Human Resource Management focuses on principles, methods, and technologies that are used to improve the productivity of an organisation. HR specialists achieve this through strategies and policies that increase the effectiveness of employees. The employees or staff are also referred to as the human capital, the lifeblood and the most important resource of most organisations. HR is evolving, with the focus changing from the administrative tasks to the strategic input and having a seat at the management table. This is facilitated by the evolving needs of current organisations and by technology, which enables more efficient processing or approval of transactions, budgets, and other financial activities. HR specialists need to understand business strategy. They need to understand what drives business success and how to engage employees and help them develop and adapt in a constantly changing work environment.

This curriculum is reviewed to meet the needs of learners, future employees, and employers in the field of human resource management. It is a demand and competence based curriculum, with the target of enhancing learners to have abilities to perform well in their works. This will enable the programme to produce graduates who are innovative, creative, and flexible to respond quickly to the social, job market and global environment. The holder of Certificate in Human Resource Management (CHRM) is an elementary level in the profession of human resource which enabled graduates to apply skills and knowledge at basic level of work activities in human resource, most of which are non-routine.