Part-time diploma covers management, legal issues and training

To meet the increasing local demand for well-trained human resource professionals, the Baptist University of Hong Kong has introduced a continuing education diploma programme in human resource management.

The first intake of students was in the spring of last year for these part-time courses, which are taught primarily in Cantonese.

This diploma programme is in five modules, each consisting of two subjects, which are offered over three terms per year during the spring, summer and autumn.

Participants are expected to enrol in one module each term, and are advised to complete their studies over a period of five consecutive terms or 20 months. They are allowed to progress in the study sequence only after achieving a passing grade on each subject undertaken.

Subjects covered in the course include human resource manage ment, managerial skills at work, employment procedures, employee communications, compensation management and practice, performance management, management information systems, legal aspects of human resource management, human resource development and training administration, and employee relations.

Each module involves two weekly classes with students being required to attend 75 per cent of these. Course work and possibly a mid-term examination will count for 40 per cent of the final grade, and the remainder from the final examination.