Start Date
Feb, May, Sept
Qualification
Undergraduate
Duration
3 years full-time / part-time equivalent
Subject
24 units
Fees
$16,992* / year
Mode
100% Online
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Course Overview

Our Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) online gives you the ability to champion success strategies to ensure your business has a solid foundation. Understand how to contribute to a diverse and equitable workplace, while building on your knowledge of general business skills.

The School of Business is accredited with the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) for online delivery of the Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management).

The School of Business is AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited, the longest standing and most recognised form of specialised business program accreditation for its excellence in business education. This accreditation is a reflection of the School’s on-going commitment to excellence in teaching, research, curriculum development and professional excellence.

There are many ways you can gain entry into a degree through Western Sydney University Online. We accept any one of the following, provided you meet the minimum requirements relating to that criteria:

  • Cert III, Cert IV or diploma in any field
  • Completion or partial completion of tertiary study
  • Work experience, in any industry (assessed on a case by case basis)
  • Completion of Year 12 HSC (or equivalent), with a minimum required ATAR
  • Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)
  • PTE or IELTS for English proficiency may be required depending on where entry documentation was completed
Western Sydney University’s Inherent Requirements

As a student, you may need to pay a number of fees throughout your studies, depending on your degree and your enrolment status. These fees may include student contribution and tuition fees. If you’re eligible, you may also be able to obtain a HELP loan for payment of your student contribution or tuition fees. For more information, please visit the Student Contribution Bands page.

Fees for undergraduate International students are different than for local students (Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents, NZ citizens, and holders of an Australian permanent resident humanitarian visa). For more information on fees for International students, please visit the International program fees page.

*Please note that fees are an estimation of annual fees and are subject to change.

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Career Opportunities

Equipped with a degree from one of the top universities in the world, you can enter the workforce with industry knowledge and confidence. Here are some of the options available to a Human Resource Management graduate:

Human Resource Manager

16.3% Job growth in 5 years

Coordinate the recruitment and administrative functions of a business.

Workforce Planner

$108,000* Annual Salary

Align the needs of a business with those of the people who work there.

Employment Relations Manager

4,600+ Job Opportunities

Oversee a range of activities connecting employee policies with a company.

Culture Analyst

$120,000* Annual Salary

Provide a leadership team with actionable insights to improve workplace culture.

Learn more about Human Resource Management opportunities on SEEK

Subject Details

Course subjects are carefully selected and taught by industry experts and professionals to ensure a well-rounded education to all our students. Here is a closer look at the subjects that will be covered in your 3-year degree in Human Resource Management:

 

*You can choose any 8 electives to customise your degree with some of your other interests.

BUSM 1010
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Financing Enterprises

Financing an enterprise plays an important role in ensuring its survival. This subject will focus on the different types of enterprises, the key sources of finance available, financial statements and the environmental factors that may affect an enterprises performance. Utilising problem-solving and case studies, students will learn to identify, analyse and interpret financial information in real-life contexts.

BUSM 1008
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Leadership

This subject will introduce students to business management and enterprise leadership concepts. On both a local and global scale, students will explore people, organisational and managerial processes that are designed to assist in effectively leading an enterprise. Students will focus on developing their personal and professional leadership skills using problem-solving and experiential learning techniques.

LAWS 1001
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Law

Enterprise Law will introduce students to the fundamentals of law in a commercial context. This subject will highlight basic legal principles and examine the areas of the legal system that impact on commercial business proceedings. Successful completion of this subject will equip students with knowledge on the legal system, consumer protection, contracts and negligence.

BUSM 1006
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Innovation and Markets

This subject introduces key concepts, business models and issues surrounding modern business practice. Students will develop an understanding of the private enterprise system, marketing in an economic context with a focus on market structure and innovation management. Students will obtain transferable communication skills and develop their critical thinking that will assist them in later subjects of their degree.

BUSM 1023
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Managing People at Work

In this subject, you learn to approach people management from a stakeholder’s perspective. It emphasises the way that management, labour and the state, along with other key stakeholders, act, both separately and together, to structure the employment relationship. You will gain an initial introduction to the disciplines of industrial relations, human resource management, and employment relations, and to the key stakeholders in the employment relationship. Building on those learnings, we will give you a theoretical and empirical analysis of employment relations processes, with particular emphasis given to recent changes in the role and perspectives of stakeholders.

BUSM 2014
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Industrial Relations

This subject will build your analytical and research abilities. You will develop capacity to identify, diagnose and engage with industrial relations challenges from different stakeholder perspectives. You will work with real-world industrial relations, look at individual employees’ workplace and labour market experiences. You will also work with the goals and activities of managers; and the role and practices of tribunals, enforcement agencies, employer associations and trade unions.

You will work collaboratively on problems using online research to investigate contemporary practice, such as the drivers behind enterprise agreements and the implications of institutional arrangements and trade unions for productivity, equity and human resource utilisation.

