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Find out how good HR practice supports organisations and their people
HR professionals look after the greatest creators of value (and risk) in organisations: their people. On this course, you’ll get an introduction to the practice of HR, and develop skills you need as an HR professional. You’ll learn how HR helps organisations achieve business goals and strategic objectives. You’ll explore the basic principles of workforce planning, employee recruitment and retention. Finally, you’ll find out about performance management, and how to support people in achieving goals.
Syllabus
What topics will you cover?
- Why HR matters
- HR Professionalism in practice
- Enabling an organisation’s strategy through HR
- Data, and how to use it effectively
- Workforce planning, recruitment and retention
- Workforce engagement and managing performance
Instructors
Sarah Davis
I'm Head of Partnerships for CIPD Middle East. A Chartered CIPD Member with an MBA from Henley Business School the scholarship for 2003 and a MA in Personnel & Development from Westminster University
David D'Souza
Described as “one of the UK’s most influential HR and workplace commentators”, David is the CIPD’s Membership Director and a respected speaker, writer and expert on progressive HR & business practice.
Steve George
Steve is the CIPD’s HR Content Manager and has over 15 years’ experience in developing online training for some of the world's top brands and HR teams. Twitter: @steveglearning
Stuart Haden
Working with individuals, teams & organisations to develop optimal performance (flow states) & be up to 500% more effective. Author of It’s Not About the Coach.
Warren Howlett
Warren is the CIPD’s Head of HR Content. Responsible for professional development and learning products, digital content, tools, resources, platforms and qualifications. Twitter: @warrenhowlett
Content Designer
The CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years. It has more than 145,000 members across the world, provides thought leadership through independent research on the world of work, and offers professional training and accreditation for those working in HR and learning and development.
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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