MA Industrial Relations and Managing Human Resources
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Places available: 45
Warwick enjoys international acclaim for its research and teaching in industrial relations, and is home to the world-renowned Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) (see page 226). This course will give you a thorough understanding of all aspects of employment relations, allowing you to critically examine key institutions and address contemporary issues both within the context of the UK and a broader comparative framework. Students can also obtain the graduate qualification of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) as part of the course, which can help you get a head start in a career in HRM. Graduates go on to work in a wide range of organisations in HR, or related fields. Students have gone into employment in management or trade unions, government agencies, research institutions or teaching. The course also provides a route to doctoral research.
MA International Employment Relations
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Places available: 5
This course reflects the increasing importance attached to understanding patterns of industrial relations in the international context. You will acquire a detailed understanding of national systems and an appreciation of the importance of transnational comparative analyses. You will benefit from studying in a leading centre for the study of employment relations, and taught by faculty from the worldrenowned Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) (see page 226). You may also undertake some study at one of our partner EU institutions and obtain a Master Européen en Sciences du Travail.
Graduates go on to work in a variety of functions, including government, human resource management, general management, unions, consultancy, and research. Recent companies include: Accenture, BP, Ernst & Young, IBM, Network Rail, and Shell.
MA Management and Organizational Analysis
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Places available: 45
This course has been designed to provide you with a critical understanding of how management and organisations are responding to a changing, increasingly globalised, economic and cultural environment. The course will allow you to develop a range of analytical and transferable skills, including data-management and analysis, team-working, time-management, and written and oral presentation skills. You will be taught by leading faculty from our Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group, through a balance of theoretical and practical approaches, and exposed to national and international research activity. Graduates from this course are in high demand and currently work at places such as the British Council, Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence, or companies such as Accenture, Cadbury, Deloitte and Touche LLP, Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young and KPMG. The course also develops academic skills; a few alumni have gone onto further study or teaching at universities including Oxford and Cambridge.
