Business Management with Human Resource Management

Business management with human resource management is a degree that combines the broad commercial framework of business with a specialist focus on the management of people, which is arguably the most complex and consequential challenge that any organisation faces. Business management develops your understanding of strategy, marketing, finance, and operations, while human resource management adds specialist knowledge of how to attract, develop, retain, and manage employees effectively, and how to navigate the legal, ethical, and cultural dimensions of employment.

At Edinburgh Napier University, this four-year full-time programme combines broad ranging business knowledge with specific human resource management skills, as the course description captures. You will develop expertise in the core areas of business management alongside the HR disciplines of recruitment, performance management, employee relations, organisational development, employment law, and strategic workforce planning. A year abroad is built into the programme, giving you international exposure and the opportunity to study business and HR in a different cultural context.

Edinburgh Napier's strong connections to the Scottish business community and its applied approach to management education underpin the programme's practical orientation.

Graduates in business management with human resource management go on to work in HR roles across every sector, including HR manager, recruitment specialist, learning and development manager, organisational development consultant, and HR business partner. The broader business management training also equips graduates for general management, consulting, and commercial roles where HR knowledge is an advantage. Many graduates go on to pursue Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualifications alongside their early careers, while others pursue postgraduate study in human resource management, business administration, or organisational psychology.