Human Resource Management (HRM) provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to strategically manage the performance of people in contemporary workplaces and to work within the legal framework in New Zealand. It will prepare them for careers in Human Resource Management, build their network with HRM professionals and provide a skill set that is transferable across other organisational roles.

As a minor subject, Human Resource Management provides students with an understanding of the importance of people-management in an organisational context. Students will be prepared to work with and for people to maximise their contribution to the workplace, as well as ensuring that they work within the legal framework in New Zealand. This minor will be relevant to any student who plans to lead people in the future.

The one year Diploma for Graduates (DipGrad) Endorsed in Human Resource Management offers you a great opportunity to diversify your current degree - effectively adding a further major, to retrain, or update your existing qualifications and provides a useful entry point into the HR profession. You may also find the DipGrad in Human Resource Management a useful bridge to postgraduate study.

The structure of the Diploma for Graduates has several benefits. It provides a specialised qualification for students looking to pursue a career in Human Resource Management. It also provides a portfolio of people-management skills for those autonomous professional practitioners who have completed an undergraduate qualification in another field. This qualification has the benefit of offering students who have majored within other disciplines/fields the opportunity to undertake a transitional qualification which can then act as a platform for postgraduate studies within the field of Management.