Free Human Resources courses
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Free Human resources: recruitment and selection course
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Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee, then this unit will provide a straight-forward guide to the process: from writing job descript...
Free Human resource management - workforce planning course
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demand for labour by the business and how this is likely to be supplied. The final stage involves the creation and implementation of a human resources plan which aims to deliver the right number of the right people for the business. How strategy feeds...
Free Human resource management - introduction course
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of the business and management (rather than just serve the interests of employees); - To link human resource strategies / policies to the business goals and objectives; - To find ways for human resources to "add value" to a business; - To help a business gain...
Free Human resource management - succession planning course
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Introduction Succession planning is seen as an important process by most large businesses - but what does it mean? Some of the confusion surrounding succession planning is due to people using the term in many different ways. Succession planning is best described as a process where one or more "succe...
Free Creating an ethical organization course
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Businesses are increasingly making explicit their committment to dealing with ethical concerns. This unit explores the business case for an ethical approach to human resources management and examines whether a more ''human-centred'' approach...
Free Strategic HR Management course
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This course is about both the design and execution of human resource management strategies. This course has two central themes: (1) How to think systematically and strategically about aspects of managing the organization''s human assets, and (2...
Free System Safety course
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This course covers important concepts and techniques in designing and operating safety-critical systems. Topics covered include: the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety...
Free Recruitment - introduction course
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What is recruitment? Recruitment is an important part of a business' human resource planning. In all businesses, people are a vital resource - and they need to be managed as such. The overall aim of the recruitment and selection process is to obtain...
Free Managing Transformations in Work, Organizations, and Society course
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Managerial issues addressed are associated with managing changes and innovations occurring in the nature of work and organizations and the role of the corporation in society. Topics covered include the changing social contract at work, integrating work and family, managing diversity, managing strate...
Free Workforce planning - labour turnover course
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What is "labour turnover"? Labour turnover refers to the movement of employees in and out of a business. However, the term is commonly used to refer only to 'wastage' or the number of employees leaving. High labour turnover causes problems for business. It is costly, lowers productivity and morale a...
Free Recruitment - internal recruitment course
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What is internal recruitment? This refers to the filling of job vacancies from within the business - where existing employees are selected rather than employing someone from outside. A business might decide that it already has the right people with the right skills to do the job, particularly if its...
Free Recruitment - external recruitment course
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What is external recruitment? This refers to the filling of job vacancies from outside the business (contrast with internal recruitment). Most businesses engage in external recruitment fairly frequently, particularly those that are growing strongly, or that operate in industries with high staff turn...
Free Economics explains discrimination in the labour market course
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Discrimination in the labour market exists in many forms: the ''glass ceiling'' ageism, racism, etc. This unit will help you look at this problem with a new perspective: through economics. You will learn how economists have tried to understand what drives this distortion of the labour market and why...
Free Workforce planning - flexible working hours course
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A system of flexible working hours gives employees some choice over the actual times they work their contracted hours. Such a system can be a good way of recruiting and retaining staff - since it provides an opportunity for employees to work hours consistent with their other commitments (e.g. child ...
Free Employee appraisal - 360 degree feedback course
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In the revision note on appraisal and performance review we concentrated on the assessment of employees by managers. But how should management be assessed? After all, key management have a vital impact on the performance of a business - and they too will have development and training needs. One incr...
Free Recruitment - person specification course
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What is a person specification? A person specification describes the requirements a job holder needs to be able to perform the job satisfactorily. These are likely to include: - Education and qualifications - Training and experience - Personal attributes / qualities How does this compare with a job ...
Free An introduction to business cultures course
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Disney and Google are just two companies renowned for their ''business culture''. Have you ever wondered why the company you work for is different from others? This unit explores how the concept of culture developed to the point where it is now possible to see and (feel) the difference between compa...
Free Workforce planning - teleworking course
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Teleworking is a method of workforce planning that allows employees to spend all or part of their working week at a location remote from employers' workplaces. Home working is a form of teleworking but there are several different categories: Traditional mobile workers , like sales representatives an...
Free Workforce planning - job sharing course
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Job sharing involves dividing a single full-time job between two people who share the responsibility, pay and benefits. Jobs can be shared between two people on a: - Daily basis, with one sharer working mornings and the other afternoons - Weekly basis, with sharers working half a week each Another m...
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