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The world is evolving, with a clear shift away from outdated business practices. Our Bachelor of Business is an alternative to more traditional business degrees, combining new skills, new values and new opportunities relevant for the new economy. It&#39;s a whole new way of thinking for a whole new generation of business professionals.The modern business practices of adaptivity, creativity, diversity and sustainable business are ingrained in this degree, so that you graduate with the skills needed for the rewarding career opportunities that the new economy brings.This degree offers you a choice of 6 majors and the opportunity to complete elective subjects.<ul><li>Human Resource Management</li><li>Management</li><li>Marketing</li><li>Innovation and Entrepreneurship</li><li>Sport Management</li><li>Logistics and Supply Chain Management</li></ul>This degree includes subjects from Griffith University and other universities through OUA.

Learn how organisations work and visualise where you fit in. Get familiar with financial documents, risk, and business comms. This business course gives you a 360-degree view of business strategy. Specialisations include marketing and management. 

Bachelor of Business

The Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management is designed for people who generally have limited prior knowledge or experience of HRM but who are seeking to move into the industry as human resource management professionals. It is comprised of a concise set of advanced courses in the functional areas of HRM, providing an excellent foundation for advancing your knowledge in human resource management, as well as a pathway into the masters program.

Research existing and emerging industry methods, change management, legal and social issues and organisational structure. Learn to deliver change in an ethical and impartial way. Career options in HR, recruitment, selection and performance management.

Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

This Masters degree 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 degree 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.

Explore human resource management at an advanced level. Deepen your understanding of employment law, workplace health and safety and managing diversity. Develop your leadership skills so that you can help individuals and organisations thrive.

Master of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations

This degree is designed to enable those without formal academic qualifications in Employment Relations to gain knowledge and skills in the area. Students may already be working in a job in the field or may be seeking to move into such a position. There is a significant practical Australian content to some courses within these programs.In the Graduate Certificate in Employment Relations, you will develop a sound understanding of key issues around formulating and implementing employment relations policies in dynamic environments.

Study employment law, institutional practices and strategies, dispute resolution, managing equity and diversity, workplace health and safety, and rewards and performance. Career options in HR, policy development, consulting, and for unions

Graduate Certificate in Employment Relations

With Griffith Business School&#39;s Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Political Science and International Relations, you can multiply your career options. In as little as four years, you can graduate with two degrees and a unique skill set that will give you an edge in the employment market.By combining in-depth knowledge and insight into the workings of government with practical business skills, you will be prepared for a future local, state and national governments, non-government organisations and private sector organisations that sectors interact with government agencies. For example, you can blend majors in Logistics and Supply Chain Management with International Relations and work for an international aid organisation providing humanitarian relief to disaster zones.

Learn the workings of business and government for broad career options in private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Focus your skills and knowledge with majors including international business, economics, public policy, and more.

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Political Science and International Relations

Applied Human Resource Management and Change

Organisational Behaviour and Wellbeing

Strategic Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development

Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Principles of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations

Developing Talent

HRM and Employment Relations Strategy

Global Human Resource Management

Leading Policy and Organisational Change

Organisational Behaviour and Wellbeing focuses on human behaviour within organisational contexts. This enables an understanding of the self and others within the workplace and the subsequent impact on organisational effectiveness. The course focuses on principles, approaches, and theories of workplace behaviour in relation to individuals, groups and organisational contexts with the aim of students developing greater understanding of complex organisational issues and solving relevant workplace problems The central questions are:<ol><li>What are the key theories and approaches that help us to understand organisational behaviour?</li><li>How can we apply these key theories and approaches to better understand ourselves and organisational issues?</li></ol>The course therefore has relevance to the present and future work of all students. Furthermore, the course provides an important contribution to personal and career development for students and is the basis for future careers in areas such as HRM, management, change management, training and development, and other leadership roles.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed 2005EHR Organisational Behaviour and Wellbeing at Griffith University.

Study how people behave in organisational contexts. Measure the impact emotions and personalities have on organisational behaviour.
You’ll use the theories discussed in this subject to better understand yourself and workplace organisational issues.

The primary emphasis of this subject is the management of human resources in organisations. A central theme throughout this unit is the contribution of Human Resource Management (HRM) to the efficiency and productivity of organisations. The subject delivery will balance theoretical developments in HRM with practical and strategic considerations of the management of diverse people in the workplace and its surrounding environment.The subject is taught fully online. Students will study off-campus and interact with the teaching team and other students via the Internet through the Griffith University learning and teaching environment called: Learning@Griffith. The subject convenor can be contacted by the Microsoft Teams and online Teams virtual classrooms through Learning@Griffith or via email. Students will have a number of assessment activities to complete across the study session. Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed 2002EHR - Strategic Human Resource.

