Program Overview

MBA with Human Resources Management

Overview

St Mary’s University London’s 100% online MBA in Human Resource Management enhances your knowledge of economics, cost-based decision making, corporate financial management, operations, marketing strategy, organisational management, corporate planning, and more. In our digital classroom, you will apply the theories you learn to real-world workplace challenges, collaborate and work effectively in teams across and within functional areas, enhance your communication skills, sharpen your critical and analytical thinking, deepen your ethical decision-making in business contexts, and proactively anticipate rapidly changing business challenges in a global economy.

Programme Modules

• Strategic Human Resource Management: Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills necessary to align individual and team-based activities with an organisation's mission and vision and to optimise the workforce’s contribution to achieving its long-term ambitions.
• Organisational Change & Development: Examine methods to improve organisational effectiveness. You’ll study organisational change, including the concept of planning change, the basic roles and styles of the change manager, as well as resistance to organisational change and how to overcome it.
• Diversity & Employee Engagement: Equip yourself with a thorough understanding of the advantages and challenges presented by workplace diversity, and suggest techniques to effectively manage and maximize the benefits of diversity.
• Business Strategy: Gain a perspective on organisations, both within and outside of the for-profit business world. You’ll apply learned strategic analysis and managerial thinking to organisations to make better decisions that improve the competitive position and provide value for its key stakeholders.
• Finance for Managers: Examine the key financial fundamentals necessary for managing an organisation's operational activities and achieving its strategic goals.
• Economics for Managers: Explore key economic concepts, theories, analytical techniques and the economic fundamentals. You will learn about the supply and demand model, the fundamental market model where trade-offs and choices are considered by comparing benefits and costs.
• Financial Accounting and Analysis: Many business decisions throughout every level of an organisation are based on the information found in the company’s financial statements. Explore how small and large process changes can increase organisational efficiency and profits through analysing financial statement information.
• Leadership & Organisational Behaviour: Equip yourself with the skills and characteristics necessary to be an effective leader. You’ll learn how to apply leadership skills during change and in multicultural and diverse environments.
• Marketing Management: Explore the design and implementation of the best combination of marketing efforts to carry out an organisation's strategy in its target markets.
• Operations Management: Gain a deep understanding of operations management and how it is critical to your success in any field, from consulting to entrepreneurship to general management.
• Business Intelligence & Visualisation Tools: Business Intelligence (BI) uses historical data to better understand and thereby improve business performance, as well as create new strategic opportunities for growth.
• Research Methods for Business and Management: Develop your understanding of research in general and business. You'll address both academic business research and business consultancy research and examine the concepts and theories underlying research, as well as the practice of research.

Entry Requirements

• An undergraduate degree at 2:2 (or higher), or
• 3 years’ relevant work experience in a professional/managerial role

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English, or most recent education or work experience was not in English will need to demonstrate proficiency by completing an approved English language test such as IELTS (6.0 overall with no individual sub-scores under 5.5), Pearson PTE (55 overall minimum), or equivalent.

Tuition Fees

• Total fees: £8,400
• Per 15-credit module fees: £700

Next Start and Application Due Date

• Apply by: 10 Jun 2025
• Start on: 23 Jun 2025

Career Opportunities

Business need for human resources managers is expected to increase by 7% by 2031. The MBA in Human Resources Management equips you with the management skills needed to handle industry pressure and workplace challenges by pursuing a career in HR in roles such as: Head of HR, HR Director, HR Manager, Learning & Development Manager, Senior HR Consultant, Employee Engagement Manager, HR Operations Manager and more.