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Bachelor of Business Administration: Workforce Management Specialisation / Bachelor of Commerce: Workforce Management Specialisation / Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Honours): Workforce Management Specialisation

  • Bachelor (Honours)

Workforce management focuses on aligning employees, skills, and roles to ensure an efficient and engaged workforce. This specialisation introduces HRM theories and practices, covering recruitment, retention, career development, and performance management, while emphasizing ethical strategies and collaborative skills.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Course Code
SPUC-HRMGM

About this course

Overview

Workforce management is a field of practice within human resources management (HRM) that focuses on the tasks required to align employees, skills and roles within an organisation to ensure an efficient and engaged workforce.

The Workforce management specialisation covers workforce management theories, practices and processes and introduces students to ethically-based workforce management strategies that address employee and organisational performance and wellbeing.

You will study contemporary HRM functions, including recruitment, selection and retention practices, skill and career development, and performance management.

The specialisation allows you to work closely with people and build their capacity. It will provide you with a sound understanding of HRM professional knowledge while developing and broadening your collaborative and employability skills.

The Workforce Management specialisation offers an introduction to the core HRM functions including employment relations and change management, which are examined in greater depth in the Human Resource Management major.

What you will learn

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate the impact of human resource development strategies on organisational performance, integrating key theories and practices, GC1, GC4
  • Apply strategic workforce and business planning principles to address current and future challenges in diverse organisational settings, GC1, GC3, GC6
  • Critically analyse the impact of global factors on international human resources management practices, synthesising cultural and technological influences, GC1, GC2, GC5
  • Design and justify strategic total rewards systems that align with organizational goals, synthesising financial, developmental, and social incentives, GC1, GC3, GC4
  • Develop innovative approaches to talent acquisition and retention, integrating contemporary HR practices with ethical considerations, GC2, GC4, GC6

Career pathways

### What jobs can the Workforce Management course lead to?**Careers** * HR advisor/assistant * Diversity and inclusion specialist * Compensation and benefits manager * Recruitment consultant * Learning & development consultant**Industries** * Accounting * Finance and investment * Government * Healthcare * Law * Resources and renewables * Retail sector

Credit for prior study or work

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How to apply

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