Auditing and Developing your Human Resource Function

25 Jan 10 - 05 Feb 10 - London Book this course 06 Sep 10 - 17 Sep 10 - London Book this course
Duration: 2 weeks
Price:£3700
Course ref: 10MHR

Overview:

Modern Human Resource (HR) departments are leaning towards working in partnership with line managers and have moved to a more advisory and guidance role in the organisation.

Efficient organisations start with good people, but finding them, managing them, and keeping them is not always easy. Continuous change and budget restrictions are placing organisations under increasing pressure to ensure they have a competent and well developed workforce for the future.

When you conduct a human resource audit within your organisation, you need to ensure you have the structure in place to attract and retain your most valuable assets. This programme will assist you in assessing the value of the HR function and develop the appropriate strategies to improve performance of your overall organisation. You will be provided with a foundation for increasing the effectiveness of your human resource audit and deliver value-added results.
 



Learning objective
You will be able to:
  • Review the HR function in your own organisation and make it business driven
  • Undertake a thorough HR audit revealing the strengths and weaknesses
  • Increase the effectiveness of audit strategies delivering value-added results
  • Review the HR strategy and how this is effectively utilised for the future
  • Benchmark your recruitment, selection and promotion process to ensure that this is robust
  • Gain clarity on a range of learning and development interventions that organisations could look to offer
  • Ensure that your HR practice is well managed and prepared to meet potential challenges
  • Learn ways in which information, skills and knowledge available to your HR function can be more widely used and shared
Course content
The purpose and position of a modern HR function
  • What a thorough HR audit entails
  • An opportunity to benchmark your organisation’s audit approach
  • Methods of auditing your HR function
    • Analysis of reports, records and secondary data
    • Individual and group interviews
    • Observations and questionnaires
    • Workshops
  • The challenges and success factors of your HR audit
  • Understanding the importance of the HR strategy in your organisation and current emerging issues
  • Having an awareness of your organisational culture
  • Recognising the need for a robust recruitment, selection and promotion process
  • Making performance management work in the organisation
  • The importance of performance appraisal for individuals and the organisation
  • Using competency frameworks in the organisation and how to integrate these into other HR processes in the future
  • The need for up to date policies and procedures that all staff are aware of and adhere to
  • Communicating and marketing the HR function internally in the organisation
  • Discipline and grievance procedures
  • Alternative dispute resolution methods
  • Career planning and succession planning
  • The importance of HR records management

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