The Fundamentals of HR Policy Development

The Fundamentals of HR Policy Development

Introduction:

This course is introduced to you by the International Academy of Human Resources Development (IAHRD). Our courses are specially designed to meet your needs, explained to you by experts with a long experience in the field.

This course will cover the fundamentals of HR policy development from strategy alignment through to policy identification and implementation.You will learn how to understand organization culture to ensure that policies are used as a strategic alignment tool – not a policing mechanism.You will be equipped to carry out an in-depth analysis of your organization’s HR policy and to benchmark your policies against current best practice and latest thinking.This course will situate HR policy in the current economic climate and look at ways in which HR can contribute towards your organization’s sustainability.

Objectives :

After attending this course, participants will be able to:

1. Produce policy documents clearly and effectively.
2. Have practical experience to be practiced in their own organizations in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM).
3. Utilize the benefits of HR policy and gearing it to serve the organizational goals.
4. Identify , compare and evaluate their current polices to be able to improve them effectively.
5. Continuous policy monitoring and evaluating to make sure everything is on track.

Content:

Module 1:

1. What do we mean by HR policy?
2. Fundamentals of policy development.
3. Why have a policy?

Module 2:

1. Appropriate policies and procedures.
2. how does a policy help an organization?
3. Development of a content outline for a policy manual.

Module 3:

1. Reshaping and designing a suitable HR policy.
2. Policy development and stakeholder involvement.
3. The positive impact of stakeholder involvement.

Module 4:

1. Applying procedures fairly.
2. Effective development of recent policies.
3. Confidentiality and controlling access

Module 5:

1. Sensitive areas of HR policy and managing them effectively.
2. The change in the relationship between the employer and the employee.
3. Policy developments of HR in a downturn.
4. Identifying organizational needs to be able to fulfill them.

Module 6:

1. Overcoming the obstacles and fining appropriate solutions.
2. Policy changes and amendments.
3. Policies for specific strategic initiatives.
4. Developing a supporting user-friendly HR manual.
5. Case study.

Who should attend?

1. CEO’s and Directors
2. Department Heads
3. HR personnel
4. Those responsible for providing workforce data
5. Strategic planners
6. Succession planners
7. Anyone interested in the measurement of the Human Resource
8. Those interested in transforming HR into a profit center.