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MA in Human Resource and Knowledge
Management
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MA in Practicing Management (IMPM)
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/departments/owt
Number of Postgraduate Students
Location
40
The Management School
Head of Department
Professor Lucas Introna
The Department of Organisation, Work and Technology was competitive advantage in an increasingly fast-changing global
founded in 1969 in response to a growing recognition of the economy. You will develop a deep understanding of the key
importance of the study of people in organisations. With 14 full- themes of 21
st
Century management and organisations: people,
time academic staff, this is a multi-disciplinary group of social
knowledge, and change. Our MA addresses these topics in a
scientists dedicated to research and teaching in the interconnected
systematic and inspiring fashion and equips you with the
areas of work, organisations and management in the 21
st
Century.
knowledge and skills necessary for successful careers in private
corporations, public sector organisations, and academia.
We have a wide array of expertise in human resource
management, information systems, knowledge management,
Structure
organisation theory, social psychology and sociology. Our thematic
This MA is designed to provide you with an overview of major
interests include the form and structure of organisations and
concepts, theories and practices.
organising in the 21
st
Century; globalisation and the cultural and
political economy of contemporary work; HRM and employment
Human Resource Management
relations; the social, economic, ethical and political factors shaping
• HRM in the Global Economy
the processes through which technologies are constructed and
• HRM Ideas and Practices in the 21
st
Century
used for managerial and organisational purposes.
Knowledge Management
The distinctive philosophy and ethos towards the study of
• Knowledge Management and Information Technologies
management and organisations has earned the Department
• Knowledge Management and Practice
international recognition and reputation.
Organisations and Change in the 21
st
Century
TAUGHT COURSES
• Organisations in the 21
st
Century
• The Management of Organisational Change
MA in Human Resource and Knowledge
Management The Production of Managerial Knowledge
• The Rise of Management Ideas and Concepts
Director of Studies: Dr Karen Dale. • Analysing Management Practices
Duration: 12 months full-time. • Elementary Quantitative Methods
Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or
equivalent, in an appropriate subject. A feature of the MA is the dissertation. This is an opportunity to
Assessment: Combination of coursework, examination and apply knowledge and skills, and to appreciate the multiple
dissertation.
dimension of the management of people in complex organisational
IELTS: 7.0 or TOEFL 600 (paper-based test), 250 (computer-based test),
contexts.
100 (internet-based test).
Funding: ESRC, Departmental Grants - see also page 196.
Further Information: www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/masters/MAHRMandKM/
The MA offers in-depth analyses of HRM, Knowledge Management
(KM) and change in organisations at the dawn of the 21
st
Century.
You examine the conditions in which HRM and KM have become
central management topics relating people, work, and technology
in contemporary organisations as the crucial dimensions of
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