Master's Degree in Leadership and Human Resources Management + Sagardoy’s Own Degree in Digital Talent Management & HR Analytics

Competences

Basic competences

• BC6 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.
• BC7 The students must know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• BC8 The students must be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating opinions based on information that, even if incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and opinions.
• BC9 The students must 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.
• BC10 The students must possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General Competences

• GC1.- The student must acquire up-to-date knowledge of the different areas of the company.
• GC2.- The student must be able to systematically understand the relevant information of the company, its context and how to apply it to complex situations, taking into account how it affects other departments.
• GC3.- The student must master sufficient techniques that allow him/her to obtain and analyze information, evaluate its relevance and validity, synthesize it and adapt it to the context.
• GC4.- The student must be able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations in a systematic and creative way, with critical judgment, with incomplete information, taking risks, making decisions and communicating them to any type of audience.
• GC5.- The student must be able to communicate correctly both orally and in writing, using the most current technology.
• GC6.- The student must be able to act autonomously in the planning and implementation of projects and decisions.
• GC7.- The student must be able to perform different roles within a team, in particular that of leader.
• GC8.- The student must be able to recognize the need for change and must have the necessary ability to manage it.
• GC9.- The student must be able to act autonomously within a framework of responsible freedom.
• GC10.- The student must be able to add value to the company through his/her creativity and participation.
• GC11.- Ability to integrate the values and policies of effective equality in the organization and governance of the company, especially between women and men and with attention to disability.
• GC12.- The student must be able to understand and develop abilities and skills of the leadership responsibilities in organizations.

Specific competences

Likewise, at the end of the Master's degree students must have acquired the following specific competences:

• SC1. Ability to understand the organizational structure and the intervention of the Human Resources Department therein.
• SC2. Ability to plan human resources and manage them by applying the competences criteria.
• SC3. Ability to analyze, describe and assess jobs in a company, organization or institution.
• SC4. Ability to establish and apply strategies for the recruitment and selection of human resources, both internal and external, to supply human capital with the necessary skills.
• SC5. Ability to develop Human Resources, applying the corresponding training, promotion and performance evaluation techniques.
• SC6. Ability to design and implement different motivational systems, with in-depth knowledge of the different styles of Leadership and Management applicable to each company based on its organizational culture.
• SC7. Ability to generate internal communication plans through innovative technologies, simultaneously attending to the interpersonal communication needs of human resources.
• SC8. Ability to perform Basic Level functions in Occupational Risk Prevention.
• SC9. Ability to perform the necessary calculations for a correct preparation of the payslip, the labor legislation, collective agreement, Social Security and tax criteria.
• SC10. Ability to design appropriate remuneration policies and salary structures through in-depth knowledge of the concepts of the total payroll and the derived personnel costs.
• SC11. Know and apply the labor legislation applicable to labor relations, both individual and collective.
• SC12. Ability to develop conflict resolution techniques applied to collective bargaining with different Social Agents.
• SC13. Ability to design and implement HR management methods and techniques, using technological innovation in their management programs.
• SC14. Ability to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired in the Master's degree in a specific work environment.
• SC15. Ability to demonstrate the acquisition of the general and specific competences of the program.
• SC16. Presentation and defense of the FRP, on an original topic of practical application, carried out individually, before a university tribunal.

Calendar and Schedules

Duration of the Master's degree and place of the Master's degree is taught

The school program takes place from October to June. Classes are held from Monday to Thursday, in the afternoon (from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.). The internship period may be carried out throughout the academic year.

The Master's degree will be taught in the heart of the university center of Madrid, at the Madrid-Princesa Campus of Nebrija University, located on Calle Santa Cruz de Marcenado 27.

Admission Criteria

As established in Royal Decree 861/2010, students who meet any of the following conditions may access these studies:

• Have an official Spanish university degree or other issued by a higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.
• Graduates from educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area may access without having to homologate their degrees, after the University has verified that they certify a level of education equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that they authorize, in the issuing country, access to postgraduate education. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree held by the interested party, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of studying the Master's degree.
• In the case of students with special educational needs derived from disability, the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies will be assessed.

The admission process consists of the following phases:

Submit the required documentation by post or courier to the Postgraduate Admissions Section.

