MA Human Resource Strategy

London Metropolitan University (LMU) Master degree programme in HRS is run by accredited MIRBIS faculty together with the LMU lecturers. It is a unique programme developed by the author of the Best Book on HR Management – 1999, Prof. John Walton. MIRBIS was given an exclusive right to provide this programme on the Russian market. Its students are heads of HR departments in big international companies.

The program Master of Arts in Human Resource Strategies is designed for specialists in the field of human resources management and professional consultants for personnel management, as well as for managers and company directors who take up functions of personnel management. The program can be especially interesting for employees of companies that are undertaking organization restructuring, as in crisis situations, during mergers and acquisitions human resource management becomes very important. The program pays serious attention to the development of skills of internal and external consulting.

Students of the program learn to cultivate a strategic approach to management and human resource development, control effectively the restructuring of organizations, apply rationally the international practice of the development and introduction of human resource strategies to Russian business. The program was designed with due regard for professional interests of students, it includes not only lectures, but interactive classes, group workshops and business games and training. A creative approach to mutual enrichment in the group is formed.

Specific Features of the Program ‘Strategy of HR Management’

Training is conducted by Russian and British lecturers. Working languages of the program are Russian and English.
Experts in the field of management and personnel development of Russian and foreign companies participate in the teaching process. Graduates of the program MA HRS are also involved in it.
The program provides a serious theoretical background and develops practical skills of management through active forms of training.
Compulsory training period in : lectures, seminars, and visits to HR departments of British companies.
A special supporting course ‘English for HR Managers’ is offered to students.
Graduates get a degree of Master of Arts in Human Resource Strategies of London Metropolitan University.