Course Outline
- Human resources management
- Towards a modern definition
- The main functions in HR management
- Competency-based HR management
- HR deliverables: a model for multiple roles
- HR as a business partner
- HR competencies: moving from traditional HR to strategic HR
- The strategic role of human resources
- The evolution of HR into a strategic function
- Steps to building the strategic role of human resources
- Policies and procedures as the cornerstone in strategizing human resources
- Basic writing tips
- Writing in an impersonal style
- Organizing paragraphs and sentences
- Using simple, specific and positive language
- Using active verbs
- Applying easy and effective grammatical rules
- The gunning fox index for writing complexity
- Human resources policies and procedures
- Nature and importance of policies and procedures
- Policies versus procedures
- Why are HR policies and procedures required?
- Expressing values in HR policies and procedures
- Importance of statutory inclusions
- Formulating HR policies and procedures
- A partial list of policies
- Contents and sections of a policy
- Practical policy writing activities
- Development of human resources procedures
- Defining processes and procedures
- Differences between processes and procedures
- Considerations in developing processes and procedures
- Building your process
- Use of flowchart symbols
- Writing detailed procedures to support process maps
- Main considerations in developing HR procedures
- Developing HR procedures – practical application
- Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS)
- Introduction and briefing
- Relating HRMS to policies and procedures
- The various applications
- Oracle human resources management system
- Sap human resources management system
- Other options