MSc. Human Resource Management Corporate Strategy/
Corporate Sustainability

This course aims to build on the basic Employment Law knowledge students acquire during the course ‘Managing Human Resources’ and to provide the student with a working knowledge of the principles of employment Law with emphasis in Cyprus Labour Law and its effectiveness. It critically analyses the scope and limitation of the law with particular emphasis to the Cyprus Law and its relation to contract formation, recruitment and selection, employee/employer rights and responsibilities and discrimination within the below five areas:

• Introduction to Employment law concepts and definitions
• Contract of employment
• Employment conditions and the Cyprus Law
• Termination of employment
• Dispute resolution

It also equips students with a deeper understanding of the legal regulation of termination of employment, the role of collective bargaining and employee participation in the workplace.

This course aims to introduce students to a range of contemporary issues in employee relations, to encourage critical evaluation of different approaches to the management of employee relations, to prepare students for the practical challenges of managing complex employment relationships at work and to provide students with a theoretical foundation of key quantitative methods used in employee relations research.

This course aims to provide the student with the basics of organizational behaviour related to management. It focuses on translating management and organizational behaviour theory to practices that result in organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and human resource development. It also addresses issues such as workforce motivation, incentives, team building and office environments and how we can best manage the dynamics of organizational change. Furthermore, it examines the contemporary principles, techniques and research findings in management and organizational behaviour that are driving high performance and continuous improvement in business today. Finally, it provides the student with an understanding about Diversity in Organization, Attitudes and Job Satisfaction, Personality and Values, Perceptions and Individual Decision Making, Motivation Concepts, Communication, Leadership, Power and Politics, and Conflict and Negotiation. It also imparts knowledge on Organization Culture, Change and Stress Management and the understanding of management and organizational behaviour. These are concepts associated with continuous improvement in individual and group processes.

The course aims to enable students to understand business research, offering an in-depth understanding of relevant approaches and elements of undertaking a research enquiry and to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to determine the information necessary to address an identified research problem.  It also produces a critically informed research proposal suitable for a coherent business project that shows detailed knowledge of a topic relevant to the student’s programme of study. Finally, it ensures the development of critical core competencies and skills including, defining research questions; setting appropriate research objectives; study design that incorporates research objectives and budgetary constraints; secondary and primary data collection and instruments; sampling and analysis methods; effective reporting of results. The importance of ethical conduct in conducting research in both a domestic and in international business contexts. Skills will be put into practice and insights gained to help solve a real-world business problem.

This course aims firstly, to provide students with a critical understanding of the theories, principles, historical trends, current issues and practices relevant to human resource management strategy in organisations. Secondly, to support the development of subject specific and key transferable skills necessary for employment in roles, which require the effective management of both human and knowledge capital within the organisation, therefore extending beyond purely human resource management roles. Thirdly, to explore the shifting of roles from process manager or administrator to strategic business advisor and partner. Lastly, to provide an understanding of the unique strategic positioning of contemporary human resource management and the subsequent demands placed on professionals working in this area.

This course aims to introduce students to theories and practices of international human resource management (IHRM).  Students will develop skills to critically examine the influence of national institutions and culture on the choice and effectiveness of HRM practices. Being able to reflect on the role of HRM policies and practices in achieving desired employee and organizational outcomes, building on a discussion of the challenges and opportunities firms face in managing people and workplaces at the global level are further skills which will be developed.

This course aims to critically analyse the drivers of enterprise and wealth creation from the perspective of their ethical implications to investigate changing approaches and attitudes to sustainability and corporate social responsibility in the frame of corporate governance. To also critically evaluate frameworks for the discussion of business ethical issues and the use of tools for managing business ethics. Furthermore, it examines the impact of globalisation on enterprise and evaluates diverse ethical models and theories (normative and descriptive).

This course aims to introduce contemporary themes associated with HRM, with the objective of creating an in-depth and critical exploration of some of the challenges that we face in the workplace today. It delves in depth into issues such as managing diversity, changing patterns of work and careers, working ethically, well-being at work and work-life balance in the context of HRM and Corporate governance. It develops students’ ability to analyse and critically evaluate multiple and often competing perspectives that pertain to HRM in today’s workplace and governance.

This course aims firstly, to introduce contemporary themes associated with HRM, with the objective of creating an in-depth and critical exploration of some of the challenges that we face in the workplace today. Secondly, to delve in depth into issues such as managing diversity, changing patterns of work and careers, working ethically, well-being at work and work-life balance in the context of HRM. Thirdly, to develop students’ ability to analyse and critically evaluate multiple and often competing perspectives that pertain to HRM in today’s workplace.