Off-Campus Learning Guide 2005
Business and Economics

Graduate Diploma in Human Resources

Course code: 2778 + Course abbreviation: GradDipHR + Off-campus (Gippsland) + Normally two years part-time + Program coordinator: Dr Peter Holland + Total credit points required: 48

This course is designed for people who are working or intend to work in any area of management, with a particular interest in human resources. It covers the compulsory knowledge base of essential human resource management units and integrates theoretical concepts, research and examples of human resource management in practice. It also emphasises the strategic role of human resources and their contribution to organisational performance and examines key elements of human resource management.

Course structure

1. Students must complete four core units (24 credit points):
• MGX9220 Industrial relations, or
• MGX9180 Employee relations, and
• MGX9600 Managing people and organisations
• MGX9720 Managing in a changing environment
• MGX9850 Human resource management

Students must complete four units (24 credit points) from:

2. 1. Two 9000-level graduate units (12 credit points) taught by the Department of Management, other departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics or other faculties of Monash University subject to course director approval, and
   2. Two units (12 credit points) chosen from 5000-level graduate units taught by the Department of Management, other departments in the Faculty of Business and Economics, or other faculties of Monash University.

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Human Resources may apply for admission to the Masters in Human Resource Management and would be eligible for advanced standing for four units.

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