To help you best prepare for your MSc, your Programme Director has identified some pre-reading materials which will give you a head start on your programme.

For our MSc Human Resource Management programme, we have compiled a list of useful readings.

Students may also be interested in the recent developments in the field of Human Resource Management that are reported on the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) website.

Human Resource Management in Context

  • Kew, J. and Stredwick, J. HRM in a Business Context.

Organisational Behaviour

  • Huczynski, A.A. and Buchanan, D.A. Organisational Behaviour.

Developing Skills for Business Leadership

  • Watson, G. and Reissner, S. Developing Skills for Business Leadership.

Reward Management

  • Rose, M. Reward Management, or
  • Rose, M. Reward Management: Alternatives, Consequences and Contexts.

Managing Employment Relations

  • Williams, S. Introducing Employment Relations: A Critical Approach, or
  • Dibben, P., Klerck, G. and Wood, G. Employment Relations: A Critical and International Approach.

Methods of Research in HRM

  • Bryman, A. and Bell, E. Business Research Methods.
  • Nieuwenhuis, G. Statistical Methods for Business and Economics.