Overview

The Master of Human Resource Management is designed to equip you for managerial positions requiring a broad understanding of human resources and its essential role within your organisation. It is designed for people who are working in an HR area and want to complement their practical knowledge with a sound theoretical base, or those contemplating a career in human resource management. The course equips you with specialist skills in employee recruitment and selection, training and development and performance management. The course also emphasises a strategic approach to the management of people in paid employment and in leadership development.

Professional accreditation

HR Professional Recognition The Master of Human Resource Management MGM201 has met the criteria for course accreditation and is currently accredited by the Australian HR Institute (AHRI). https://www.ahri.com.au/ Accreditation is reviewed every three years by the AHRI National Accreditation Committee. https://www.ahri.com.au/about-us/structure/advisory-panels/nac/ Students applying for this course can be assured that the quality of core units map onto the AHRI Model of Excellence https://www.ahri.com.au/about-us/model-of-excellence/ for HR Practitioners and Academics, a recognised benchmark of HR best practice and standards. All graduates of the Master qualification who meet the requisite work experience requirements will be eligible for direct entry into the Unit 4 Capstone: Applied Project in Organisational Capability of the AHRI Practising Certification (APC) Program. https://www.ahri.com.au/hr-certification/ Candidates who have successfully completed the Capstone project will be awarded HR certification by AHRI and be recognised as Certified Practitioners HR (CPHR).

Learning outcomes

• Critically evaluate a range of core and contemporary concepts and theories of organisations and their management;
• Analyse and apply a range of contemporary entrepreneurial and enterprise skills and approaches to business innovation and organisational change;
• Apply concepts, theories and experience to business problems and propose sustainable solutions demonstrating initiative, creativity and social responsibility;
• Analyse and synthesise information and be able to critique and effectively communicate in a business and management context;
• Analyse and synthesise contemporary theory and practice relating to the external context in which organisations operate;
• Critically analyse and integrate human resource management theory to future work challenges and practices in an organisational context;
• Analyse and synthesise contemporary theory and practice relating to the external context in which organisations operate;

UC graduates are professional: employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills; communicate effectively; use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems; display initiative and drive, and use their organisational skills to plan and manage their workload; take pride in their professional and personal integrity.

UC graduate are global citizens: think globally about issues in their profession; adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries; understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures; communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings; make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives; behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives.

UC graduates are lifelong learners: reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development; be self-aware; adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas;