This course is designed for graduates wanting to follow a career in human resource management (HRM). It is also suitable for HR managers who are looking for career development or for people wanting a career change. The course develops your critical thinking and problem solving skills to help manage the process and complexities of organisational change. It approaches HRM at a strategic level, and examines organisations operating both nationally and internationally. You develop your decision making, problem solving and analytical skills to enable you contribute to the growth and competitive advantage of organisations. We focus on developing your professional expertise, and improve your employability and career prospects by helping you gain broader business, management and leadership knowledge. The course takes a practical and vocational approach to teaching, so that you are able to apply the theory you learn through practice. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, and skills-based workshops. You also attend a three-day residential event and an intensive study block, designed to assist you in applying your learning during topical and challenging practical situations. The course enables you to develop a strategic focus and application to HRM; develop a critical understanding of the philosophies and general practices of HRM; appreciate and critically evaluate the latest theoretical concepts, principles, standards and frameworks of HRM practice; gain skills in solving complex scenarios related to improving the activities and functions of modern HRM; build a holistic approach to examining and solving complex HR problems.