School of Management and Marketing
Faculty of Business and Law
We are seeing both government and business opting for fewer staff, fewer management layers and more flexible work practices. Their business strategies are, to a large extent, human resource management strategies; and they have given human resource management a considerable degree of recognition and influence as a key element of business management.
In addition, human resource management is no longer regarded as the sole responsibility of a special department, which advises from the sidelines. The work is more and more being integrated into mainstream managerial responsibilities within an organisation so that an understanding of human resource management, and an involvement in it, is now a requirement of management generally throughout an organisation.
There is a strong demand from employers, human resource practitioners and the relevant professional body, the Australian Human Resources Institute, for degree-level education in human resource management. Graduates may obtain employment as HR generalists or in many of the specialist areas of human resource management including training and development, human resource consultants, or in general management.
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