Human Resources Management

Learning outcomes

• Analyse an organisation's environment and build a human resources strategy aligned with its goals.
• Diagnose an organisational and social situation and make well-argued recommendations to senior management and line managers.
• Lead a strategic workforce and skills planning process and a fundable, evaluated skills development policy.
• Design a pay and benefits policy and manage payroll costs through HR controlling.
• Secure HR practices with regard to applicable law, occupational health and safety and employees' data protection, including during the transition to the new codes.
• Lead social dialogue, collective bargaining and conflict prevention.
• Manage HR transformation projects, particularly involving information systems and the use of artificial intelligence, while supporting change.

The programme

4 semesters. The first three are taught semesters; the fourth is devoted to the professional assignment and the dissertation.

Target careers

• Human resources manager
• Recruitment and onboarding manager
• Training and skills development manager
• Career and mobility manager
• Compensation and benefits manager
• HR controller
• Employee relations and social dialogue manager
• HR and HR information systems project manager
• Organisation and HR management consultant
• Change management consultant
• Human resources manager in a public administration, public body or local authority

After significant experience in a position of responsibility: human resources director, HR development director of an organisation operating in several countries of the region, partner in an HR consultancy, director of a vocational training body.

Sectors

• Companies in all sectors, from SMEs to groups operating in several OHADA countries: industry, trade, services, banking and insurance, telecommunications, mining and energy, agri-food
• Public administrations, public bodies and local authorities
• HR, organisational and recruitment consultancies
• Public and private vocational training bodies
• Non-governmental organisations, international and regional organisations, cooperation agencies
• Employers' organisations and workers' trade unions
• Social protection institutions and public employment and vocational training support bodies

Admission

Who is it for?

• Working professionals holding a Bachelor's degree who wish to move into specialist or management roles: this is the main target group, for whom the online option and the in-job assignment were designed.
• Bachelor's graduates in a relevant field continuing their studies.
• Holders of a relevant maîtrise (four-year degree), eligible for entry into Year 2.

Prerequisites

Relevant degrees: ERUDIA's professional Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management and, from other institutions, Bachelor's degrees in management, economics, law (particularly private law or employment law), sociology, work psychology and public administration. The basics of personnel administration, payroll and labour law are assumed to have been acquired; applicants without them must show equivalent experience or take, before entry, a refresher course whose arrangements are to be set by the school. Regular access to a computer and, for the online mode, an internet connection good enough to follow a virtual class.

Admission routes

Route	Entry	Requirements
Holder of a relevant Bachelor's degree	Year 1	Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or a qualification accepted as exempt or equivalent; “Admission is not automatic. It is based on a test and/or a review of the application file.”
Holder of a maîtrise (four-year degree)	Year 2	Maîtrise in a field relevant to the Master's; review of the application file.
Continuing education	Year 1 or 2	Same degree requirements; professional application file and interview; online study option available.

After a Bachelor's degree from ERUDIA or elsewhere

Your Bachelor's degree	Access to the Master's
Professional Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management	Direct
Professional Bachelor's degree in Communication Project Management	On application, with a refresher course

Short certificates drawn from this programme

To study part of the programme without taking the full degree:

• Pay and Payroll Cost Management - Specialist Certificate, 20 weeks, 300,000 FCFA
• Talent, Careers and Skills Development - Specialist Certificate, 20 weeks, 300,000 FCFA
• Payroll Auditing and Internal Control - Professional Certificate, 4 weeks, 200,000 FCFA
• HR Data and Artificial Intelligence - Professional Certificate, 4 weeks, 200,000 FCFA
• Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining - Professional Certificate, 4 weeks, 200,000 FCFA

Tuition fees

Master's tuition fees, per year

Year of study	Annual tuition
Master's, Year 1	799,900 FCFA
Master's, Year 2	899,900 FCFA

Amount payable to confirm enrolment: 200,000 FCFA.

Application fee: 10,000 FCFA.