8506 - AMA: Fundamentals of Human Resources Management

Overview

Duration: 2.0 days

This intensive, hands-on seminar will give you a solid overview of all aspects of HR.

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

Objectives

• 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

Content

• 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

Audience

None

Prerequisites

None

Certification

This course is not associated with any Certification.