3184 - Master of Business Administration and Master of Human Resource Management

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.

The learning goals associated with this course are to:

• provide managers and aspiring managers with an educational experience that will enable them to become outstanding leaders within organisations
• develop knowledge and skills across a broad range of business disciplines to enable students to effectively manage and lead an organisation
• develop specific knowledge and skills in human resource management; further enhance communication, inter-personal, problem solving and critical thinking capabilities
• analyse and evaluate the strategic contribution that can be made by human resource management (HRM)
• develop specialist knowledge and expertise in HRM responsibilities
• review and analyse contemporary HRM issues and the design of related HR policy and practice
• examine the interplay between HRM and related specialist areas such as industrial, workplace and employee relations, organisational and change management and leadership
• critically analyse and apply HRM theory and empirical research.

(a.) Students must complete 10 core MBA units (60 points) as follows:

• MBA5005 Strategic management
• MBA9002 The legal environment of business
• MBA9003 Economics for managers
• MBA9004 Accounting for business
• MBA9005 Corporate finance
• MBA9006 Marketing
• MBA9007 Business analysis
• MBA9008 Managing and leading people at work*
• MBA9010 Supply chain and operations management
• MBA9050 International business

(b.) students must complete 6 units (36 points) from the Master of Human Resource Management degree as follows:

(i.) five core units (30 points):

• MGX5261 Human resource management issues
• MGX5551 Strategic human resource management
• MGX5631 International human resource management
• MGX9600 Managing people and organisations*
• MGX9850 Human resource management

(ii.) one of the following units (6 points):

• MGX5610 Work and employment relations in global context
• MGX9220 Work and employment relations

(c.) a further four graduate units (24 points) subject to the following conditions:

• a maximum of two elective units (12 points) may be taken from other faculties
• students seeking AHRI accreditation should include MGX5670 (Leadership), and MGX9720 (Managing organisational change) as elective units
• a research option is available with permission of the course coordinator. Students enrolling in the research option will be required to complete the units MGX5000, MGX5901 and MGX5900 as part of their elective component.

* Students are permitted to enrol in either MBA9008 (Managing and leading people at work) or MGX9600 (Managing people and organisations) but not both. If MGX9600 is completed, to complete section (a) of the course requirements, students are required to complete the remaining nine MBA core units plus a further elective unit selected from MBA-coded units. If MBA9008 is completed, to complete section (b) of the course requirements, students are required to complete the five remaining MGX core units plus a further elective unit selected from MGX-coded units.

This degree with relevant units is recognised by the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Professional recognition may be dependent upon work experience requirements and the correct choice of units.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Business Administration and Master of Human Resource Management early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• Graduate Certificate in Business after successful completion of 24 points of study
• Graduate Diploma in Business Administration after successful completion of 48 points of study
• either of the single masters degrees subject to satisfying the requirements of the single degree.

Master of Business Administration

Master of Human Resource Management