3 Master Programmes in Administration Studies in Utrecht, Netherlands for 2024

The aim of the master's degree is to contribute to training professionals and researchers in the field of Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, with a focus on the European approach and perspective. The master's degree centres on the main principles developed in the EuroPsy model, the European certificate in psychology, established by the European Federation of Psychologists Associations (EFPA). It is also based on the reference model and minimum standards of the European curriculum for training in Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, established by the European Network of Organisational and Work Psychologists (ENOP).

What does an organization need to do in order to perform well? And what qualifies as ‘good performance’ by a public organization? Recruiting the best employees, investing in training and development, applying a supportive leadership style, giving employees autonomy, providing suitable remuneration – or a smart combination of all these elements? Who is responsible for putting personnel policy into practice? How can you encourage effective implementation to be encouraged? How do organizations engage with their social environment, and how do they fulfill their social responsibility? What is the public dimension of strategic Human Resource Management? What impact does internationalization have on an organization’s Human Resource Management practices? If these questions spark your interest, then we invite you to learn more about this MSc at Utrecht University.

The programme offers an in-depth investigation of societal problems and critical challenges faced by organisations in the public domain. You will investigate these challenges, analyse how public organisations deal with each challenge, and begin to form theories about what is required to make policies work.