Undergraduate - Area of Study Human resource management

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Business and Economics component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Campus(es)	Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Human resource management is the study of managing people within the employer/employee relationship. It covers strategies and activities that enable people to fulfil their individual needs in the work environment as well as achieve the organisation's strategic business objectives.

Units

All students complete the requirements as outlined below for the degree in which they are enrolled.

Bachelor of Business

To complete the human resource management major in the Bachelor of Business or related double degrees, students must complete:

(a.) The following six units (36 points):

MGF1010 Introduction to management
MGF2341 Managing employee relations
MGF2661 Human resource management
MGF3430 International human resource management
MGF3881 Current issues in human resource management
MGX3441 Human resource strategy

(b.) two units (12 points) from the following list:

BTF2991 Employment law
MGF2111 Organisational behaviour
MGF2511 Managing quality, innovation and knowledge
MGF3361 Performance management
MGF3420 Human resource development
MGF3450 Managing conflict
MGF3621 Organisational change
MGX3991 Leadership principles and practices

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

To complete the human resource management major in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce or related double degrees, students must complete:

On-campus

(a.) The following two units (12 points):

MGW1010 Introduction to management
MGW2430 Human resource management

(b.) six of the following units (36 points):

BTW3241 Employment law
ECW2141 Economics of labour markets
MGW2230 Organisational behaviour
MGW2322 Recruitment and selection
MGW2323 Employment relations
MGW3130 Organisational change and development
MGW3210 Organisational wellness
MGW3430 International human resource management

Off-campus

(a.) The following two units (12 points):

MGG1010 Introduction to management
MGG2430 Human resource management

(b.) six of the following units (36 points):

BTG3241 Employment law
ECG2141 Economics of labour markets
MGG2230 Organisational behaviour
MGG2322 Recruitment and selection
MGG2323 Employment relations
MGG3130 Organisational change and development
MGG3430 International human resource management

Bachelor of Commerce

To complete the human resource management major in the Bachelor of Commerce or related double degrees, students must complete:

(a.) Six units from the following list (36 points):

MGC1010 Introduction to management
MGC1020 Organisations: Contexts and strategies
MGC2230 Organisational behaviour
MGC2410 Industrial relations, or MGC2420 Employee relations
MGC2430 Human resource management
MGC3420 Human resource development, or MGC3430 International human resource management, or MGX3441 Human resource strategy

(b.) two units (12 points) from the following list or units from (a.) not previously completed:

BTC2720 Workplace law
ECC3710 Labour economics
MGC3130 Management of change
MGC3250 Management in small firms
MGC3450 Managing conflict
MGC3510 Management of technology
MGX3100 Management ethics and corporate governance
MGX3991 Leadership principles and practices
MKC3120 Marketing implementation

Related areas of study

The Faculty of Business and Economics also offers related majors in the areas of:

Management

Contact details

Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/contact/index.html

Relevant courses

Single degrees

3813 Associate Degree in Business and Commerce
3806 Bachelor of Business
2224 Bachelor of Business and Commerce
4406 Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Global)
0179 Bachelor of Commerce
4419 Bachelor of Commerce (Dean's Scholars Program)

Double degrees

1807 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
0542 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
4403 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Commerce
4417 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Commerce
3819 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Visual Arts
3831 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems
3832 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts
3820 Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
3823 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering
3830 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Information Systems
1319 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics
0548 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering
0546 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws
3834 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering
1469 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science
4503 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Business
1185 Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Commerce
2630 Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Commerce