Self-funded Undergraduate Programmes

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Human Resources Management
人力資源管理學商學士 (榮譽) 學位課程

Core Courses (15 units)

Organisational Behaviour [BHRM2045] (3 units)
The objective of this course is to introduce theories and concepts related to understanding people’s behaviour in organisations. Students will study the behaviour of individuals and groups within organisations in order to gain both a theoretical understanding as well as practical knowledge that can be applied in a work setting.
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility [BHRM3035] (3 units)
BHRM2045 Organisational Behaviour
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have become widely discussed topics in both academia and the business world. Ethics and CSR issues have become more complicated because of increasing globalization and the diversified nature of many large corporations. This course will cover a wide spectrum of diverse moral decision making frameworks and will discuss the pros and cons of each as applied to functional business areas such as management, human resources, accounting, marketing and finance. It will also cover the practical issues that contribute to the sustainable development of organisations. Emphasis will be on applying moral thinking to solve real business problems facing business professionals in Hong Kong.
Business Communications [BHRM3045] (3 units)
English II or equivalent
This course aims at further enhancing students’ essential business communication skills and techniques in coping with contemporary business needs. To groom students with core business communication skills and competencies, the followings will be emphasized: 1. Critically read, comprehend, analyze and discuss business cases and documents of various kinds (e.g., persuasive and negative business messages) to further heighten students’ business sense and acumen and sharpen students’ audience-sensitive writing skills. 2. Proficiently deliver eloquent and business-like Elevator Pitch to present sound and feasible business ideas in an assertive and effective manner.
Strategic Management [BHRM4056] (3 units)
Organisational Behaviour, Cost and Management Accounting I, Marketing Management or Principles of Macroeconomics
This course aims to prepare the student for a successful business career with a broad understanding of the importance and complexity of strategic decisions and the way they integrate other aspects of business operations. It examines the rationale of decisions that determine the future direction and effectiveness of organisations. The perspective taken is that of the general manager – the owner, CEO, president, or management consultant. It focuses on the skills required of the general manager in diagnosing and finding solutions for critical problems in complex business situations and implementing them. In that regard, it integrates the knowledge gained in previous functional courses from year 1 and year 2.
BCom HRM Project [BHRM4095] (3 units)
The student project is a valuable integrative element in the BBA curriculum, providing a focus for the application of knowledge acquired from core and major courses. The project provides an opportunity for students to apply the knowledge and skills gained on the degree programme to a real, practical business problem, and to prepare themselves for the transfer from the academic to the work situation.

Required Courses (21 units)

Human Resources Management [BHRM2055] (3 units)
BUSI2005 Organisational Behaviour or equivalent
This course is designed to provide students with an applied knowledge and understanding of Human Resources Management. The compatibility of the productive utilisation of people in achieving an organisation’s objectives and the satisfaction of employee needs will be emphasised. The course will focus on current issues and trends as they relate to Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region.
Talent Development [BHRM3055] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
This course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the research, theories and practices of talent development within the organisation. The course will include examples from different organisations, including small to medium-sized enterprises, multi-national corporations, government and non-government organisations. Students will acquire knowledge and practical application skills in both traditional and contemporary design and delivery of learning and development programs. They will also learn how an organisation can create and nurture a culture of learning engagement. This course prepares the student as a potential practitioner working within an organisation, or as an external consultant working with a range of organisations. Students will participate in various learning activities, such as exercises and case studies.
Talent Acquisition [BHRM3065] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
This course aims to introduce students to various theories, concepts and issues associated with the effective talent acquisition of organisations. After completing this course, students are expected to have acquired an indepth knowledge in HR planning, recruitment and selection issues, practical skills in managing talent acquisition activities to candidate experience and employer branding. The subject matter will be addressed through a mix of lectures, case analyses, and experiential exercises.
Performance Appraisal and Rewards [BHRM4055] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
This course examines the major principles, concepts, and techniques of performance appraisal. Especially, common pitfalls and effective interviewing skills in conducting performance appraisal exercises are stressed. This course also takes a pragmatic look at how to reward employees for services rendered. Designing and administrating an equitable and competitive compensation system that motivates employees for better performance is another major focus of the course.
Labour Relations and Law [BHRM4065] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
There are two objectives: (1) This course introduces various theories of industrial relations and the dynamic relationships among the different actors constituting the industrial relations scene; (2) this course covers employment legislation that is commonly used by HR professionals in an everyday situation. A practical and contemporary approach is taken, exposing the students to the full gambit of employee-management relations in the workplace.
Human Resources Research Methods and Analytics [BHRM4075] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
The role of HRM as a strategic partner to enable organizations to create and sustain competitive advantage rests on its ability to demonstrate its contribution to the organization’s bottom line. Against this backdrop, this course introduces the fundamental concepts of research design and data collection and analysis in the context of Human Resources Management. In particular, students acquire the technical knowledge and skills to design, develop, and implement or manage effective human resources programmes. In addition, they are equipped with the techniques to measure the economic value of employee performance and the efficiency and productivity of a human resources department.
Developing Managerial Skills [BHRM4085] (3 units)
BHRM3045 Business Communications or equivalent
The course prepares participants to handle critical issues in managerial communication and helps them master skills needed to achieve their potential as leaders and executives. The goal is to equip them with the personal, interpersonal and group skills needed to manage their own lives as well as relationships with others. The course teaches strategic approaches to managerial communications that can be applied to a variety of situations.

