Master of Human Resource Management

Graduate Certificate

The course comprises four subjects:
HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM523 Advanced Studies in Industrial Relations
HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
LAW515 Law of Employment

Graduate Diploma

Students complete four of the following restricted elective subjects, in addition to the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
HRM501 Labour Market Studies
HRM512 Values and Conflicts in Organisations
HRM550 Evaluating Human Resources
HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
HRM563 Developing Organisational Capabilities
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
MGT540 Management of Change
MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics

Master degree

The Master degree comprises twelve subjects. Students complete the subjects required in the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma, then choose an additional four subjects. These four subjects provide students with the option of specialising in a particular area, or completing subjects across a range of specialisations. Additional electives (non specialisation) are also offered in order to provide students with a broad range of HR related subjects.

1) Core subjects

HRM502 Human Resource Management
HRM523 Advanced Studies in Industrial Relations
HRM528 Strategic Human Resource Management
LAW515 Law of Employment

Upon completion of the four subjects specified for the Graduate Certificate, students may elect to exit from the Master degree and graduate with the award Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management.

2) Restricted Elective subjects

Four subjects must be completed and are chosen from the following eight restricted elective subjects:

HRM501 Labour Market Studies
HRM512 Values and Conflicts in Organisations
HRM550 Evaluating Human Resources
HRM552 Organisational Behaviour
HRM563 Developing Organisational Capabilities
MGT501 Management Theory and Practice
MGT540 Management of Change
MGT594 Leadership and Business Ethics

Students who have completed the subjects specified for completion of the Graduate Diploma may elect to exit from the Master degree and graduate with the award Graduate Diploma of Human Resource Management.

3) Specialisations

Note: if a subject in the student's chosen specialisation has already been completed as one of the restricted elective subjects, students must complete an additional restricted elective subject.

Management of Organisational Change

HRM531 Organisational Politics & Culture & Change Management
HRM582 Managing Sustainability Effectively
MGT503 The Social and Economic Environment
MGT540 Management of Change

Students who complete this specialisation graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management (Management of Change) MHRM(MgtChge).

Employment Relations

INR501 Industrial Relations Environment
INR502 Industrial Relations Systems & Issues
INR503 Industrial Relations Practice
INR510 Comparative Labour Relations

Students who complete this specialisation graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management (Employment Relations) MHRM(EmpRel).

International Human Resource Management

HRM514 International Human Resource Management
HRM516 International Management Behaviour
HRM532 International Human Resource Development
LAW502 Law of International Business

Students who complete this specialisation graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management (International Human Resource Management) MHRM(IHRM).

Conflict and Dispute Resolution

HRM540 Theory of Conflict Resolution
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
LAW516 Dispute Resolution: Methods and Results
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses

Students who complete this specialisation graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management (Conflict and Dispute Resolution) MHRM(Conflict&DispResoln).

Business Partnership

ACC501 Business Accounting and Finance
ECO501 Business Economics
MGT510 Strategic Management
MKT501 Marketing Management

Students who complete this specialisation graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management (Business Partnership) MHRM(BusPship).

4) Electives

Students who choose not to complete a specialisation can choose four subjects from:

• any remaining restricted elective subjects, and / or
• any subjects listed in the specialisations, and / or
• any subjects listed as electives below

HRM507 Research Methods
HRM527 Issues in Training and Development
HRM560 Human Resource Development
HRM561 Training Capabilities
HRM562 Individual Capabilities
INR504 Industrial Relations and the Legal Environment
MGT506 The Learning Organisation
MGT530 International Business
MGT531 Business Ethics
MGT536 Leadership and Entrepreneurship
MGT547 Ethics of Corporate Governance
MGT553 Project Management
MGT583 Sustainable Management
PAD591 Public Sector Management

Upon satisfactory completion of the required 12 subjects, students graduate with the award Master of Human Resource Management MHRM

Enrolment pattern

Because of the flexibility of the course requirements, there is no prescribed enrolment pattern. Students may choose the order in which they undertake subjects, depending upon the availability of subjects and the meeting of any pre-requisites.