The Master of Human Resource Management allows aspiring managers with a special interest in the 'people side' of organisations to acquire professional skills and knowledge in this area. This specialised master's program equips you with skills to make new opportunities and adapt quickly to changing conditions within the workplace. You will examine structures, systems, culture and leadership, including how to implement organisational change and how to leverage competitive advantage in the global marketplace. You will develop the knowledge and skills to recruit and select suitable staff, manage their performance at work, develop their skills, ensure their safety at work, and deal with legal aspects of the employment relationship.

Enhance and update your knowledge of contemporary HR practice and examine management issues in the context of global changes that impact on people within workplaces. This course focusses on tackling common problems in the management of people across borders, in various legal and cultural contexts. You will develop a critical awareness of these legal, ethical, social, economic and environmental challenges and their implications for effective and successful HR strategy, operations, processes and decision making. You will understand the application of HR practices within small and medium enterprises, including start-ups and entrepreneurial firms, public and not-for-profit sectors as well as multinational corporations.

Are you searching for a qualification that will allow you to become a human resource management practitioner? A Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management (HRM) from the University of Newcastle equips graduates with the knowledge and skills to commence a career as an effective and successful practitioner in human resource management.

In this course, you'll develop a broad understanding of human resource management (HRM) theories, functions and communications. You will explore the contribution of HRM towards organisation effectiveness and efficiency.

This Masters program covers essential areas of human resource management including strategy and HR, evidence-based HRM, organisational change, international and comparative HRM, recruitment and selection, and performance and reward management. You will gain a critical appreciation of the role and practice of human resource management in local and global business. This program will further develop and deepen your understanding of key policy formulation, negotiation and implementation matters pertaining to the employment relationship in dynamic contexts. It encompasses workplace and institutional practices and strategies, employment law, negotiation and dispute resolution, managing equity and diversity, workplace health and safety, managing rewards and performance and employment relations strategy. It will deepen your understanding of the management of employment relations.