Elective Courses (27 units)

Legal Aspects of China Business [BACY3145] (3 units)
BACY3065 Principles of Law
This course aims to introduce to students some of the major areas of Chinese commercial law that are of common concern to foreign businessmen doing business in China, which include its historical development and principles, its application in equity joint ventures, co-operative joint ventures, wholly foreign owned enterprises and to foreign exchange problems, tax, trade and investments in China.
Human Resources Management Mentoring [BHRM3018-9] (3 units)
Year 3 standing
This course is designed to provide students with applied knowledge and understanding of Human Resources Management through the guidance of human resource management professionals. Through this course, students will be offered ample opportunities to learn and grow and to better understand life in the business world. Upon completion of the course, students will acquire new insights through expanding learning horizons, and they will be able to develop greater career engagement.
Entrepreneurship and New Ventures [BHRM3125] (3 units)
The focus of the course is to investigate, understand and internalise the process of founding a startup firm. Key areas include matching individual skills with the management needs of a new venture; evaluating the business model of the new venture; financing new ventures; starting up a company; operating a new venture; recruiting and retaining management and creating value and liquidity for investors and management. This course provides tools and insights, which improve the chances for success as an entrepreneur in a highly competitive and ever changing environment.
Business Internship [BHRM3135] (3 units)
The objective of this course is to give students the opportunity to gain practical experience working in an organisation. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, the students will complete a work assignment of no less than 120 hours, either paid or non-paid.
Leadership [BHRM3145] (3 units)
BUSI2005 Organisational Behaviour or any Psychology course
This course aims to provide an introduction to the classic and contemporary leadership theories and the principles of effective leadership. Students will have the opportunity to apply these theories in evaluating specific leadership behaviours, and to develop an action plan for self- and career-development. The course will involve a combination of lectures, directed readings, analysis and discussion of case studies, practical exercises, role plays, service learning projects, and a field visit. The approach will be student centred, and students will develop awareness of their preferred leadership styles and skills through experiential learning and self-assessment.
Negotiation [BHRM3155] (3 units)
BHRM2045 Organisational Behaviour or any Psychology course
The course helps students to capture theory and processes of negotiation and power of social capital in order to enable them to negotiate successfully in a variety of settings, such as trade agreements, labour settlements, and acquisitions to mergers, sales transactions and government procurement. This includes negotiating and building mutually beneficial long-term relationship between two parties of conflicting interests. Besides lectures, role play exercises, case studies, and simulation games will be employed to enable students to apply negotiation process in various settings effectively and successfully.
Applied Social Psychology in Organisations [BHRM3165] (3 units)
This course is designed to introduce students to social psychology in organisations. Students will learn about how people think about, influence, and relate to one another within the organisational context. In particular, students will examine the impact of person, situation, and cognition on behaviour.
Cross-Cultural and Comparative Management [BHRM3175] (3 units)
BHRM2045 Organisational Behaviour or any Psychology course
The primary objective of this course is to enhance student awareness of the impact of culture on supposedly universal management practices designed to facilitate the effective utilisation and development of the organisation main asset - its employees. Students can expect to enhance their understanding of the global context of organisations, interpersonal skills needed to manage across national borders, and the structure and functioning of multinational companies.
International Human Resources Management [BHRM3185] (3 units)
This course emphasizes on human resources management theories, concepts, policies and practices in international, multinational, and global context. It explores different strategies firms use to develop and manage their international workforce in culturally and geographically diverse environments. Finally, the challenges and trends in International Human Resources Management (IHRM) will be addressed.
Human Resources Management Internship [BHRM3195] (3 units)
Year 3 standing
The objective of this course is to give students the opportunity to gain practical experience working in the HR Department of an organisation. Under the guidance of both faculty and workplace supervisors, the students will complete a work assignment of no less than 120 hours, either paid or non-paid.
Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management [BHRM3205] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management
This course aims to provide students opportunities to explore and discuss the contemporary human resources issues and developments in local and global context. In responding to these trends, human resources strategies and practices of real-life business organizations will be explored and evaluated. Through sharing from guest speakers, lectures, case studies and projects, students will understand and explore the latest issues such as talent engagement, organizational re-engineering & restructuring, flexible work arrangement & family-friendly policies, employer branding, HRM & technology, social media, and HR analytics, etc. Concepts and theories learnt from this and other courses of human resources management can be applied to analyze organizational issues in acquiring and retaining human capital.
