Executive Education: Executive Courses & Action Learning Workshops

Strategic Human Resource Management Course (SHRM Course)
Planning, building and managing strategic human capital

Course Methods:  Executive Action Learning (Experiential Workshop)
Course Venue:     Client's site or at IIM Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Course Duration:  3 days
Course Time:       9AM-4PM
Course Fees:        Based on number of executives and level of customization

Course Audience

• CPO's Executive Management Team: Human Capital Managers, Human Resources Managers, Training Managers, Knowledge Managers, Recruitment & Development Managers, Department Managers, Project Managers, Entrepreneurs, and Human Resources Management Consultants.

Course Objectives

• Provides a review of the Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) Framework.
• Offers experiential analysis to understand the challenges of CPOs and HR Managers in developing their organizations
• Provides insights on how to develop strategies, initiatives and programs to introduce and sustain competitive HR advantage in organizations 
• Focuses on best practices, tools and models to implement an effective HRM system
• Emphasizes the value of strategic human resource management in business performance with focus on organization design, change and development.
• Addresses the human capital as a critical role in firm's viability in the knowledge economy

Course Focus

• Develop the core executive HR skills and competencies. The core competencies include HRM knowledge, planning, control, problem-solving and communication. The development and evaluation of these skills are based on IIM's proprietary KASAC executive education model.

Key Concepts

• Top CPO Questions, Strategic Human Resources Management Best Practices, HR Strategic Planning, Job Analysis, Job Description, Job Specification, Job Design, Job Enrichment, Rewards, Compensation and Benefits, Recruitment and Selection, Employee Separation, Performance Management, Orientation, Training and Development, Diversity, Organization Development, Performance Management System, Incentives, Discipline, Restructure, Reengineering, Downsizing, Span of Control, Power, Authority and Responsibility, Incentives, Rewards Systems, Pay For Performance, Evaluation, Recruiting, Testing, Human Capital Investment, Training Methods, Scientific Management (Taylor), Specialization, Division of Labor, Administrative Management (Fayol), Knowledge Economy, Intellectual Capital, Organization Structure, Organizational Design, Organization Development, Work Specialization, Departmentalization, Chain of Command, Span Of Control, Centralization, Decentralization, Employee Empowerment, Virtual Organization, Network Organization, Career Development, Action Learning, Learning Organization, Outsourcing, Appraisal, Performance, 360 Degree Feedback, Flextime, Telecommuting
• HR Law and Ethics: HR Legal Risk Management. Employee Legal Rights and Duties. Labor Unions. Equal Opportunity Employment. Conflict Resolution. Employee Handbook. Affirmative Action. Sexual Harassment. Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR). Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility. 5 Ethical Tests. Corporate Citizenship

Customization Subjects

• Organization behavior and psychology: examining individual differences, group dynamics (teams and networks) and the impact of culture and communication on individuals in organizational life.
• HRM and organizational design: Consideration of the impact of environmental factors, information technology, and the implications of the knowledge economy.
• Managing and improving business performance through HR strategy
• Strategic staffing: learn how to attract, recruit and retain the best talent
• HR performance management and the analysis of major problems including skill deficits and dysfunctional levels of labor turnover. 
• DACUM; job analysis and design, 
• HR recruitment, interviewing and selection, negotiation skills development 
• HR orientation, socialization, training and development
• HR performance appraisal design, pay, rewards, compensation, recognition and promotion. 
• HRM law, policy and workplace governance
• HR training and development
• HR diversity in the global economy - The rise of transnational corporations, their influence on the employment relationship.
• Balancing the goals of management with the needs and aspirations of employees.

Courseware Content

IIM's SHRM courseware includes:

1. Participant's coursework and assessment project guide
2. Executive summary of the subject matter (in power-point lecture notes format):
   • Summary of essential concepts and SHRM best practices
   • Examples and case studies
3. SHRM toolkit (management frameworks, decision models, checklists, etc.)
4. Experiential work-based assessment project
5. Online resources for the completion of the experiential assessment project

Executive Team Performance Evaluation (Optional):

• Performance will be evaluated on the basis of individual or team project deliverables
• Candidates can complete customized experiential / work-based projects such as developing a relevant analysis document, management strategy, action plan or a senior management presentation
• IIM course advisor will review the deliverables and provide improvement feedback
• There are no traditional quizzes or theoretical exams.

 Course Prerequisites 

• For accelerated team workshops, participants must have similar levels of experience. This is not required for public courses or individual self-paced distance-learning courses

Course Registration:

• Custom executive education courses are available only to companies and government organizations upon request. Contact Us
• Individual registration is available for public courses, please visit Management Training Courses