MSc in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
Limassol, Cyprus
MSc
DURATION
13 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 8,930
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
About: The MSc in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at The University of Limassol (from the Cyprus International Institute of Management, CIIM) prepares you to treat employees as strategic assets. It covers HRM, organizational behavior, talent management, employee engagement, work–life balance, flexible and remote work, aligning people strategy with business strategy. You’ll gain skills in organizational development, change management, HR analytics that help organizations adapt in competitive environments.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as HR manager, HR business partner, talent acquisition specialist, learning and development manager, or HR analyst; roles include employee relations, compensation, change management and people operations.
The Master of Science (MSc) in Human Resource Management (HRM) and Organisational Behaviour (OB) program is a response to the imperative of business and organisations to recognise that employees are their most valuable asset and the need to treat them as such if they are to remain competitive. Their competitiveness largely depends on their employees’ skills, knowledge, engagement and ability to adapt quickly to changing business requirements. As the nature of work continues to evolve, achieving a healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important. The new world of work places greater emphasis on flexible schedules, remote work, and collaboration across time zones and borders.
Organisations are also increasingly recognising the importance of work-life balance and are implementing policies and practices that enable employees to achieve this balance, which turns out to be a critical factor in employee satisfaction, motivation and performance. Therefore, the human resources function assumes a far more strategic role than before in driving business results and effectiveness.
Students attending the program will gain the required skills and knowledge to help organisations align their people strategy with business strategy and navigate confidently in today’s competitive and uncertain environment.
Program Requirements
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS in short) is a tool of the European Higher Education Area for making studies and courses more transparent. It helps students to move between countries and to have their academic qualifications and study periods abroad recognised. The credits below are based on the ECTS.
To graduate, students are required to earn 90 credits as follows:
- 73 credits from taught core courses,
- 5 credits from core professional workshops,
- 12 credits from taught electives
- Additional taught electives (19 ECTS credits
- Additional taught electives (12 ECTS credits) plus:
- a 6,000-8,000-word thesis on human resource management or organisational behaviour (7 ECTS) or
- undertake a three-month internship (6 ECTS).
Core Courses
- HR535 – Communication Skills
- Contact Hours: 14 Credits: 3
- HR570 – Employee Resourcing, Appraisal & Talent Management
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR495 – Ethics, CSR & Sustainability
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- MA565 – Foundations of Accounting & Finance
- Contact Hours: 21 Credits: 4.5
- HR600 – International HRM
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR555 – Labour Law and Employment Relations
- Contact Hours: 21 Credits: 4.5
- HR650 – Developing Leadership & Managing Change
- Pre-requisite: HR405
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR405 – Organisational Behaviour
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR585 – Qualitative Research
- Contact Hours: 14 Credits: 3
- HR565 – Rewards Management
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- MA575 – Statistics & Quantitative Research
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR605 – Strategic HR
- Contact Hours: – Credits: 10
- HR560 – Training & Employee Development
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
Professional Workshops (5 credits out of 6)
- HR590-Managing Diversity
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
- HR590-Current Trends in HR
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
- HR590-Coaching Skills & Techniques
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
- HR590-Conflict Management
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
- HR590-Human Capital Metrics and Analytics
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
- HR590-Emotional Intelligence
- Contact Hours: 10 Credits: 1
Elective Courses
- MA480 – Economics for Managers
- Contact Hours: 21 Credits: 6
- BI400 – Management of Information Systems
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- GD550 – Marketing Management
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 4.5
- HR430 – Negotiating Skills
- Contact Hours: 14 Credits: 3
- MA440 – Operations Management
- Contact Hours: 21 Credits: 4.5
- MB710 – Project Management
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR490 – Special Topics in Management
- Contact Hours: 14 Credits: 3
- MB750 – Planning & Starting a New Business
- Contact Hours: 28 Credits: 6
- HR540 – Total Quality Management
- Contact Hours: 21 Credits: 4.5
- HR910 – Internship
- Contact Hours: 0 Credits: 6
- HR900 – Research Paper
- Contact Hours: – Credits: 12
- Provide participants with a comprehensive conceptual and theoretical background that will enable them to successfully launch and advance their careers in the field of HRM in Cyprus and abroad.
- Develop participants’ critical understanding of the key trends and developments in the research and practice of HRM at an international level.
- Develop a critical mindset that will enable students to review current HRM/OB practices with the aim of aligning people results with business strategy and contributing to the success of their organisations.
- Develop participants’ ability to apply skilfully proper techniques, tools, and methodologies in order to solve complex problems and exercise judgment on issues that relate to HRM/OB.
- Acquire essential skills that relate to effective leadership and management.