Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

Drawing on the resource based view which draws attention to how organisations might leverage their workforce to gain competitive advantage, the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) focuses on HRM as the driver of innovation and high performance in the workplace.

The HRM major seeks to strike a balance between the need for practical skills and knowledge, and the need to instil in students the theoretical acumen, and conceptual thought and understanding necessary to work in the area of human resource management.

HRM skills can lead to career opportunities in business administration, education, instructional technology, organisational development, human services, communication, public administration, or within specialist human resources agencies.

Upon successfully completing the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) students will be able to:

• Define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to business and apply those principles in a range of practices
• Systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts
• Formulate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and demonstrate cognisance of the impact of business decisions on the triple bottom line
• Coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas
• Communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience
• Build on and continuously develop the intellectual independence to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies
• Work collaboratively in diverse groups

For completion of the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) students are required to complete a total of 24 units (300 credit points) consisting of:

• Eight [8] prescribed Bachelor of Business core units (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study from the Human Resource Management discipline major (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of Secondary studies (100 credit points) comprising of a second major, co-major, minor/s, or electives

Core units

• ACC10007 Financial Information for Decision Making
• BUS10012 Innovative Business Practice
• MGT10009 Contemporary Management Principles
• MKT10009 Marketing and the Consumer Experience
• ECO10005 Economics for Business Decision Making
• INF10024 Business Digitalisation
• BUS30031 Sustainable Business Practice
• BUS30032 Business Consulting Project

Discipline major

• HRM10004 Human Resource Practices
• HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
• MGT30005 Strategic Planning
• MGT20007 Organisational Behaviour
• HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
• HRM30012 Digital Management and the Future of Work
• HRM30011 Human Resource Analytics
• LAW30005 Law of Employment

Eight (8) additional units of study must be completed. These units of study may comprise of a second major, co-major, minor/s, or electives.