MSc in Leadership & People Strategies

course overview

The DCU Business School MSc in Leadership & People Strategies is being offered from 2023 to relaunch and update the School’s highly successful Msc in HR Strategies (MHRS) programme.  The Msc in HR Strategies over the past 20 years has established a reputation as the leading programme in Ireland for managers and professionals who are interested in pursuing a strategic approach to human resource issues in their organisations. Since its inception in 1997, the MHRS has attracted a variety of participants including human resource professionals and consultants, training and development professionals, and employee relations specialists, in addition to line managers and those involved in managing their own companies.

This programme is suitable for anyone who has a HR leadership position or aspires to be a   leader in people management and organisational change. It equips managers and professionals with the capabilities needed to thrive in the unscripted future world of work. This programme is perfect for you if you are a strategic thinker seeking to develop insights into the latest developments in leadership and people management. It covers modules such as Talent management, Strategic HRM and Employee Engagement, Leadership and Change, Coaching and Mentoring, HR analytics and Future of work.

This programme is closely aligned with CIPD’s HR professional map and contributes towards the development of the behaviours required to undertake key HR and people leadership roles in organisations. Modules focus on the following areas:

• Talent Management
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Leadership and Change Management
• Employment Law and Negotiations
• Strategy, Organisation and Innovation
• Business Analytics and Storytelling
• Contemporary issues in HRM and Talent Management
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Dissertation Research Project

Please send your queries to Paulina via business.dcu@dcu.ie

This programme is suitable for anyone who has, or aspires to, a HR leadership position. The MSc in Leadership & People Strategies programme equips managers and professionals with the capabilities that will be needed the unpredictable future world of work.  Participants in this programme are not only embarking on an education programme, but are engaging in a personal leadership development journey that will enable them to fulfil their leadership potential.

On completion students will have acquired knowledge, skills and competencies

• to address people management challenges 

• Mastery in problem diagnosis and the implementation of solutions concerning people management as guided by theoretical and empirical research
• An ability to use advanced skills to conduct, implement and communicate research that will bring about successful organisational change.

• to progress in your career 

• An increased awareness of how career goals can be realised using a variety of personal and professional development techniques; 
• An ability to engage in a personal leadership development journey that would  enable them to fulfil you leadership potential. 

DCU Business School is ranked in the top 90 Business Schools in Europe in the 2020 Financial Times Ranking, one of only three Irish Business Schools to achieve this ranking.  The Financial Times Ranking for Business Schools is one of the most highly acknowledged and widely cited authorities on quality and performance of institutions globally.

*This programme will run subject to sufficient numbers of students enrolled

Career Prospects Research conducted by the LInK Research Centre at DCU has shown statistically significant changes in leadership style over the course of the programme with participants demonstrating increased preference for developmental styles, in particular embracing the need for change, challenge and risk under conditions of freedom and scope for personal choice. These leadership competencies are crucial in organisations facing conditions of uncertainty and rapid change. This change process has proven to be very successful for managers completing the programme and has resulted in positive career moves and promotions.

MHRS graduates are employed in major multinational, indigenous, public and non-profit organisations such as: PwC, IBM, Intel, JP Morgan, Pfizer, VHI, ESB Group, An Garda Síochána, the Health Service Executive and the Defence Forces, among many others. The MSc in Talent. Leadership and HR Strategies will continue to be fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

“The DCU HR Strategies course is the best course that I’ve ever undertaken. It was an excellent blend of high quality, interactive academic lectures and research and the practical application of the learning in my own workplace setting. The course has transformed the way I go about analysing strategic challenges and has given me a robust skillset to build a fit for purpose HR strategy and system for any organisation. The last two years have been very challenging, stimulating, interesting and extremely rewarding. In my classmates and lecturers, I have also met an amazing group of people who I look forward to interacting with for a long time. I am very happy that I chose the course in DCU. It has given my confidence, my skills portfolio and my career a huge boost!”

Milla Mamia, People & Change Consulting Manager, PwC

General Entry Requirements