International Business with Human Resource Management (Top-up) BA (Hons)

**Indicate point of entry as Year 3 when applying for this top-up degree.**<br/><br/>**Course overview**:<br/>This international business with human resource management top-up course allows students with a Higher National Diploma or Foundation degree in business to study for one year and achieve an honours degree in business with a human resource management focus.<br/><br/>Organisations are only as good as the people who work within them – a successful HRM practitioner maximises employee performance, helping business to gain a competitive edge. Whether you want to work with international companies, start-ups or not-for-profit organisations, this course gives you the skills and expertise to accelerate your career in HRM and the wider field of business.<br/><br/>Join a community of learners from over 100 different countries to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context. The emphasis is on you taking control of your own learning, advancing you as a business thinker and decision maker through workshop-based, interactive and developmental activities.<br/><br/>**Top reasons to study this course**<br/>1. Global perspective: our course emphasises the global landscape of human resource management, helping you develop strategies for multinational work environments and diverse cultural settings.<br/>2. Skills for the future: gain practical knowledge in core business functions and undertake a project that focuses on an international business topic.<br/>3. Networking opportunities: connect with industry experts and guest speakers, giving you direct insights into current HR practices and trends.<br/><br/>**After the course**: <br/>We provide an environment that allows you to build on and further develop the extra practical employability characteristics that make you more attractive to employers in the job market once you graduate.<br/><br/>Our staff use their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events that ensure all students are equipped with both degree-level subject knowledge plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.<br/><br/>Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.