Strategic Human Resources Management
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Program Professional Framework
Strategic Human Resources Management
Program Overview
Strategic HR is about ensuring the organisation has the capabilities, culture and structure needed to deliver its strategy. This course covers HR strategy formulation, aligning HR architecture with business strategy, workforce and capability planning, organisation design, culture and change, and measuring HR contribution with an HR scorecard. It gives particular attention to GCC priorities such as national transformation agendas, localisation of jobs and building future skills, showing how HR leaders turn these priorities into coherent people strategies, policies and investment decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- ✓Analyse an organisation's strategy and external environment to identify critical people implications.
- ✓Formulate an HR strategy with priorities, initiatives and measurable targets.
- ✓Align HR policies so that recruitment, development and reward practices reinforce each other.
- ✓Assess organisation design options against strategic and operational requirements.
- ✓Build an HR scorecard that tracks the contribution of people initiatives to business outcomes.
Target Audience
- HR directors and managers
- Senior HR business partners
- Strategy and transformation office professionals
- Line executives responsible for organisational capability
Detailed Program Modules
01Foundations of Strategic HR
- Best fit and best practice approaches
- Resource-based view and human capital
- HR's role in strategy formulation and execution
02Environmental and Organisational Analysis
- PESTLE and labour market analysis for GCC economies
- Capability gap and workforce risk analysis
- Localisation and future skills requirements
03Formulating the HR Strategy
- Strategic people priorities and initiatives
- Aligning HR policies into a coherent system
- HR budgets and investment cases
04Organisation Design and Culture
- Structural options and spans of control
- Culture diagnosis and desired behaviours
- Leading people-related change
05The HR Operating Model
- Service delivery and HR technology
- HR capabilities and team structure
- Governance of HR policies and decisions
06Measuring HR Contribution
- HR scorecard and balanced indicators
- Linking people metrics to business results
- Reviewing and refreshing the HR strategy
Training Methodology
Applied Project & Assessment
Applied Project
Participants develop a concise HR strategy for their organisation or a provided GCC case: environmental analysis, five strategic people priorities, aligned initiatives, required investment and an HR scorecard with baseline and target values.
Assessment
Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.
University Certificate & International Accreditation
Professional Certificate accredited by Alzette University in Strategic Human Resources Management
International accreditation: European Institute for Human Resources Management (EIHRM)