University of Pretoria
Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management
The Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management in Humanities and Social Sciences is offered by University of Pretoria.
Program Length: 3 YEARS.
Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource Management offered by the University of Pretoria in Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Human resources practitioners, human resources consultants, mediators, labour relations specialists, human resources managers, personnel managers, training officers, liaison officers, psychometrists and industrial psychologists. In their capacity as human resources practitioners, graduates will be responsible for matters such as developing human resource strategies and policies, human resource planning, recruitment and selection of employees, training and development of staff, labour relations and personnel administration
What will you study in the first three years?
Year oneYear two
- Introduction to industrial and organisational psychology
- How learning takes place at work Personality and how it develops
- How humans interact with their environment and the different roles we occupy in society
Year three
- The role of work teams in an organisation and group’s behaviour
- The effect of power and leadership in organisations
- How organisations are structured and designed
- The best ways to bring about change in the workplace
- How to keep employees safe and healthy in the workplace
- How to manage the diversity of people in the workplace
- How to conduct psychometric tests (eg aptitude, interest, intelligence and personality)
- How to define what a specific job entails and to determine appropriate salary structures thereof
- How to plan for workforce recruitment, selection and orientation for newly appointed employees
- How to measure the performance of employees and motivate them toward organisational goals
- How to train and develop employees to enhance their performance and career potential
