Major Overview

Description

Human Resource Management explores how the proper management of employees contributes towards organisational effectiveness. This major provides you with thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the management of people and employment in Australia and overseas. You will complete study in areas including organisational behaviour, employment relations systems and processes, human resource planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, training and development, occupational health and safety, work organisation, negotiation and conflict resolution, giving you valuable skills as an employee in any given industry.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

  1. evaluate and understand key concepts, theories and practices relevant to the effective management of people in the workplace
  2. understand the role and value of the human resource management function in supporting business strategies and generating competitive advantage
  3. analyse and comprehend national and international issues associated with industrial conflict and the management and regulation of employment relations
  4. understand principles of ethical behaviour and social responsibility as they apply to the management of people and employment relations in contemporary organisations
  5. use effective communication skills, both written and oral
  6. engage in research-based enquiry into issues, topics and problems relating to the study and practice of human resource management and employment relations.
Broadening guidelines

All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so if this suits your aspirations. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.

Courses

Human Resource Management can be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

No study plans found for this major. See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (12 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1, S2 MGMT1135 Organisational Behaviour
Incompatibility
MGMT2235 Organisational Behaviour
S1, S2 MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
Incompatibility
MGMT2236 Management and Organisations

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (12 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 EMPL2202 Australian Employment Relations
Prerequisites
EMPL1101 Employment Relations, Work and Society
or EMPL1206 Social Psychology of Work
or MGMT1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMX1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
or MGMX1136 Management and Organisations
Incompatibility
EMPL1102 Australian Employment Relations
S1 HRMT2237 Human Resource Management
Prerequisites
MGMT1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMX1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
or MGMX1136 Management and Organisations
or EMPL1101 Employment Relations, Work and Society
or EMPL2202 Australian Employment Relations

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (24 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 EMPL3241 International Employment Relations
Prerequisites
EMPL2202 Australian Employment Relations
Incompatibility
EMPL2241 International Employment Relations
S1 EMPL3270 Negotiation: Theory and Practice
Prerequisites
any two Level 2 units in the Human Resource Management major, Management major
or Work and Employment Relations major
Incompatibility
EMPL2270 International Employment Relations
S1 HRMT3344 Staffing Organisations
Prerequisites
HRMT2237 Human Resource Management
S1 HRMT3345 Managing Jobs, Performance and Wellbeing
Prerequisites
HRMT2237 Human Resource Management