BUSM 2022
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Human Resource Development

You will gain an insight into the development of people and their skills is essential to the 21st century workplace. By examining the key processes of employee learning, development and career management, participants will understand HRD’s impacts on workers’ employability and careers, organisational effectiveness and economic sustainability. You will be introduced to concepts of workplace learning, case study discussions and research into current HRD trends in Australian and international workplaces.

BUSM 3032
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

International Human Resource Management

Through portfolio reports and case studies, students analyse a range of comparative systems and structures of employment relations and the strategic management of global organisations. This analysis includes a focus on key human resource functions including recruitment, training, reward and evaluation of the impact of society, politics, economics and culture of host countries on human resource strategies. You will also examine the role of global stakeholders and assess the implications for human rights that arise from globalisation.

BUSM 3063
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Reward and Performance Management

You will be introduced to critical perspectives in reward management. Through case studies you will consider the wider context in which reward strategies are devised. You will also consider the strategic decisions that arise if reward is to meet regulatory requirements, organisation objectives and the expectations of the workforce. You will examine the component parts of contemporary reward and critically assess the relationship between performance and reward.

BUSM 3048
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Negotiation, Bargaining and Advocacy

You will identify and assess contrasting approaches to negotiation and the importance of strategy and judgement in negotiation. Develop your skills through a team-based online negotiation and a critique of the experience of this negotiation. Examine conciliation, mediation and arbitration with a particular focus on advocacy practice in industrial tribunals.

BUSM 3054
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

People, Work, Society

You will use HRM knowledge to develop policies and procedures that take account of the psychology of individuals and groups as well as rising expectations for socially responsible management. The complexities and rewards around managing diverse workforces receive particular attention. Through the challenge of real-world activities, you will be introduced to the difficult judgements that confront HRM professionals around people at work.

BUSM 3024
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Human Resource and Industrial Relations Strategy

Analyse the human resource and industrial relations strategies of the major employment relations stakeholders. While the principal focus is on the organisational level of analysis and on the strategic interventions introduced by management, you will also analyse the strategic roles of government, trade unions, and employer associations. Through a range of learning activities, you will examine the relationship between business strategies and HR/IR strategies, strategic HR/IR interventions, the concept of strategic choice as it concerns stakeholders and the evaluation of strategy.

BUSM 2030
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Managing and Developing Careers

Managing and Developing Careers focuses on employability and career progression. This subject will focus on portfolio development utilising case studies and industry research to assist students in improving their employment opportunities.

MATH 1012
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Management Analytics

Management Analytics provides students with introductory knowledge in identifying, analysing and interpreting data to assist business management practices. Students will work with data, learning how to effectively use it to make decisions in a business environment. Students will further understand how these decision-making models and forecasting practices can improve management processes, human resources and business metrics.

BUSM 3028
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Innovation, Enterprise and Society

This subject focuses on forces driving innovation, creativity and technical change at the levels of entrepreneurship, enterprise, economy and society. It also examines the effects of innovation at these various levels. The subject takes a multi-disciplinary approach utilising critical thinking, debates, problem-solving, policy analysis and case studies.

BUSM 3059
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Processes and Evaluation in Employment Relations

You will learn to apply theory and skills developed throughout the discipline in Human Resource Management to real-world organisational and policy challenges and opportunities. Learn how to use employment relations concepts and “metrics” to design implementation plans and to evaluate policies, practices and change initiatives. Your skills in communication and problem-solving will be assured in this subject.

BUSM 1010
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Financing Enterprises

Financing an enterprise plays an important role in ensuring its survival. This subject will focus on the different types of enterprises, the key sources of finance available, financial statements and the environmental factors that may affect an enterprises performance. Utilising problem-solving and case studies, students will learn to identify, analyse and interpret financial information in real-life contexts.

BUSM 1008
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Leadership

This subject will introduce students to business management and enterprise leadership concepts. On both a local and global scale, students will explore people, organisational and managerial processes that are designed to assist in effectively leading an enterprise. Students will focus on developing their personal and professional leadership skills using problem-solving and experiential learning techniques.

LAWS 1001
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Law

Enterprise Law will introduce students to the fundamentals of law in a commercial context. This subject will highlight basic legal principles and examine the areas of the legal system that impact on commercial business proceedings. Successful completion of this subject will equip students with knowledge on the legal system, consumer protection, contracts and negligence.

BUSM 1006
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Innovation and Markets

This subject introduces key concepts, business models and issues surrounding modern business practice. Students will develop an understanding of the private enterprise system, marketing in an economic context with a focus on market structure and innovation management. Students will obtain transferable communication skills and develop their critical thinking that will assist them in later subjects of their degree.

BUSM 1023
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Managing People at Work

In this subject, you learn to approach people management from a stakeholder’s perspective. It emphasises the way that management, labour and the state, along with other key stakeholders, act, both separately and together, to structure the employment relationship. You will gain an initial introduction to the disciplines of industrial relations, human resource management, and employment relations, and to the key stakeholders in the employment relationship. Building on those learnings, we will give you a theoretical and empirical analysis of employment relations processes, with particular emphasis given to recent changes in the role and perspectives of stakeholders.

