Business Management
(Human Resource)

Course Objective

This course provides students with an understanding of how the proper management of employees contributes towards organisational effectiveness. It will enable students to pursue a career in human resource management or employee relations, a role of increasingly significance within organisations. The area of study covers the full scope of the human resource role including planning, training, human performance, cross-cultural management and strategic aspect of human resource management.


Entry Requirements

• EASB Diploma in Business Management OR
• Diploma of related discipline OR
• Equivalent qualification from a recognized higher learning institution
• Proficiency in English language
  

Duration

This is a 12-months program, comprising 4 terms. Each term is of 12 weeks duration, including 11 weeks of formal class time and independent study. Formal class time will consist of 3 hours of lectures and 3 hours of tutorials per week. Examinations will be held on week 12.

Students will take 2 modules per term.


Structure

The Bachelor Year 2 (EASB Advanced Diploma) Business Management (Human Resource Management) consists of 8 compulsory modules:

Assessment & Awards

Assessment for each module comprises coursework (30%) and a written examination (70%). The coursework may include case study analysis, review of published journals or conference articles, laboratory assignments, research reports and tutorial participation.

Upon successful completion of all 8 modules, the student will be awarded the EASB Advanced Diploma in Business Management (Human Resource Management).

Modules Synopsis

BM 2020 Organisational Behavior
This module provides students with an introduction to basic individual and group processes and how these processes affect people within organisations. Topics covered include group dynamics, appraisal, evaluation and employee evaluation and motivation, stress management, communication, cultural diversity, conflict, leadership, power and politics, and change management.

BM 2040 HR and Cross-Cultural Management
This module provides students with a framework for understanding and thinking strategically about employment relations and the management of human resources in organisations. The course draws on insights from the social sciences to explore how economic, social, psychological, legal, and cultural forces influence employment relations.

BM 2210 Human Resource Development
This module provides students with an understanding of the human resource development framework. This include the learning process, adult learner, learning and motivation theories, learning styles inventory - Kolb’s learning cycle, experiential learning, group dynamics and group learning, management of change and workplace intervention.

BM 2220 Human Resource Planning and Strategies
This module introduces students to the human resource planning process with the strategic business framework. Topics covered include the business plan, human resource plan, demand and supply of labour, quality of labour, planning and forecasting human resource requirements and future global trends that will affect the workplace and challenge the workforce.

BM 2230 Organisational and Managing Training Needs
This module provides the students with an understanding and appreciation in developing a business-training plan. Students will learn how to employ a systematic approach to analyse, recognise, prioritise and develop training needs.

BM 2240 Human Resource Economics
This module presents an economic analysis of the functions of the human resource manager. The recruitment process is analysed in terms of the costs and benefits of different hiring strategies, the setting of hiring standards, salary structures, probationary periods and the role of credentials.

BM 2050 Management Information System
The focus of this module is on providing the business students with a fundamental knowledge of management science applications and management information systems development and implementation in business. It covers the basic concepts of linear programming, network analysis, decision theory, and simulation and their applications to a range of business decisions. It looks at the basic tools and techniques for analyzing, designing, implementing, and reviewing information systems as well as the management challenges of e-Business. Most of all, it aims to produce students with an understanding of mathematical and systems modeling techniques.

AC 2011 Financial Accounting II
This module provides students with an understanding of the supporting theories and assumptions underpinning financial accounting and an analysis of contemporary financial accounting issues. Topics covered include the conceptual framework of accounting, alternative theories for explaining accounting behaviour and accounting choice, the regulatory process, recognition and measurement issues and controversies, and emerging issues in accounting.