Master of Business Administration/Master of Human Resource Management*

• General information
• Course structure
  • (a) Ten core units:
  • (b) Plus five compulsory HR units:
  • (c) Plus five HR electives:

General information

Course code: 3184 + Course abbreviation: MBusAdm/MHRM + Course director: Associate Professor Peter Reed + Offered on-campus at Caulfield + Normally completed in five semesters of full-time study or 10 semesters of part-time study
This double-degree course aims to provide a broad-based foundation in business and management while providing existing and aspiring managers with the opportunity of developing specialist knowledge and expertise in human resource management, with an emphasis on strategic management.
Applicants require a degree with a minimum of a credit average (60 per cent) from a recognised tertiary institution, and a minimum of two years relevant full-time post-degree work experience, preferred four years.
This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should consult the MBA Programs office as to the 2002 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Course structure

The course comprises 20 units as follows:

(a) Ten core units:

• MBA9001 Managerial and leadership skills
• MBA9007 Business analysis and planning
• MBA9004 Accounting for business
• MBA9005 Corporate finance
• MBA9006 Marketing
• MBA9008 Managing people at work
• MBA9009 Information systems
• MBA9002 The legal environment of business
• MBA9003 Economics for managers
• MBA5005 Strategic management

(b) Plus five compulsory HR units:

• MGX9850 Human resource management
• MGX9720 Managing in a changing environment
• MGX9220 Industrial relations
• MGX5261 Human resource management issues
• MGX5551 Strategic human resource management

(c) Plus five HR electives:

• Up to two 9000-level units from the Department of Management
• Three 5000-level units from the Department of Management, other departments of the Faculty of Business and Economics, or other faculties of Monash University, with the approval of the course director of the Master of Human Resource Management.

SUBJECT TO FINAL UNIVERSITY APPROVAL.

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