Human Resource Management
Why study with us?
You can study Human Resource Management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management. You can major in Human Resource Management in the Bachelor of Business or obtain a Certificate or Masters in Human Resource Management. Our courses are also accredited by the Australian Institute of Human Resource Management.
A number of postgraduate students studying employment relations run an active research program. Research interests include:
- High performance work systems
- EEO and managing diversity
- Labour use strategies in low pay sectors
- Employment relations practices of multinational corporations
Our staff co-author the leading textbooks in Australian Employment Relations. The partnership between research and teaching is an important objective of staff. They maintain active linkages with local human resource and industrial relations managers, and through this a problem-based teaching and learning environment is sustained. Staff actively participate in the Centre for Institutional and Organisation Studies.
Career opportunities
As a graduate of employment relations, you could begin your career in:
- Human resource management
- Industrial relations
- General management
- Advocacy
- Negotiation and mediation
- Equal opportunity management
- Managing occupational health and safety