Program Overview

Program Overview

The M2 Gestion des ressources humaines | Parcours Coaching dans les organisations (Coaching) is a master's program offered by Aix-Marseille Université. This program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become a coach-consultant in various types of organizations.

Objectives

The program aims to train students to become independent coach-consultants or salaried coaches in private, public, and associative sectors. Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:

• Present and argue the benefits of the coaching approach
• Analyze the needs of clients to establish the content of the intervention
• Propose and negotiate a contract of intervention
• Conduct interviews with individuals and groups to define their resources, objectives, and obstacles
• Implement a methodology to achieve the objectives set out in the contract of intervention
• Complete and improve their intervention techniques

Curriculum

The program consists of two semesters:

Semestre 3 M2 GRH Parcours type Coaching dans les organisations (Coaching)

• BCC 1: Implement a coaching approach to achieve the objectives set out in the contract of intervention
  • The coaching individual (6 credits)
    • The coaching relationship and definition of the request
    • The contract: legal, relational, tripartite
  • The coaching team and organization (6 credits)
    • Team coaching
    • Organizational coaching
• BCC 2: Present coaching activity to organizations and collaborators
  • The posture of the coach (6 credits)
    • The qualities of the coach
    • Coaching ethics
• BCC 3: Analyze the needs of the client to define the needs and objectives of the intervention
  • The company and its challenges (6 credits)
    • Business strategies
    • HR practices and business organization
• BCC 4: Conduct interviews with individuals and groups accompanied
  • Overview of the main theoretical concepts used in coaching (6 credits)
    • Transactional analysis and integrative psychotherapy
    • Systemic analysis and other coaching approaches

Semestre 4 M2 GRH Parcours type Coaching dans les organisations (Coaching)

• BCC 5: Complete and improve intervention techniques
  • Supervision and integration of the coach's posture (12 credits)
  • Coaching practice workshop and feedback
  • Analysis of practice and development plan
• BCC 6: Conception, writing, and evaluation of a coaching proposal
  • Accompaniment to the professional project/memoir (18 credits)
  • Professional project and business creation
  • Accompaniment and co-development/memoir

Admission

To be eligible for the program, applicants must:

• Hold a master's degree or equivalent
• For holders of a bachelor's degree or equivalent, admission will be subject to a Validation of Acquired Professional Experience (VAP) after a favorable opinion from the pedagogical manager of the training

Practical Information

• The program is attached to the LEST, UMR 7317 AMU-CNRS, a multidisciplinary laboratory (management sciences, economics, sociology, political science, law)
• The program is accessible in continuing education
• A professional project must be implemented around the realization of a memoir aiming to deepen and appropriate a coaching method or approach
• Courses are organized on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, one week out of two, from September to June, in Aix-en-Provence
• Volume of hours: 300 hours of courses and 48 hours of exams and defense

Career Opportunities

The program prepares students for careers in:

• Organization and management consulting
• Human resource development
• Specialized fields: organization, management, and development of behavioral and relational capacities