Attain the teamworking skills you need to successfully collaborate and communicate with others.<br/><br/><br/>On this course, youll approach your studies from a global perspective, and think about how business and HR is conducted across cultures and borders. Upon graduation, youll be ready to apply for a range of exciting careers across the globe.<br/><br/>**How you learn**<br/><br/>All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.<br/><br/>Studying a range of topics through different learning methods, you’ll think about how international organisations approach human resource management.<br/><br/>You study international business topics such as globalisation, multinational enterprises, cross-cultural management, international strategy, and global supply chains. In terms of the course’s HR strand, you’ll look at areas such as human resource contexts and strategies, and international employee relations.<br/><br/>Our large and diverse teaching team combines practical industry experience and academic research expertise. This enables us to offer a course that blends real-world understanding and relevance with advanced subject knowledge and a truly international perspective.<br/><br/>You learn through<br/><br/><br/>- lectures<br/><br/><br/>- seminars<br/><br/><br/>- workshops<br/><br/><br/>- live projects<br/><br/><br/>- simulations<br/><br/><br/>- peer learning<br/><br/><br/>- independent study<br/><br/><br/>This course is delivered face-to-face over three semesters - teaching is scheduled based on the length of your course and the academic calendar.<br/><br/>**Live projects**<br/><br/>The course features an international consultancy project opportunity, supported by Venture Matrix, in which you carry out assessed projects based on real-world business solutions for local, national or global organisations.<br/><br/>The project aims to enhance your business awareness and improve your employment prospects. The opportunity to communicate regularly with a company will be particularly beneficial to international students from the point of view of business engagement and real-world experience. This and other experiences will give you the chance to develop your practical skills in a real world setting.<br/><br/>**Networking opportunities**<br/><br/>We have a dynamic, student-led HR Network, which provides excellent opportunities for sharing experience with alumni, sponsors, business leaders, human resource managers and consultants.<br/><br/>**Field trips**<br/><br/>Where possible, students are offered the opportunity to attend field trips and site visits to demonstrate the business environment, and to allow for useful real-world experiences and insight.<br/><br/>**Future careers**<br/><br/>This course prepares you for a career in :<br/><br/><br/>- account management<br/><br/><br/>- advertising<br/><br/><br/>- business development<br/><br/><br/>- retail buying<br/><br/><br/>- consultancy<br/><br/><br/>- marketing<br/><br/><br/>- human resource management<br/><br/><br/>- logistics management<br/><br/><br/>- management consultancy<br/><br/><br/>- market research analysis<br/><br/><br/>- product management<br/><br/><br/>- project management<br/><br/><br/>- retail management<br/>