Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
MSc in Human Resource Management (MHF/MHP)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
MSc
DURATION
30 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
Key Summary
About: The MSc in Human Resource Management (MHF/MHP) blends theory and practice to help you solve organizational issues and become a more effective manager. The Faculty of Business pursues IDEAS (Innovation-driven Education and Scholarship) with a focus on Discovery, Design and Delivery. This conversion programme covers applied people management, organizational behavior, talent management, HR strategy and policy with local and global perspectives.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter roles such as HR manager, talent development consultant, HR business partner, or broader management and public sector HR positions. They apply skills in workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, leadership and HR analytics.
This programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications to help students understand and solve organisational issues. This helps students to become more effective managers.
Characteristics
- A conversion programme for general and HR professionals and managers
- A wide range of people management courses
- Emphasis on both theory and practice
- Local and global perspectives in private and public sectors
To graduate, students need to complete 31 credits. There are two routes for attaining these 31 credits:
- 10 three-credit subjects (4 Compulsory and 6 Elective), plus one-credit Business Ethics;
- 4 Compulsory Subjects and 2 Elective Subjects, plus one-credit Business Ethics, three-credit Research Methods, and nine-credit Dissertation
Students may graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma upon completing 4 Compulsory Subjects and 3 Elective Subjects (21 credits), or with a Postgraduate Certificate upon completing Compulsory Subjects (12 credits).
Compulsory Subjects (any 4 subjects - 12 credits) (Non-Dissertation Option / Dissertation Option)
- MM514 Human Resource Management *
- MM515 Organizational Behaviour *
- MM517 Human Resource Development
- MM5112 Organization and Management *
Ethics Subject (1 credit) (Non-Dissertation Option / Dissertation Option)
- MM5021 Business Ethics
Non-Dissertation Option
Elective Subjects (any 6 subjects - 18 credits)
- MM501 Research Methods
- MM516 Management of Pay and Benefits
- MM518 Employee Relations
- MM5191 Negotiation and Conflict Management
- MM5201 Global Leadership in the Asian Context
- MM5221 Human Resource Management in China
- MM5222 HRM Seminars
- MM5231 Strategic Human Resource Management
- MM5281 Mediation at Workplace
- MM5271 Wellbeing at Work
- MM531 Strategic Management*
- MM534 Entrepreneurship
- MM539 International Management
- MM5424 Management Information Systems
- MM554 Political and Economic Environment for Management
- MM576 Marketing Management
- MM5921 Practice of Human Resource Management
Dissertation Option
Dissertation Subjects (total 12 credits)
- MM501 Research Methods (3 credits)
- MM592 HRM Dissertation (9 credits)
Elective Subjects (any 2 subject - 6 credits)
- MM516 Management of Pay and Benefits
- MM518 Employee Relations
- MM5191 Negotiation and Conflict Management
- MM5201 Global Leadership in the Asian Context
- MM5221 Human Resource Management in China
- MM5222 HRM Seminars
- MM5231 Strategic Human Resource Management
- MM5271 Wellbeing at Work
- MM5281 Mediation at Workplace
- MM531 Strategic Management *
- MM534 Entrepreneurship
- MM539 International Management
- MM5424 Management Information Systems
- MM554 Political and Economic Environment for Management
- MM576 Marketing Management
