Strategic Approaches to Human Resource Development (HRCI/SPHR-aligned)

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
In order to excel in business, organizations must translate their vision into the necessary level of competencies needed to achieve goals. This course examines how human resource development (HRD) aligns the skills, knowledge, and abilities of staff to future organization and individual needs. In addition, the course looks at how an understanding of adult learning and organizational development can assist in staff development. Finally, the course covers some organizational development initiatives that are now seen as an integral part of HRD. This course prepares HR professionals and management who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination. The content in this course is based on the Strategic Management functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
Human resource managers; leaders and professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination; compensation and benefits analysts; staffing managers; recruitment consultants

Prerequisites
Familiarity with HRCI Body of Knowledge at the HRCI/PHR level.

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Strategic Approaches to Human Resource Development (HRCI/SPHR-aligned)

identify the benefits of developing strategic thinking skills

identify the benefits associated with a competency-based approach to HRD

match the stages in competency-based performance management to the steps of each stage

match the steps for assessing training needs to examples

match levels of training evaluation to examples of evaluation methods

apply the appropriate evaluation methods to assess different aspects of a given HRD training scenario

identify the impact that organizational learning, performance, and change have on HRD

match the five organizational learning disciplines within a learning organization to examples

recognize the benefits of understanding adult learners

help an adult learner to overcome resistance to learning in a given scenario

match learning styles with examples of how learners learn

recognize types of learning curves

distinguish between the different levels in Bloom's Taxonomy

recognize how organizational development can help you in implementing HR strategies

recognize examples of the stages in an intervention or action-research process

identify the relationship between an organization's strategy and its culture

recognize examples of ways you can assist in a change initiative

Course Number:
hr_04_a04_bs_enus