1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Executive Certificate in Human Resources

Executive Certificate in Human Resources

General
Course objectives
Admission requirements
Credit for work done previously
Mode of offering
Duration
Course structure
Progression to further studies

General

Course code: 1831
Caulfield campus - Course director: To be advised
Gippsland campus - Course director: Dr Mike Berrell
The aim of this course is to provide a flexible alternative for busy professionals with restricted time horizons who require personal development in the management of human resources. The Executive Certificate in Human Resources is offered by distance education by the School of Business and Electronic Commerce or on-campus by the Department of Management and enables students to individually tailor programs to meet their own or employer requirements.

Course objectives

On completion of the course students should:

have developed appropriate expertise in human resource issues and tasks relevant to their needs;
have the ability to link these activities to the needs of their vocation or employment;
understand the importance of an effective grounding in human resource theory and application;
have fostered skills which enable them to successfully continue in their managerial careers and/or to articulate into higher degree studies.

Admission requirements

As previously stated.

Credit for work done previously

As previously stated.

Mode of offering

This course is offered by distance education at the Gippsland campus and on-campus at the Caulfield campus.

Duration

Two semesters of part-time study. Normally a student will study two subjects per semester.

Course structure

All students will satisfactorily complete any four from the following list of subjects providing that prerequisites have been satisfactorily completed. Subjects with the alpha prefix of MGG are offered by distance education, subjects with the alpha prefix of MGF are offered on-campus:

MGG9370 Management theory and practice or MGF9601 Managing people and organisations*
MGG9324 Human resource management or MGF9851 Human resource management issues*
MGG9346 Employment relations policy and practice or MGF9831 Managing employee relations
MGG9320 Organisational change and development or MGF9720 Managing in a changing environment
MGG9325 Human resource development
MGG9323 Industrial relations
ECG9170 Issues in labour economics
BTG9241 Industrial law
MGG9350 Strategic human resource management
MGG9351 Contemporary issues in employment relations

*THESE SUBJECTS ARE EQUIVALENT SUBJECTS AND STUDENTS CAN ONLY UNDERTAKE ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES LISTED.

Progression to further studies

As previously stated. Distance education students considering articulation into the Graduate Diploma in Human Resources should undertake the first year subjects specified for that course.