Master's Degree in People Management and Organizational Development [MDPO]

Differential factors

1. High-quality training combined with the great rigor and requirement of a university program.
2. Possibility of expanding studies towards the achievement of the doctorate.
3. Rigorously selected faculty that combines academic excellence and professional experience.
4. Official version of the program that occupies the first positions in the ranking of the HR sector of the newspaper El Mundo.

Employability Ratio

• 6 months after completing the program: 93%
• One year after completing the program: 95%

Data of former students of the program

Functional areas that our students occupy

• 55% Human Resources Development
• 25% Recruitment and selection
• 13% Training and development
• 7% HR Consulting

Geographical areas where they work

• 87% Spain
• 3% Rest of Europe
• 10% LATAM

Methodology

The methodology of the program is focused on student learning through the combination of an adequate individual effort and the ability and involvement demonstrated in teamwork.

Tutors, mentors and teachers, facilitate the process of understanding and applying knowledge and transmitting skills.

• Virtuous circle of action-feedback-analysis-action in the participants of our program.
• Development of critical thinking, promotion of independent learning (Student Centered Learning).
• Sessions oriented to decision making.
• Individual requirement in evaluations, cases, exercises, etc.
• Team presentation of company cases.
• Preparation, presentation and defense in groups of a final tutored project.

Methodological Criteria

• Theoretical component
• Practical component
• Works and cases
• Final project
• Individual evaluations
• Group evaluations

Academic structure

The Master in People Management and Organizational Development is currently one of the most complete programs in the training of expert professionals in Human Resources Management. A rigorous program, with long experience, that emphasizes people as strategic assets of companies and future human resources managers as indisputable leaders in this process.

This master is an official program taught together with the Rey Juan Carlos University, based on a methodology that incorporates state-of-the-art pedagogical elements, along with high-performance training in People Management and Organizational Development.

• It develops the organizational and human resources aspects key to a good business management that guarantees success and competitiveness.
• It encourages the management of people as one of the most relevant organizational factors.
• Constant update: It includes the current demands of the environment: the speed of change, the growth of the Internet, globalization and the diversity of the workforce, adaptation to legislation, as well as the evolution of work and work-life balance.

Core modules

Strategic vision (business)

• Environment and company
• Strategy
• CSR
• Planification and control
• Organizational design and behavior
• Seminar: research techniques

HR technology and tools

• Human Resources Department
• Training of human resources
• Career management
• Compensation systems
• OutDooor Training
• Legal aspects of labor relations. Beginning
• Individual labor relations
• Collective labor relations
• Prevention of occupational hazards
• Salary incentives

Skills for managing people

• Integrating high performance teams
• Skills interacting with other people
• Personal skills
• Professional skills
• Culture and organizational change

Cross sessions

• Research techniques seminar
• Internships in companies
• Seminars and conferences on relevant and topical issues in people management

TFM

• TFM

Rankings

# 27 ESIC among the 27 best International Business Schools in MBA teaching - Bloomberg Business
TOP - ESIC in the top 250 of the best MBA Business Schools in the world - QS
TOP - ESIC in the world top of university centers and business schools - U-Multirank

Strategic Vision (Business)

• Company, environment and person
• Strategic direction
• company project
• Organizational diagnosis
• Internal communication
• Organizational design
• Equality plan
• Business ethics
• CSR

HR Methodology (Tools and Systems)

• HR management and planning
• Selection and recruitment
• Jurisprudence. Labor Relations
• Collective negotiation
• Prevention of occupational hazards
• Training planning
• Knowledge management
• Remuneration and compensation policies

Personal, Relational and Directive Skills (People)

• Presentation and personal marketing workshops
• Entrepreneurship
• Emotional intelligence
• Motivation, culture and climate management
• Management leadership
• Development of management skills
• People management

Digital environment in HR (tools and analysis)

• Direction and management of talent in the digital economy
• Managing the relationship with people in a digital environment
• HR Analytics

Transversal Sessions

• Internships in companies
• Seminars and conferences on relevant and current aspects of people management

TFM

• TFM

Educational foundations of the Curriculum

The Master's Study Plan has been designed taking into account the general principles listed in art. 3.5 of the aforementioned Royal Decree and the definition of the training objectives in the form of academic and professional skills in which the student must train. The priority objective of the degree is to provide adequate scientific training at a postgraduate level in relation to Human Resources and Organization Management, transmitting knowledge as well as providing management skills. The training action of the Master is based on combining scientific rigor with business reality, integrating theory and practice, with a methodology based on dialogue and the exchange of experiences, reflection on “cases”, and, as a basis, the development of capacity for analysis and synthesis and an overview of the meaning and responsibilities of one's work.

The program will be developed from a theoretical-practical perspective through the theoretical analysis of the contents and its practical application through various methodologies. The practical part of this Master will combine several techniques such as the development and resolution of practical cases from business reality, simulation or role-playing games, group dynamics, analysis and discussion of press articles and popular books. general company, videos, company websites, etc. In addition, as complementary activities during the duration of the master's degree, seminars and/or conference cycles will be held in which prominent academics and managers from companies, associations and public and private organizations will explain the economic activity carried out in their organization and the sectors in which they operate. , with the aim of promoting students' access to the world of business practice.

