HR in Practice CIPD

This crucial HR in Practice course provides an excellent overview of human resources in practice. Its participative nature makes this an ideal opportunity for you to explore and exchange ideas and information with other participants.

This course can also be run in-house for a group of people in your organisation. Run as it features here, or tailored to suit your organisational needs.

Who is it for

Particularly beneficial if you're new to HR; or have no formal HR training, or you're contemplating a career move to HR. If time is a pressing factor for you, and you're in need of a good overview of HR, this is the right course for you.

Benefits

By the end of the HR in Practice course, you'll be able to:

  • review the contribution of good HR practice in achieving company objectives
  • apply key principles and practices involved in recruitment and selection and employment law
  • improve your overall performance and personal effectiveness in handling a range of HR issues.

Programme

The changing role and scope of HR

  • how HR can add value
  • organisational objectives to policies, procedures and practice

the UK legal context

  • the contract of employment

Discrimination

  • UK discrimination law
  • how to avoid discrimination in the workplace

Recruitment and selection

  • a systematic approach
  • selection methods

Performance management

  • definitions and purpose
  • managing different types of performance
  • appraisal

Dismissal, varying contracts, redundancy

Managing underperformance

  • discipline
  • capability
  • absence

Retention

  • keeping employees loyal and motivated
  • grievance-handling
  • employee commitment.

This course is no longer available.

Course details

This crucial HR in Practice course provides an excellent overview of human resources in practice. Its participative nature makes this an ideal opportunity for you to explore and exchange ideas and information with other participants.

This course can also be run in-house for a group of people in your organisation. Run as it features here, or tailored to suit your organisational needs.

Who is it for

Particularly beneficial if you're new to HR; or have no formal HR training, or you're contemplating a career move to HR. If time is a pressing factor for you, and you're in need of a good overview of HR, this is the right course for you.

Benefits

By the end of the HR in Practice course, you'll be able to:

  • review the contribution of good HR practice in achieving company objectives
  • apply key principles and practices involved in recruitment and selection and employment law
  • improve your overall performance and personal effectiveness in handling a range of HR issues.

Programme

The changing role and scope of HR

  • how HR can add value
  • organisational objectives to policies, procedures and practice

the UK legal context

  • the contract of employment

Discrimination

  • UK discrimination law
  • how to avoid discrimination in the workplace

Recruitment and selection

  • a systematic approach
  • selection methods

Performance management

  • definitions and purpose
  • managing different types of performance
  • appraisal

Dismissal, varying contracts, redundancy

Managing underperformance

  • discipline
  • capability
  • absence

Retention

  • keeping employees loyal and motivated
  • grievance-handling
  • employee commitment.
Updated on 27 August, 2018

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