Core modules 7 & 8

Human Resource Management

The Human Resource Management module aims to stimulate thinking and understanding about the management of people in an organisational context.  The focus is on specific human resource management practices and policies, their effectiveness as well as skills necessary for their implementation.  The course is designed for line managers and it is not intended to meet the detailed technical requirements of full-time HR professionals.

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, you will be expected to be able understand and have skills in:

• Introduction to HRM: best-practices, best-fit and stakeholder approaches
• Recruitment and selection
• Talent and career management
• Performance management: appraisals & pay/rewards
• Work-life balance and employee well-being.

Accounting & Financial Reporting

Enables you to read and understand financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, and statement of changes in shareholders’ equity) as this is a fundamental skill for an effective manager in today’s business environment. Provides you with an understanding of the content, application and analysis of published financial reports and those prepared for internal management information purposes.

Learning outcomes:

• Accounting as an information system
• The main financial statements
• A basic framework for the analysis of published financial reports
• Financial information for management decision making.