BUSM 2014
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Enterprise Industrial Relations

This subject will build your analytical and research abilities. You will develop capacity to identify, diagnose and engage with industrial relations challenges from different stakeholder perspectives. You will work with real-world industrial relations, look at individual employees’ workplace and labour market experiences. You will also work with the goals and activities of managers; and the role and practices of tribunals, enforcement agencies, employer associations and trade unions.

You will work collaboratively on problems using online research to investigate contemporary practice, such as the drivers behind enterprise agreements and the implications of institutional arrangements and trade unions for productivity, equity and human resource utilisation.

BUSM 2022
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Human Resource Development

You will gain an insight into the development of people and their skills is essential to the 21st century workplace. By examining the key processes of employee learning, development and career management, participants will understand HRD’s impacts on workers’ employability and careers, organisational effectiveness and economic sustainability. You will be introduced to concepts of workplace learning, case study discussions and research into current HRD trends in Australian and international workplaces.

BUSM 3032
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

International Human Resource Management

Through portfolio reports and case studies, students analyse a range of comparative systems and structures of employment relations and the strategic management of global organisations. This analysis includes a focus on key human resource functions including recruitment, training, reward and evaluation of the impact of society, politics, economics and culture of host countries on human resource strategies. You will also examine the role of global stakeholders and assess the implications for human rights that arise from globalisation.

BUSM 3063
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Reward and Performance Management

You will be introduced to critical perspectives in reward management. Through case studies you will consider the wider context in which reward strategies are devised. You will also consider the strategic decisions that arise if reward is to meet regulatory requirements, organisation objectives and the expectations of the workforce. You will examine the component parts of contemporary reward and critically assess the relationship between performance and reward.

BUSM 3048
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Negotiation, Bargaining and Advocacy

You will identify and assess contrasting approaches to negotiation and the importance of strategy and judgement in negotiation. Develop your skills through a team-based online negotiation and a critique of the experience of this negotiation. Examine conciliation, mediation and arbitration with a particular focus on advocacy practice in industrial tribunals.

BUSM 3054
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

People, Work, Society

You will use HRM knowledge to develop policies and procedures that take account of the psychology of individuals and groups as well as rising expectations for socially responsible management. The complexities and rewards around managing diverse workforces receive particular attention. Through the challenge of real-world activities, you will be introduced to the difficult judgements that confront HRM professionals around people at work.

BUSM 3024
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Human Resource and Industrial Relations Strategy

Analyse the human resource and industrial relations strategies of the major employment relations stakeholders. While the principal focus is on the organisational level of analysis and on the strategic interventions introduced by management, you will also analyse the strategic roles of government, trade unions, and employer associations. Through a range of learning activities, you will examine the relationship between business strategies and HR/IR strategies, strategic HR/IR interventions, the concept of strategic choice as it concerns stakeholders and the evaluation of strategy.

BUSM 2030
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Managing and Developing Careers

Managing and Developing Careers focuses on employability and career progression. This subject will focus on portfolio development utilising case studies and industry research to assist students in improving their employment opportunities.

MATH 1012
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Management Analytics

Management Analytics provides students with introductory knowledge in identifying, analysing and interpreting data to assist business management practices. Students will work with data, learning how to effectively use it to make decisions in a business environment. Students will further understand how these decision-making models and forecasting practices can improve management processes, human resources and business metrics.

BUSM 3028
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Innovation, Enterprise and Society

This subject focuses on forces driving innovation, creativity and technical change at the levels of entrepreneurship, enterprise, economy and society. It also examines the effects of innovation at these various levels. The subject takes a multi-disciplinary approach utilising critical thinking, debates, problem-solving, policy analysis and case studies.

BUSM 3059
Recommended 8-10 hours of study per week

Processes and Evaluation in Employment Relations

You will learn to apply theory and skills developed throughout the discipline in Human Resource Management to real-world organisational and policy challenges and opportunities. Learn how to use employment relations concepts and “metrics” to design implementation plans and to evaluate policies, practices and change initiatives. Your skills in communication and problem-solving will be assured in this subject.

Western Sydney University Online invites you to study in an advanced and flexible digital environment. Our online program allows you to study on your time, when it works for you, your work, family and life commitments. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Your learning materials are located conveniently in one spot in our online classroom called Canvas. You can access your online classroom through your Student Hub.

Assessment requirements including examinations differ from subject to subject. In most degree programs, there will be examinations that you must sit. Exams are taken at specified metro and regional exam centre venues around Australia.

Of course. Whether you study on-campus or online, your learning outcomes and qualification are the same. Even to the point of when you graduate, you will receive the same testamur. A testamur is your graduation certificate and it does not specify your mode of study. Regardless of whether you study online or on-campus you will still be getting the same qualification from an internationally ranked university.

At Western Sydney University Online, we are dedicated to helping our students. Our Student Advisors are on hand to make your transition to university as smooth as possible. They are available via phone and email 7 days a week, 8am to 9pm on weekdays and 10am to 6pm on weekends. Once you are in your online classroom, your Online Learning Advisors will be there to guide your learning and there are plenty of assessment support services at your fingertips throughout your studies.

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