Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) (City)

Identify ways to recruit, support, develop and retain staff at a time when many organisations are undergoing change. The degree provides you with the skills and knowledge to pursue a specialist career in human resource management. In this degree, you'll learn how to attract, manage and retain people, and how to motivate them to contribute to organisational aims and objectives. This degree is accredited with the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Flinders' city campus at Festival Plaza is a place where potential meets possibility. Offering a broad range of study areas, this unique, modern space in the heart of Adelaide is designed for collaborative learning, interactive teaching and industry engagement. Positioned adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace and central to trams and buses, Festival Plaza provides students with greater connection, convenience and accessibility when selecting their preferred study location.

Please note only Year 1 topics of this course will be available in 2024. If you have been granted credit transfer or wish to apply for credit transfer for this course on the basis of previous study and you are granted credit, this may mean you will not be able to enrol in Year 2 or higher year topics, nor able to enrol on a full-time basis until 2025.

The Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) provides students with the opportunity to develop broad knowledge and competencies to facilitate careers in business-related fields. Students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the capability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged. There is a focus on application of knowledge, competencies and capabilities to diverse and global business/organisational contexts. Students will apply their knowledge and competencies to a broad range of business/organisational practices including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices.

Human Resource Management (HRM) focuses on the effective management of people, to ensure their work activities are productive, and achieve the aims and strategic objectives of the organisation. The HRM specialisation commences with an overview of organisational behaviour concepts and theories, including an introduction to legal obligations in the workplace environment. A range of upper level topics further extends students' understanding of HRM, with studies in International HRM, Labour Law, Recruitment and Selection, and Remuneration and Performance Management.

On completion of this degree students will be able to critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, finance, economic, marketing, and human resources management knowledge and skills to inform management planning and analyse management practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements. Students will be able to explain the impact of socially responsible, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and global perspectives on management planning and practices.

This degree prepares graduates for a wide range of employment opportunities or further study. Potential occupations may include industrial relations advisor, human resources manager and labour market analyst; potential employers may include government agencies and private sector businesses.

Expand your career options by combining this degree with the Bachelor of international Relations and Political Science (SATAC code 284491).

Combining degrees enables students to follow their interests and aspirations and enhance their career prospects by undertaking a second area of study in addition to their primary degree. Completing an approved combined degree option will normally add at least one extra year (full-time equivalent) to their studies. For example, students combining two three-year full-time equivalent degrees are normally able to complete both degrees in four years of full-time equivalent study. Students graduate with two degrees, expanding employment opportunities. For further information visit www.flinders.edu.au/combined-degrees.

On completion of this degree there is an opportunity to apply for a one-year Honours degree. For further information visit www.flinders.edu.au/honours.