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HR Fundamentals

Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development via FutureLearn

Overview

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Discover how good HR practices can support organisations and their people

HR professionals look after the greatest creators of value (and risk) in organisations: their people.

On this five-week course, you’ll be introduced to the practice of HR, and develop essential skills to help further your career.

You’ll learn what HR means and how it helps organisations achieve business goals and strategic objectives.

Unpack workforce planning in human resources

You’ll delve into the evolution of the HR profession to understand which of the current practices are the most effective.

You’ll also explore the basic principles of workforce planning to ensure your organisation has the right people. Within this, you’ll understand employee recruitment to help bring people into the organisation, and retention to help ensure they stay.

Discover how you can lead performance management

Finally, you’ll find out about performance management, including reward and recognition, to improve employee engagement and support people in achieving goals.

Learn from the experts at the CIPD

By the end of this insightful course from the CIPD, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how to be an effective HR professional and have the skills to start a successful career in human resources.

This course is designed for new or aspiring HR professionals, but may also be of interest to people responsible for people operations.

Syllabus

  • What HR means
    • Getting started
    • HR professionalism
  • HR practice
    • The evolution of the HR profession
    • What does good HR practice look like?
    • The importance of data
    • Impact of great HR practice
  • People and strategy
    • People matter
    • Strategy
    • Workforce planning
  • Performance, engagement, reward and recognition
    • Getting the best from yourself and others
    • Performance management conversations
    • Employee engagment
    • Reward and recognition
  • Recruitment
    • Tying it all together
    • Bringing people into the organisation
    • HR profession – recap

Taught by

David D'Souza

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