Social Psychology* [APPY3037] (3 units)
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1. To introduce major theories and research findings in social psychology.
2. To provide students with a sound foundation to understand how the social environment influences people’s behavior, and why people behave in a particular way in various social settings.
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Human Resources Management Mentoring [BHRM3018-9] (3 units)
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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.
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Entrepreneurship and New Ventures [BHRM3125] (3 units)
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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.
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Business Internship [BHRM3135] (3 units)
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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.
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Negotiation [BHRM3155] (3 units)
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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.
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Applied Social Psychology in Organisations [BHRM3165] (3 units)
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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.
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Cross-Cultural and Comparative Management [BHRM3175] (3 units)
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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.
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International Human Resources Management [BHRM3185] (3 units)
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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.
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Human Resources Management Internship [BHRM3195] (3 units)
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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.
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Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management [BHRM3205] (3 units)
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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.
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Labour Economics [BHRM3235] (3 units)
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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.
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Human Resources Strategy and Planning [BHRM4155] (3 units)
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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.
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Human Resources Management in China [BHRM4165] (3 units)
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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
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International Business: Market, Operations and Strategies [BMKT3125] (3 units)
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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.
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Services Marketing [BMKT3155] (3 units)
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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.
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Community Development and Community Economic Practices [SOPY3105] (3 units)
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1. Uncover the nature of community development.
2. Understand the needs of different members of the community.
3. Get to know how community economic practices are implemented.
4. Learn the basic skills and knowledge of how community organisations perform their roles.
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