Aid workplace productivity and efficiency by using the principles of human resource management.
Weigh up human resources' role in managing workplace diversity, health and performance. Apply human resource management concepts when solving problems.

Change is a natural and inevitable aspect of managing in organisations. Given the significance, frequency and scale of organisational innovation and change, being able to plan for, create and manage change, that supports the organisation&#39;s strategic objectives, is a major challenge for business managers today. In this subject, you will investigate HRM and organisational change practices and issues within contemporary organisation. Students will be exposed to current research and practice of organisational change and development and will be challenged to test their knowledge and skills by analysing practical organisational problems.As this subject is a Level 3 subject, it is expected that students have a broad understanding of human resource management and have successfully completed Level 1 and 2 subjects in a Human Resource Management major.Students should not enrol in the subject if they have completed 3012EHR Applied Human Resource Management and Change at Griffith University.

Determine the role of the manager during periods of organisational change and development. Critically evaluate theories of change. Suggest solutions to practical organisational problems. Monitor and measure the success of new organisational changes.

This subject was previously known as IRL130.Negotiation and dispute resolution explores negotiating tactics and strategies, as well as the role of ethics, communication and power in negotiation. The course also examines negotiation in different contexts including multi-party negotiations. The course explores the role of third-party and individual approaches in resolving difficult negotiations. The aim of the course is to equip students to become more effective negotiators.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7131EHR Negotiation &amp; Dispute Res

Talk through the essentials of workplace negotiation processes and dispute resolutions.Highlight negotiation tactics and strategies. Learn how to handle issues of emotion and perception during a dispute. Strengthen your own negotiation skills.

This subject examines up-to-date theory and practice related to the management of human resources and employment relations in the 21st-century. Issues and challenges related to institutional conditions that affect employment relationship factors are canvassed. The global, knowledge intensive context, characterised by the blurring of employment boundaries and evolving organisational forms, will provide a backdrop for the content analysis.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7001EHR Principles of HRM &amp; ER

Meet the stakeholders who make up the employment relationship. Analyse human resource’s role in managing these relationships. Explore performance and reward management concepts. Juxtapose employee unions with employer associations.

Students learn to manage the employment value proposition developing an understanding of strategic staffing and designing effective performance management and rewards systems.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed 3020EHR Managing Staffing and Performance at Griffith University.

Managing Staffing and Performance

This subject was previously known as IRL120.This course examines the system of laws governing the employment relationship in Australia, the policy issues concerning the role of law in employment relations and introduces legal research methods, interpretation of case and statute law and legal writing.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7121EHR Regulation of Employ Relationships

Look back on the history of collective bargaining and industrial disputes. Assess unfair dismissal, workplace health and safety and discrimination regulations. Evaluate the laws that govern the relationship between employees and employers.

Regulation of Employment Relationships

This subject aims to develop theoretical understanding and practical skills in the training and development process. Throughout this subject, students will examine various theories, models and concepts that relate to individual, group and organisational learning. Students will then utilise this scholarly insight to inform development of a practical assessment that will enable students to analyse, design, develop and evaluate their very own training session. More broadly, this subject also explores the critical issues of training and skills development within today&#39;s organisations as they strive to meet their changing needs in a competitive environment.In order to develop a range of skills that are increasingly important in professional work, group work will also form part of one of the assessment items in this subject.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed 3010EHR Devloping Talent at Griffith University.

Enhance your training and development skills and explore how they'd apply in a modern organisation.
Devise, develop and critique your own training session plan. Research training models that foster individual, group and organisational learning.

The course provides the opportunity to develop professional HR skills through the examination and application of learning theories and HRD frameworks to individual, group and organisational development needs and challenges. Content includes development of skills in needs assessment, design, delivery and evaluation of training and development, reflection and analysis, the HRD professional role, application to organisational cases and current issues.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have completed: 7015EHR Advanced Human Resource Development

Widen the scope of your human resource studies as you polish your HR skills.Assess individual, group and organisational human resource development needs. Take in advanced leadership theories. Look to the future of HR learning and development

Rapid changes in society, international relations, technology and communication have led to flexible ways of, and increasing numbers of people, working across global borders. This course provides an opportunity for students to critically analyse global dimensions of the core aspects of human resource management, such as linkages with business strategy, structure, policies and practices; staffing, recruitment, and selection; training and development; rewards management; and performance management. The course examines how human resources are managed and problems solved within and across differing global cultural, political, economic, legislative and technological contexts. The course aims to develop globally engaged and responsible future leaders of GHRM and cross-culturally competent globally mobile employees.Students should not enrol in the subject if they have completed 3009EHR Global Human Resource Management at Griffith University.

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