The documentation that the candidate must provide is the following:

• a. Completed Admission Application.
• b. Photocopy of the DNI (Spanish candidates) or passport (foreign candidates).
• c. Two passport-size color photographs.
• d. Certified photocopy of the official Associate's, Bachelor's or Undergraduate degree. For foreign candidates, said certified photocopy, with the corresponding official translation, where appropriate, must be legalized through diplomatic channels or, where appropriate, by means of the Hague Convention apostille, except in the case of documents issued by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union or signatories of the agreement on the European Economic Area. In addition, they must prove that the diploma provided authorizes access to postgraduate studies in the issuing country.
• e. Certified photocopy of the academic record. For foreign candidates, said certified photocopy, with the corresponding official translation, where appropriate, must be legalized through diplomatic channels or, where appropriate, by means of the Hague Apostille, except in the case of documents issued by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union or signatories of the agreement on the European Economic Area.
• f. Personalized letter of intent addressed to the Director of the Master’s Program, in which they explain the reasons why they wish to carry out the Master's studies, as well as their academic and professional expectations that led them to this choice.
• g. Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae.
• h. Two letters of recommendation.

Taking an admission test.

The test that candidates must take for admission to this Master's program will be specific according to the specialization they wish to pursue, and its purpose is for students to certify mastery of the skills related to it, as established by the Order ECI/3858/2007, section 4.2.

Those in possession of any of the university degrees that correspond to the chosen specialization will be exempt from taking this test.

This test consists of the following sections:

• a. A personal data questionnaire
• b. A question referring to the candidate's expectations about the Master's degree, in order for them to show their ability to express themselves about the field of study.
• c. In the same way, the ability to express oneself fluently in Spanish and English is valued.
• d. An English language level test to place the student on a proficiency level scale of this language, in order to guarantee that the student can accredit the B2 level, required in the regulations, for those students who take subjects in English. Nebrija is a member of ACLES (Association of Language Centers in Higher Education), an association that has its own certification system approved by the Conference of Rectors. Thus, students will pass an exam that will certify the level of English they obtained.

This written admission test will be complemented by a personal interview with a member of the teaching staff of the business department of the School of Social Sciences. This interview can be done face-to-face or remotely through the computers available at the university and that ensure the identity of the applicant.

These tests will be taken in person in Madrid or in the provinces during the presentation sessions of the academic offer carried out by Nebrija's Promotion and Admissions Department (P&A).

The testing periods are:

• EARLY CALL: Tests held in the months from February to May.
• ORDINARY CALL: Tests held in June and July.
• EXTRAORDINARY CALL: Tests held in September.

Submission of the candidacy to the Admissions Committee of the Master's program.

All the documents submitted by the student together with the results of the Admission Tests are assessed by the Admissions Committee of the Master's program. Said Committee assesses whether the documents are administratively correct and if the candidate's profile is in line with the recommended profile for the master's degree.

Admission Criteria

In addition to meeting the legally established access requirements detailed above, the Admissions Committee will accept or not the admission of a student taking into account the following admission criteria:

• Academic record. Candidates will be weighted directly in this section from 1 to 10, based on the average grade of their academic transcript.
• Satisfactory results in the specific skills admission tests for this master's degree. The candidate will need to show an admission profile reasonably in line with that recommended for this master's degree. Level of motivation and attitude of the candidate. This can also be a relevant factor when it comes to admitting a student or not, and in the interview the student can also be guided about the elective courses offered by the master's degree. Professional experience in the field of business, especially in leadership and/or in relation to human resources. Since it is a program with distance learning and blended versions, the real possibility of correctly carrying out the planned training activities (which may have a certain face-to-face component in the blended version) will be assessed. This will be evaluated during the personal interview, in which the interviewer will assess whether the candidate's work and personal situation, their availability of time, etc., is compatible with the normal development of the teaching-learning process and activities within the planned teaching load. As a result of this joint analysis, which will entail a mutual exchange of information, the student will be guided about their real possibilities, the recommended annual enrollment load, and they will be informed about the compulsory attendance, in the case of the blended version, to some activities (exams, etc.), or if applicable, their application will be denied if a probable impossibility of carrying out the scheduled training activities satisfactorily is detected.
  The required English language level for students whose mother tongue is not English and who are going to study subjects in that language must be at least B2. Likewise, for those students whose mother tongue is not Spanish, and who are going to study subjects in that language, must have a B2 level in Spanish.

If the number of students exceeds the maximum limit, the Admissions Committee will decide based on the following weighting:

• academic record (30%)
• prior education (10%)
• level of knowledge of English (30%)
• specific training courses carried out (10%)
• prior experience in the business field (20%)

To carry out the weighting, each of the above criteria will be evaluated on a scale from 1 to 10 before making the weighted sum.

Finally, if applicable, the Admissions Committee will approve the candidate's admission to the Master's Program and/or the detailed proposal of additional competences and the corresponding educational actions and credit load that the candidate must take.