General objectives of the Study Plan:

In this sense, the Curriculum and the methodology of the Master are oriented towards the acquisition by the students of knowledge and training that aims to:

• Provide management capabilities and skills as well as the methodology to apply them in the management of organizations and people
• Develop specific strategic organizational and Human Resources competencies that allow students to build the necessary human capital that organizations require to achieve their objectives.
• Develop and enhance skills and abilities for individual and group work, for conflict resolution and for the formation of intercultural and interdisciplinary groups.
• Develop and enhance the ability of students to understand the processes of change in the organization and the creation and maintenance of organizational culture
• Know and master the most appropriate techniques and tools in the management area to enhance the ability to make decisions and resolve conflicts.
• Facilitate the acquisition and development of competencies and skills of practical application, so that students are able to identify the specific needs of the organization and offer accurate diagnoses and valid solutions.

Competencies

The European Higher Education Area, initiated in 1999 with the Bologna Declaration, promotes a change in teaching methodologies, which focuses the objective on the student's learning process, which extends throughout life and towards employability. For this reason, the study plans, leading to obtaining a degree, must have the acquisition of skills by students at the center of their objectives.

What is meant by Competition? The set of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired or developed through coordinated training experiences, which have the purpose of achieving functional knowledge that efficiently responds to a task or problem of daily and professional life that requires a process of teaching and learning.

The skills that students of the Master's Degree in People Management and Organizational Development must acquire are:

Basic and general skills

They are common to university degrees, but are adapted to the specific context of each Degree.

Basic

• CB6 Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context
• CB7 That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
• CB8 That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
• CB9 That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
• CB10 That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous

General

• CG01 Train to know how to apply the knowledge acquired to solve problems in new or little-known environments, within contexts related to their area of study
• CG02 Train to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information, which includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
• CG03 Train to communicate their conclusions, to specialized and non-specialized audiences, in a clear and unambiguous way
• CG04 Acquire the learning skills that will allow them to continue studying in a way that will be, to a large extent, self-directed or autonomous
• CG05 Train to analyze, synthesize, evaluate and make decisions based on relevant records of information about the situation and foreseeable evolution of a company
• CG06 Train in oral and written communication: understand and be able to communicate in Spanish correctly and in different scenarios. Make yourself understood by bosses and subordinates in a clear and concise manner and be able to prepare advisory reports and business management projects.
• CG07 Acquire computer knowledge related to the field of human resources and organization: regular use of information and communications technologies in their professional performance
• CG08 Acquire the skills to analyze, search and discriminate information from diverse sources, be able to identify sources of relevant economic information
• CG09 Train to schematize and extrapolate: the student must be able to understand institutions as a result and application of theoretical or formal representations about how the economy, markets and companies work
• CG10 Train to apply, to the analysis of problems, professional criteria based on the use of technical instruments
• CG11 Train to present their work, ideas and opinions in public as well as to debate and defend their approaches before teachers and fellow students with respect
• CG12 Acquire motivation for quality and rigor at work, as well as foster creativity, initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
• CG13 Train to work as a team and fluency in communication: the student must be able to integrate into any functional area of a medium or large company and perform the assigned work with ease
• CG14 Train to work in diverse and multicultural environments through recognition and respect for diversity

Specific Competencies

They are specific to the Degree and are aimed at achieving a specific exit profile for the students.

• CE01 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the company and its functions, as well as the interrelation between the environment and the company
• CE02 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the strategic management of the company, as well as train decision-making in complex environments
• CE03 Train in the search and management of information for business decision making, as well as learn the development of a practical scheme for analysis, planning and implementation of strategic decisions
• CE04 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
• CE05 Train in the development of ethical and deontological codes, as well as in conciliation and gender equality systems, and planning for the management of expatriates and business diversity
• CE06 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of Human Resources Management, as well as develop practical problem-solution schemes for people management situations in organizational environments
• CE07 Train in the identification of human resources management problems, as well as learn human resources integration and management techniques, and manage human teams in business contexts
• CE08 Acquire practice in human resources management, through new tools, methodologies and skills in people management
• CE09 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of labor practice in the company, as well as develop practical problem-solution schemes for labor conflict situations
• CE10 Train in business and labor negotiation, as well as in the identification of labor problems in the company
• CE11 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of the management function, and develop the ability to synthesize a practical problem-solution scheme for organizational design situations
• CE12 Train in the identification of organizational management problems, and learning organizational design techniques
• CE13 Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of people's behavior in business environments, and develop practical problem-solution schemes for people management and team management situations.
• CE14 Train in the identification of organizational change problems, and learning the techniques of organizational processes
• CE15 Know the scientific method to be able to apply it to scientific research in the area of organizational development and people management in companies