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Fundamentals of Human Resources Management

Master the essential functions of HR and develop an action plan to drive success in your organization with this comprehensive course from the American Management Association. Gain a modern view of HR's role and learn strategies for talent acquisition, assessment, development, and measurement. Ideal for new HR managers or professionals seeking a fast review of HR's role in today's workplace.

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  • 21 and older
  • $2,595
  • Live, interactive online classroom
  • 73 hours over 16 sessions
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  • Tue, May 07 at 2:00pm - 5:30pm
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Description

What you'll learn in this career training:

Whether you're a recently appointed HR manager, are new to HR or have a non-HR job with HR responsibilities, this course can give you the know-how you need. Understand essential HR functions and learn to develop an action plan to put to work in your organization.

This comprehensive seminar delivers a modern view of HR's role and will educate you and give you an opportunity to practice your skills in a variety of areas, including but not limited to:

  • Legal responsibilities
  • Talent Acquisition (Recruiting)
  • Talent Assessment (Performance Management and Diversity)
  • Talent Development (Coaching and Leadership Development)
  • Talent Measurement (Compensation) and much more

Who Should Attend

HR practitioners with less than three years' experience; non-HR practitioners with HR responsibilities; experienced HR professionals seeking a fast review of HR’s role in today's workplace.

How You Will Benefit

  • Understand HR’s role as a vital contributor to your organization’s success
  • Discover strategies to attract and retain top talent
  • Examine best practices for managing performance and creating compensation, training and benefit systems that drive bottom-line results
  • Identify and deal with potentially explosive issues with an eye to both legal requirements and the needs of your business
  • Analyze HR issues and develop action plans you can implement in your organization
  • See how HR and non-HR functions in every organization can create an effective, complementary work environment

What You Will Cover

The Role of HR and Organizational Assessment

  • HR’s role in today’s workplace and beyond
  • HR as a strategic business partner
  • HR trends and challenges

Relationships and Gaining Trust

  • The importance of building relationships
  • How HR relates to non-HR functions
  • The business impact of improved relationships between HR and non-HR departments

Legal Responsibilities

  • Comparison and contrast of HR and managerial legal responsibilities
  • Key federal employment-related terms and legislation
  • Questions and categories to avoid during the employment process
  • Defining and increasing awareness of workplace sexual and other harassment
  • Legal trends and challenges

Talent Acquisition

  • The importance of well-written job descriptions and when to revise them
  • Matching applicants with job requirements and responsibilities
  • Recruiting best practices
  • Selection criteria, questioning techniques and background research
  • Orientation and assimilation

Talent Alignment

  • Aligning talent with the organization's strategic vision
  • Development plans and goal setting
  • Opportunities for internal mobility
  • Communication and change management
  • Succession planning

Talent Management

  • Internal mobility
  • Domestic mobility
  • Global mobility

Talent Assessment: Performance Management and Diversity

  • Objectives of performance management systems
  • Performance management components and guidelines
  • Respective roles among HR, managers and employees
  • Performance management meetings: preparation, action plan, pitfalls
  • Performance issues, counseling and discipline
  • Assessing talent with a diversity lens
  • Key points about diversity

Talent Development

  • Training responsibilities
  • Types of training
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Career development
  • Leadership development

Talent Measurement/Compensation

  • Year-end performance review system
  • Characteristics of an effective compensation system
  • Salary surveys
  • Traditional and dynamic compensation programs

Talent Retention and Transition

  • Employee retention strategies
  • Talent transition

Functional HR Areas

  • Healthcare and other benefits
  • Voluntary benefits/Total Rewards mindset
  • Federally mandated holidays
  • Employee handbooks
  • Policy and procedure manuals
  • Human resource information systems (HRIS)

Final Activity

Putting it all together - understanding and implementing your role in the organization and creating your action plan

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

For Classroom, Live Online, Express Skills Courses and Webinar programs, you may transfer to a future session, send someone to take your place, or cancel for a 5% fee up to 23 days prior to your program.

If you provide AMA with less than 23 days’ notice, or fail to attend, you will be liable for the entire program fee.

Programs included in AMA On Demand offerings are not eligible for substitution, transfer, cancellation, return, or refund. We appreciate that this is an important investment for you and your company and would like to accommodate your needs the best we can.

Please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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