Micro-Credential in Human Resource Management

Week 1

The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management

·         Explain what HRM is and how it relates to the management process;

·         Give at least examples of how managers can use HR concepts and techniques; and illustrate the HR management responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers;

Provide a good example that illustrates HR’s role in formulating and executing company strategy.

Strategic Human Resource Management and the HR Scorecards

·         Outline the steps in the strategic management process;

·         Explain and give examples of each type of companywide and competitive strategy;

·         Explain what a strategy-oriented HR system is and why it is important;

·         Illustrate and explain each of the seven steps in the HR Scorecard approach to creating HR systems.

Management Seminar Session

Simulations

Week 2

Recruitment and Placement

Job Analysis

·         Discuss the nature of job analysis, including what it is and how it is used.

·         Use at least three methods of collecting job analysis information, including interviews, questionnaires and observations.

·         Write job descriptions including summaries and job functions, using the Internet and traditional methods

·         Write job specifications using the internet as well as your judgment.

·         Explain job analysis in a jobless world including what it means and how it is done in practice.

Personal Planning and Recruiting

·         Explain the main techniques used in employment planning and forecasting

·         List and discuss the main outside sources of candidates

·         Effectively recruit job candidates

·         Name and describe the main internal sources of candidates

·         Explain how to recruit a more diverse workforce

Employee Testing and Selection

·         Explain what is meant by reliability and validity

·         Explain how you would go about validating a test

·         Cite and illustrate our testing guidelines

·         Give examples of some of the ethical and legal considerations in

testing

·         List eight tests you could use for employee selection and how you would use them

·         Explain the key points to remember in conducting background investigations

Management Seminar Session

Case Studies

Week 3

Interviewing Candidates

·         List the main types of selection interviews

·         Explain and illustrate at least six factors that affect the usefulness of interviews

·         Explain and illustrate each guidelines for being a more effective interviewer

·         Effectively interview a job candidate

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Training and Developing Employees

·         Describe the basic training process

·         Describe and illustrate how you would go about identifying training requirements

·         Explain how to distinguish between problems you can fix with training and those you can’t

·         Explain how to use five training techniques

Management Seminar Session

Group Discussions

Week 4

Managing Careers

·         Compare employers’ traditional and career

·         Explain the employee’s, manager’s and employer’s career development roles

·         Describe the issues to consider when making promotion decisions

·         Describe the methods for enhancing diversity through career management.

COMPENSATION

Establishing Strategic Pay Plans

·         List the basic factors in determining pay rates.

·         Explain to detail how to establish pay rates.

·         Explain how to price managerial and professional jobs.

·         Discuss competency-based pay and current-trends in compensation

Management Seminar Session

Group Discussions

Week 5

Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives

·         Discuss the main incentives for individual employees

·         Discuss the pros and cons of incentives for salesperson

·         Name and define the most popular organization-wide variable pay plans.

·         Describe the main incentives for managers and executives.

·         Outline the steps in developing

Benefits and Services

·         Name and define each of the main pay for time not worked benefits.

• Describe each of the main insurance benefits.
• Discuss the main retirement benefits.
• Outline the main employees’ services benefits.

·         Explain the main flexible benefit programmes

Management Seminar Session

Presentations

Simulations

Week 6

Ethics, Justice and Fair Treatment in HR Management

·         Explain what is meant by ethical behaviour at work.

• Discuss important factors that shape ethical behaviour at work.
• Describe at least four specific ways in which HR management can influence ethical behaviour at work.
• Employ fair disciplinary practices

·         List at least four important factors in managing dismissals effectively.

Management Seminar Session

Case Studies

Week 7

Employee Safety and Health

·         Explain the supervisor’s role in safety

• Minimize unsafe acts by employees.

·         Explain how to deal with important occupational health problems

Managing Global Human Resources

·         List the HR challenges of international business.

·         Illustrate how inter-country differences affect HRM

·         Discuss the global differences and similarities in HR practices.

·         Explain five ways to improve international assignments through selection.

·         Discuss how to train and maintain international employees

Submission of Assignments

Week 8

Final Examination

Conclusion Session

Awarding of Certificates

Presentation by VC or Representative of VC