Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management
The Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management provides graduates with fundamental knowledge about human resource management (HRM).
It has been designed to meet the needs of those people wanting to become successful HR professionals, as well as those who are responsible for managing people and who are concerned with designing, implementing and maintaining HRM practices within their workplaces.
The units making up the Graduate Certificate provide students with the opportunity to apply current theory relevant to HRM to their workplace through assessment activities. The graduate certificate also articulates with the Master of Organisational Development and Strategic Human Resource Management and the Master of Business Administration.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management shall:
- (a) have fulfilled all the requirements for admission to a three-year degree or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Faculty as sufficient qualification for admission to candidature; or
- (b) satisfy the Faculty by means of other qualifications and relevant experience of adequate preparation for candidature.
In addition, applicants are required to provide evidence of at least three years relevant work experience in a field of employment approved by the Director of the GSB.
Course Duration: Candidates are given two years or six trimesters to complete four units. Most candidates finish in 4 trimesters or 1.3 years.
Degree Requirements
To satisfy the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, a candidate shall complete the coursework program approved by the Program Director.
From 2010 the program will include
GSB739 Strategic Human Resource Management
GSB753 Workplace Planning and Staff Development
and two of the following :-
GSB714 Communication Management
GSB721 Processes of Management
GSB722 Gender Issues in Management
GSB734 Management of Change
GSB740 Managerial Thinking and Decision Making.
GSB747 Industrial Relations
GSB752 The Learning Organisation