Strategic Human Resources Management

This course addresses how firms can manage human resources (HR) as a source of competitive advantage. We will consider a wide array of strategic HR perspectives and how they apply in a variety of business contexts. Lecture, discussion, and case analysis will be the primary methods used to examine models, structures, techniques, and processes for: 

• creating competitive HR strategies
• translating strategy to operational plans that produce results and add value
• strategic planning for manpower and L&D
• creating value added mechanisms
• developing meaningful KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
• using Balanced Scorecard to monitor and review HR performance
• assessing ROI (return on investment)

By the end of the course HR managers will have gained valuable insights into company strategy enabling them to transform the HR function to assume a more strategically central role in the organisation.