Overview/Description Tactics or strategy – which would you invest in? Which creates more value for the organization? Every organization strives to be more effective and efficient in reaching its goals and objectives. In an ideal world, your strategy is well defined and aligned with the goals of the organization. HR has a seat at the executive table, helping to set and implement strategy throughout the organization, and all the day-to-day administrative HR activities efficiently support the organizational strategy. This is transformational HR. This course differentiates between traditional...

Overview/Description An organization's talent is the key to its success, and HR is perfectly positioned to contribute to that success by optimizing the workforce and engaging employees to use their knowledge, skills, and abilities to support the organization's goals and objectives. This course covers ways in which transformational HR can direct all its talent management processes toward driving performance and achieving high-level business goals. In transformational HR, talent management must be flexible, tailored to the business strategy, entrenched in the organizational culture, and...

Overview/Description This course examines human resources development theories and activities, used to help increase individual and organizational effectiveness. Learners are provided with direction on how to assess an organization's training needs and how to approach employee training and development activities in order to develop general, as well as specialized, training initiatives and programs. Instruction on training facilitation techniques, instructional methods, and program delivery mechanisms is also provided. Approaches and tools for assessing the effectiveness of training and...

Overview/Description This course examines Human Resource Development (HRD) and Organizational Development (OD) activities and initiatives. It provides instruction on the relationship between HRD and the organization, the key components of HRD, along with key federal legislation that affects HRD activities – both their development and delivery. This course also examines OD theories and applications and provides direction to HR professionals on how to approach OD initiatives to ensure they support organizational objectives. Employee development theories are also addressed, as well as how to...