The 5-Day MBA in HR

DAY 1

An Overview of Human Resource Management

• The changing world of business and its impact on the Human Resource Function

• Introducing Human Resource Management (HRM)

• The difference between HRM and Personnel Management

• Main activities, responsibilities, and tasks of HRM

• Introducing Strategic HRM (SHRM)

• Strategic Business Planning

• HR jobs and systems

• Typical department structure – HRM department case study

• Qualifications and professional study – CIPD, SHRM, Arabic Societies

DAY 2

Performance Management in a Multi‐Cultural Organization

• The principles of effective performance management

• The role of HR and the responsibilities of line management in PM

• Addressing the performance gap

• Invoking the disciplinary process

• Performance Management in multi-cultural organizations

• The purpose and use of Performance Appraisal

• Characteristics of an effective Performance Appraisal meeting

• The advantages and disadvantages of 360-degree feedback

DAY 3

Recruitment, Employee Resourcing & Reward

• Flexibility and introducing the ‘flexible firm’

• Pay and reward, compensation and benefits

• Total reward

• The psychology of motivation

• Introduction to reward

• Recruitment and selection

• Assessment and development centers

• Exit procedures and exit interviews

DAY 4

Workplace Conflict & Working with Troubled Employees

• Managing employee problems

• Stress Management

• Counseling Services & Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)

• Equality of opportunity & employee diversity

• Bullying & Harassment

• Workplace Conflict

• Managing conflict at work

• Introducing workplace mediation

DAY 5

• Human Capital Management – HR Planning

• What is learning?

• Training and Development

• Induction for new employees

• HRM Ethics

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Personal action planning

• Continuing personal development (CPD)