Justification

The world of work has increasingly become very competitive both at national and international level. Employers are increasingly looking out for workers with the ability to make multi-disciplinary decisions. Organizations are looking out for employees who can easily adapt to non-structured and constantly changing situations which this program intends to impact to candidates. The program shall therefore look forward for a complete re-skilling of the human resource to cope up with the changing demands.
This program is an all-round business management qualification that ultimately focuses on the growing dynamism of businesses both nationally and globally. It is designed to respond to the urgent need of enhancing the managerial skills and knowledge of the people involved in designing and implementing policies to enhance competitiveness within organizations. Such managerial skills are becoming a necessity for modern business management in Uganda and worldwide.This program is to be an answer to the current demands by the Ugandan Public service which is also in line with the National Development Plan (NDP).

Target Group and time of lecture delivery

The programme shall target persons with at least a good first-degree in any discipline.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

The overall objective of the programme shall be to train and equip its graduates with adequate knowledge that will enable them to:
Develop analytical-decision making skills so that he/she can be able to identify and diagnose problems, formulate alternative solutions and make rational and ethical decisions.

1. Promote leadership skills so as to successfully communicate and interact with diverse stakeholders
2. Gain competencies to meet the work place challenges and demands of the contemporary business world.
3. Develop appropriate systems and Management practices effective in the socio-economic and cultural context.
4. Become proactive managers capable of using relevant technology
5. Undertake and supervise and spearhead Organisational-problem based research in field of management

Specific Objectives

By the end of the programme the students should be able to:

Identify and appreciate the challenges involved in national and international sector environments.

Undertake organisational-problem based research

 Learning outcomes for Human Resources Management

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to demonstrate: awareness of the differences in approach among organizations to managing employees, the ability to apply as managers general principles in order to make resourcing decisions appropriate to different specific contexts and understanding of the connection between the specific resourcing decisions of an organization and any overall strategy.

GENERAL REGULATIONS

General regulations governing academic programmes of TU shall apply.
In addition, the special regulations governing higher degrees shall govern the programme.

The programme shall be by coursework and dissertation.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission to the Program shall be done in accordance with TU postgraduate admission regulations and in line with NCHE guidelines.

A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the program on possession of:

A Bachelors degree of at least a lower second in a relevant field or

A postgraduate diploma in a Human Resource of TU or an equivalent from a recognised institution. Such graduates shall need to be admitted through the use of accredit transfer system.

DURATION AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The programme shall be two academic years lasting for four (4) semesters. First year of study will mainly be composed course while second year of study shall be composed of three courses in the first semester and dissertation in the second semester. In the same second year, a student is expected to write and submit a dissertation under the guidance of the supervisors on a problem based research in the area of specialisation following procedures as set by the department of Graduate and Research . The students shall present the research project and defend it.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

GRADUATION PROGRAM LOAD

To be eligible for the award of the Master of Science in Human Resource Management, a student must obtain 65 credit units as follows:

Year One

Semester I 18 Credit Units

Semester II 18 Credit Units

Year Two

Semester I 12 Credit Units

Semester II (Dissertation)

Total 48 Credit Units 

Dissertation

Well as MSC HRM world over has a strong practical problem solving focus, we are also cognisant of the fact that many students in the world of research and academia are increasingly opting for it. The students under this program, while maintaining its core focus of practicability and problem solving will also undergo a higher level of rigorous research involvement. The student will write a dissertation (being a more academically rigorous research that prepare participants to the academic world of research) or a problem based research project in organizations of their choice, through identification of real-life problems and working out practical solutions with the management of those organizations (hinged on the practical problem solving).

Two promoters shall supervise this paper, one shall be academic (preferably a lecturer from TU) and the other work based Supervisor. All students shall carry out supervised research in accordance with the general regulations governing postgraduate programmes and special departmental regulations for Masters Degree at TU.