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Business Administration

management strategies will be discussed. In essence, this course puts emphasis on the
application of concepts to problems and relies heavily on numeric calculations.

BUS 309 Human Resource Management
1 Term; 3 Credits
The aim of this course is to provide students with key concepts, theories, and practices
within the field of human resource management. Students should then be able to critically
evaluate people management techniques and to become problem solvers in the HRM area.
They should also be capable of critically evaluate the people management framework and
practices of an organization as a whole.

BUS 310 Estate and Retirement Planning
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to help students identify the various issues of private and public
employee benefits in Hong Kong, including a synopsis of different group insurance and
retirement plans in the context of effectively assisting clients to plan for retirement.
Furthermore, it helps student evaluate the estate planning process, including the technical
issues involved in estate administration and asset distribution, and assess the roles that wills,
trust, gifts, insurance and other estate planning tools play in the process.

BUS 311 Contemporary Recruitment and Selection
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course presents recruitment and selection as an essential component in recruitment
planning. The role of recruitment and selection is examined in relation to an organization’s
overall profitability or viability. The course introduces students to a wide range of issues,
principles, practices and trends in recruitment and selection, with special emphasis on the use
of technology in recruitment process including the use of big data and social media. Students
will be required to critically evaluate and utilize different recruitment and selection techniques.

BUS 312 Psychological Assessment in HRM
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts and types of psychometric
assessment tools commonly used in the workplace. The specific applications of the
assessments in the HRM process are examined in detail. The professional and ethical
guidelines in the administration of assessments are reviewed to build up professionalism. The
course also helps students develop a critical and creative mindset in understanding human
behaviour both quantitatively and qualitatively, in the context of the practice of HRM.

BUS 318 Game Theory in Business Decision
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course is designed to provide theoretical fundamentals, solution techniques and
applications of game theory to strategic decision-making in a business environment. Topics to

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