HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OPTION
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Option Aims/Objectives & Careers
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Human Resources Management covers all activities of line managers and 
personnel specialists involved in the development and implementation 
within the organization of human resources strategies, policies and 
practices with respect to human resources planning and staffing, 
training, development and career management, employee and labour 
relations, remuneration and benefits, and employee safety, health and 
welfare.

This concept extends the scope of the conventional personnel function 
from its employee-related administrative, service, and control 
activities to encompass strategic activities in which the human 
resources of the organization are allocated, developed and integrated 
with the organization's strategic plans and corporate objectives.  
This development into a major corporate function within the 
organization has arisen from the recognition that increased 
effectiveness and productivity depends upon a well-qualified 
workforce operating in a well-designed work environment.

Graduates who have specialised in human resources management are in 
strong demand within Hong Kong for positions in general management 
and in specialised positions concerned with staff recruitment, 
selection and placement, training and development, employee and 
labour relations, and remuneration and benefits.


Option Curriculum
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The study plan is as follows:

Year 1  Principles of Accounting, Introduction to Business, 
	Principles of Management, Principles of Economics, 
	Mathematics and Statistics for Business, Computer 
	Applications in Business, English for Business, Communication 
	in Modern Chinese, and Religion & Philosophy subject.

Year 2  Principles of Law, Organizational Theory and Behaviour, 
	Management Research Methods, Principles of Human Resources 
	Management, Personnel Psychology, Business Communications, 
	Religion & Philosophy subject,  two of the following 
	subjects: Compensation Management and Practice, Human 
	Resources and Career Planning, Work, Organizations and 
	Society, Organization Development and Transformation, 
	Management Information Systems, Marketing Management, and 
	Managerial Communications, and two other Elective subjects.

Year 3  Strategic Management, Project, Industrial Relations, Human 
	Resources Development, Human Resources Management Practices 
	and Skills, Labour Law, Seminar in Human Resources 
	Management, one of the following subjects: Compensation 
	Management and Practice, Human Resources and Career Planning, 
	Work, Organisations and Society, Organisation Development and 
	Transformation, Management Information Systems, Marketing 
	Management, and Managerial Communications, and one other 
	Elective subject.

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