Essentials of Human Resources Management Seminar # 8506

This intensive, hands-on seminar will give you a solid grasp of all aspects of human resources management.

Learn the essentials of key human resources management functions and gain the confidence and know-how you need to succeed. You’ll return to work with a ready-to-use action plan for your specific HR management issues.

How You Will Benefit

• Understand HR management’s new role as a strategic business partner—and its vital contribution to your organization’s success
  
• Discover strategies to attract and retain top talent
  
• Examine best practices for managing HR, including improving 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 human resources management issues and develop action plans you can implement immediately in your organization

What You Will Cover

Human Resources Overview
• Articulating the strategic and functional roles HR performs for the organization
• Describing the human resources management disciplines employed by effective organizations
• Identifying stakeholders and capturing their requirements

HR’s Role in Compliance 
• Establishing HR management policies and practices that comply with federal laws
• Knowing when to seek help from legal experts
• Identifying compliance “red flags” as they occur

Employment Lifecycle
• Understanding the key elements and phases of the employment life cycle

Workforce Strategy
• Creating strategic alignment between HR and organizational business objectives
• Recognizing the significance of workforce planning in your business
• Explaining the need and value for advancement/succession planning throughout the organization
• Formulating strategies for employee retention

Acquiring Talent
• Describing HR’s role in talent acquisition
• Determining the appropriate workforce strategies required to achieve business objectives
• Identifying interview and selection practices that produce effective hiring decisions
• Constructing orientation and on-boarding programs that accelerate time to performance

Performance Management
• Describing HR’s role in performance management
• Explaining the different types of systems used to manage performance
• Identifying performance management methodologies needed to achieve business objectives

Training and Development
• Describing HR’s role in training and development
• Identifying employee development strategies required to achieve business objectives

Compensation and Benefits
• Describing HR’s role in compensation and benefits
• Producing relevant total reward strategies
• Identifying compensation and benefit methodologies needed to achieve business objectives

Termination
• Describing HR’s role in termination
• Explaining at-will employment
• Differentiating between voluntary and involuntary termination

Personal Action Plan
• Analyzing relevant human resources management issues and presenting findings
• Transferring learning from the classroom to on the job within 24 hours

Note: Session will cover employment law and employee benefits.

Who Should Attend

HR novices with less than three years of experience or long-time professionals looking for an HR management refresher.

Extras from AMA

Participants will receive a USB memory stick preloaded with useful, easy-access links to valuable HR resources.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Accreditation and Continuing Education Units
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

3 days / 1.8 CEUs
Nonmembers $2,095 / AMA Members $1,895 / GSA $1,623

Schedule

We have 12 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between October 13, 2008 and June 17, 2009.

• Call 1-877-566-9441 for an AMA Training Consultant.
• E-mail customerservice@amanet.org
• Fax AMA Text Registration Form
• Mail AMA Text Registration Form