COURSE OVERVIEW
Mastering advanced human resource management principles equips individuals to foster innovative teamwork and drive organizational transformation. Beyond enhancing organizational performance, this course helps participants improve their own leadership capabilities and positively impact those they manage. The Advanced Human Resource Management program is designed to prepare leaders at all levels to act as change agents and leader-coaches within their organizations.

KEY FEATURES
This Advanced Human Resource Management course emphasizes:

• Self-Analysis: Understanding your current capabilities and identifying knowledge gaps.
• Organizational Analysis: Evaluating your organization’s approach to HRM.
• Application of Learning: Translating course principles into practical workplace actions.
• Leadership Development: Becoming an effective leader-coach and change agent.
• Collaborative Learning: Engaging in group discussions to learn from peers.
• Feedback Exercises: Reinforcing learning through interactive in-class exercises.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants in this course will:

• Expand Knowledge On:
  • External HRM influences, including laws, policies, and regulations.
  • Internal organizational factors, such as strategy and culture.
  • HRM goals and desired outcomes.
  • Managing the employee life cycle, from recruitment to separation.
  • Retention principles, including Integration and Identification.
  • Developing multi-generational employees through coaching, mentoring, performance evaluations, assessments, and training.
  • Treating employees as valued individuals, not just human capital.
• Enhance Skills In:
  • Identifying and resolving HRM challenges.
  • Effective written and oral communication.
  • Critical thinking and analytical problem-solving.
  • Collaborative teamwork.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This program is designed for:

• Professionals and leaders seeking in-depth knowledge of HRM best practices.
• Individuals aiming to become more effective leader-coaches.
• Anyone interested in enhancing HRM practices in a dynamic, global business environment.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The course uses a practical, experiential learning approach grounded in adult learning principles. It combines brief, engaging lectures with structured lessons from the learning manual, dynamic PowerPoint presentations with videos, group discussions, and action planning. Interactive exercises and Q&A sessions reinforce key concepts, fostering a collaborative environment where participants learn to be effective leader-coaches. Pre- and post-course assessments evaluate training effectiveness.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1 – HRM and Strategic Leadership

• Key Topics:
  • Current HRM challenges: Self and organizational assessments
  • HRM’s role in strategic leadership
  • HRM and the 4Cs of Leadership
  • Capacity-building for strategic implementation: impact on customers, employee performance, retention, and innovation
  • Feedback Exercise #1

Module 2 – Enhancing HRM Competencies

• Key Topics:
  • Emerging issues in HRM
  • Conceptual foundations for addressing HRM challenges and planning for the future
  • Evaluation of:
    • Five core supervisory/management competencies
    • Nine HR competencies
    • Eight common transitional leadership errors
  • Seven motivation principles from leading theories
  • Two key but often overlooked retention principles
  • Four Leader-Coach vs. Manager scenarios: assessing effectiveness in leadership and management
  • Feedback Exercise #2

Module 3 – HR as a Strategic Partner

• Key Topics:
  • Strategic management and HRM alignment
  • HR and strategic leadership
  • Addressing current employment pressures and challenges
  • Integrating HR function with organizational objectives
  • Advanced communication and negotiation skills
  • Strategies to boost employee engagement and productivity
  • HRM, knowledge management, and succession planning
  • Feedback Exercise #3

Module 4 – The Multi-Generational Workforce

• Key Topics:
  • Understanding work preferences and motivations of different generations
  • Managing a multicultural, multi-generational workforce
  • Developing retention strategies
  • Aligning HRM with customer values
  • Encouraging innovation
  • Leading change and creating team synergy
  • Feedback Exercise #4

Module 5 – Advanced HRM Skills in Action: Principles into Practice

• Key Topics:
  • Collaborating towards shared organizational goals
  • Consultation and customer service skills
  • Coaching and mentoring for effectiveness and growth
  • Change management and facilitation skills
  • Comprehensive Feedback Exercise #5