Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management

With a strong focus on human resource management, this degree combines practical learning based on solving real-world business problems with the skills to analyse and understand key issues that businesses deal with every day. This degree provides you with the fundamental knowledge, contemporary case studies, workplace skills development and industry experience to pursue a career in business. You'll learn how to attract, manage and retain people, and how to motivate them to contribute to organisational aims and objectives. This degree is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute. Students completing this degree will graduate with the award of Bachelor of Business.

The Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management provides students with the opportunity to develop broad knowledge and competencies to facilitate careers in business-related fields. Students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the capability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged. Students will apply their knowledge and competencies to a broad range of business/organisational practices including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices.

Human Resource Management (HRM) focuses on the effective management of people, to ensure their work activities are productive, and achieve the aims and strategic objectives of the organisation. The HRM specialisation commences with an overview of organisational behaviour concepts and theories, including an introduction to legal obligations in the workplace environment. A range of upper level topics further extends students' understanding of HRM, with studies in International HRM, Labour Law, Recruitment and Selection, and Remuneration and Performance Management.

Practical experience

This degree provides students with practical experience that prepares them for the workforce. Students will gain hands-on experience through Work-Integrated Learning and industry placement programs, as well as immerse themselves in live industry projects with the New Venture Institute and engage with businesses in a real-world environment.

Your career

On completion of this degree students will be able to critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, finance, economic, marketing, and human resources management knowledge and skills to inform management planning and analyse management practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements. Students will be able to explain the impact of socially responsible, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and global perspectives on management planning and practices.

This degree prepares graduates for a wide range of employment opportunities or further study. Potential occupations may include industrial relations advisor, human resources manager and labour market analyst; potential employers may include government agencies and private sector businesses.

Combine your degree

Expand your career options by combining this degree with the following:

• Bachelor of international Relations and Political Science (SATAC code 244191)

Combining degrees enables students to follow their interests and aspirations and enhance their career prospects by undertaking a second area of study in addition to their primary degree. Completing an approved combined degree option will normally add at least one extra year (full-time equivalent) to their studies. For example, students combining two three-year full-time equivalent degrees are normally able to complete both degrees in four years of full-time equivalent study. Students graduate with two degrees, expanding employment opportunities. For further information, please visit Combined Degrees.

This degree has other combinations available. Please visit the SATAC page of the following degree for further information.

• Bachelor of Psychological Science (SATAC code 224651)

Honours

On completion of this degree there is an opportunity to apply for a one-year Honours degree. For further information, please visit our One Year Honours webpage.