Asia-Pacific Economies [BHRM3215] (3 units)
This course aims to introduce to students a general survey of economic development in the Asia Pacific region. It is designed to help students to be familiarized with economic affairs in the region and equip themselves with basic analytical tools for tackling economic issues. Socio-economic factors and changes in the global environment that have given rise to the “East Asian miracle,” the subsequent financial crisis in 1997, and the following development will be carefully analyzed. Emphasis will be placed on the understanding of economic problems in the real world.
Economic Environment in China [BHRM3225] (3 units)
Principles of Microeconomics or Equivalent
This course aims at providing students with basic knowledge about China’s economic environment where business activities take place. Developments in the domestic economy will be studied, followed by investigations into trends of foreign trade and foreign investments in China. After taking this course, the students should be able to evaluate the economic situation in terms of the performance and policy changes in key economic sectors.
Labour Economics [BHRM3235] (3 units)
Principles of Economics I or equivalent
This course aims to provide an understanding of the labour market and its related issues. It seeks to describe and analyse the behaviour of the labour market from an economic perspective. Policies associated with the labour market are presented and analysed. Issues of investment in human resources (education and on-the-job training), pay differentials and discrimination in the workplace are discussed. Payment methods, employer and employee relationship, and labour mobility and job turnover are also presented.
Human Resources Strategy and Planning [BHRM4155] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
This course is designed to consider the theories and role of human resources planning and link it to the policies and practice required for effective human resources management. This course examines internal and external environmental factors and trends that have crucial impacts on HR objectives and strategies in organisation. The role of human resources information system and the use of information technology in HRM and employee planning are also key issues to study in the course.
Human Resources Management in China [BHRM4165] (3 units)
BHRM2055 Human Resources Management or equivalent
This course offers an advanced study of human resources policies and problems in Mainland China. The aim of this course is to introduce to the students current and practical issues of doing HRM in Mainland China. This course prepares HRM students (1) to make decisions on various HR policies such as compensation and benefits of local employees, management of out-of-province workers, and training and development of unskilled and illiterate workers; and (2) to give attention to getting Chinese workers and staff to accept responsibility, to exercise initiative, to emphasise quality, and to communicate readily across functions
International Business: Market, Operations and Strategies [BMKT3125] (3 units)
The primary objectives of this course are: (1) to provide students with a basic understanding of the theories and concepts of international business; (2) to discuss the economic, cultural and political factors in shaping the international business environment; (3) to introduce different functional areas of international corporation management with reference to problems and issues of doing business with developing countries.
Services Marketing [BMKT3155] (3 units)
MKTG2005 Marketing Management
This course provides students with the up-to-date philosophies and practices of both local and international services marketing. An overview of the services marketing process and its differences from the marketing of customer products will be presented. Topics will also include the issues of quality control and customer satisfaction.
Fundamentals of Social Entrepreneurship and Social Impact [BMKT3205] (3 units)
This course aims to encourage and guide students to formulate innovative solutions to social problems and help them develop business ideas with a positive social impact. In this course, students will gain a well-rounded understanding of social entrepreneurship in different contexts, learn how to diagnose the root causes of social problems, and develop effective strategies to address these issues from different perspectives. The course adopts an experiential approach in teaching social entrepreneurship and social impact through case studies, guest talks, and company visits. The course culminates with a group project where students apply what they have learned and collaborate with postgraduate students in developing a social enterprise proposal that seeks to tackle a local or global social concern.

General Education Capstone Course (3 units)

Value-Based Leadership for the Community* [GCAP3825] (3 units)

This course provides an introduction to the evolution of leadership from classic to contemporary leadership theories and principles of effective leadership. The approach is student-centered and service-oriented, which involves a combination of lectures, directed readings, analysis and discussion of case studies, practical exercises and a leadership service project. Students will apply leadership theories and interdisciplinary knowledge in performing the leadership service project. The course aims to develop students to become authentic leaders in performing citizenship for the betterment of society. Through understanding the mind and heart of a leader, students will become aware of their own behaviours and values as well as the relationship with the community. Students will also develop an awareness of their preferred leadership styles with an action plan for their continuous leadership development. In addition, students’ competencies such as teamwork, communication, public speaking, creativity and problem- solving will be enhanced.