Performance Management and Workplace Learning

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This course is designed to meet the learning and professional development needs of human resource and training practitioners, managers, researchers and policy-makers who are involved in designing or researching workplace learning, work practices and skills systems for improved organisational performance.

You will acquire the latest academic and professional knowledge in understanding the complex relationships between learning, skills, work practices and organisational performance.

There is also an option at Module 3 to enhance this knowledge in the global or national comparative context or to specialise in organisational performance and skills.

Course structure Please visit the department website for module descriptions.

* Module 1: Employee Development and Workplace Learning
* Module 2: The Organisation of Work and Organisational Performance
* Module 3: students to choose one option, subject to availability
* The Changing Nature of Skills, Production, Performance and Competitiveness
* Implementing Improvements in Organisational Performance
* Comparing National Systems of VET
* Global Context of HRD and HRM

* Module 4: Research Methods
* Dissertation

Teaching and assessment methods The course is studied by distance learning and is based upon the principles of continuous assessment. Each course starts with the Academic Writing Skills (AWS) module, which is designed to prepare you for studying at Masters level at CLMS. You will then be required to complete an assignment of 4,000-5,000 words at the end of each of the four modules and a 16,000-20,000 word dissertation.

* Possession of a first or second-class honours degree (or its equivalent) in a relevant field * OR an approved professional qualification coupled with three years or more suitable professional experience. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 600 TOEFL iBT® test: 90 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.