Course details

Summary

If you're looking to accelerate your professional career by gaining expertise in an area of business you're passionate about, or want to prepare for a PhD or research career, this degree is designed for you.

The Master of Management Studies (MMS) degree will bring you closer to the frontiers of knowledge in your specialist field, and prepare you for leadership roles that require a high level of critical thinking and information analysis.

This degree normally includes both taught and research papers, but can also be taken as a full research degree.

Human Resource Management

Gain the essential skills to recruit, develop and manage an organisation's most valuable asset - its people.

Studying Human Resource Management at Waikato turns you into a strategic player who knows how to position employees for the long-term success of a company.

A career in human resources is all about selecting the right people for the right jobs; then knowing how to train, develop and motivate staff to improve their individual performance. It means you'll be involved in all areas of staff recruitment, salaries, employee benefits, training programmes, managerial behaviour and staff productivity.

We'll teach you how to achieve the best results from employees through practical workshops, where you'll apply human resource management practices to address real situations in the workplace.

You’ll also learn about employment relations laws, health and safety, work-life balance, organisational culture, and managing conflict, negotiation and diversity in the workplace.

In the paper HRMG242/342, you'll take part in workshops designed to apply human resource management practices to real situations in the workplace, such as carrying out a health and safety audit of an organisation to assess whether the building complies with New Zealand legislation.

Career opportunities

• Human resource manager
• Recruitment consultant
• Health and safety manager
• Industrial relations mediator
• Employment court official
• Human capital development strategist
• Payroll manager
• Mediation specialist

Entry criteria

You can apply for the MMS if you have:

• Completed a bachelor's degree from Waikato Management School, or its equivalent, or;
• Completed an honours degree or postgraduate diploma in a relevant subject area (at least 120 points), and;
• Achieved at least a B grade average in the subject you intend to take for this qualification.

English language requirements:

• an IELTS overall score of at least 6.5, including at least 6.0 in the Writing band, or
• an iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) score of at least 90, with a Writing score of at least 22, or
• a B grade or better at Level 8 in the Certificate of Attainment in Academic English, or
• an overall score of C (with at least a C in the Writing band) in the Foundation Certificate in English for Academic Purposes, or
• a PTE Academic overall score of at least 65, with no less than 58 for each communicative skill.