Human Resource Management Intermediate Certificate

You will study the following modules: Developing professional practice Which enables you to develop a sound understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviours required by HR professionals. It will enable you to assess your own strengths and identify a continuing professional development (CPD) plan, based on the capabilities required for ethical, business-focused and interpersonal professional conduct Business issues and the contexts of human resources Which enables you to identify and review the business and external contextual factors affecting organisations and to assess the impacts of these factors on the HR function. The unit also examines HR’s role in strategy formulation and implementation Using information in human resources HR professionals need to be able to present a viable and realistic case for improvement based on sound work-based research and an understanding of what is considered good practice. This unit develops the skills of research and enquiry in order to enable you to identify appropriate data sources to support an investigation into an area of HR practice and to apply this data to evaluate the role of HR in business and strategy formulation and implementation, and to prepare and present a business case for improvement. Contemporary Developments in Employment Relations This unit provides an understanding of key developments in the theory and practice of employment relations, both within and beyond the immediate organisational context. You will cover the skills required to make informed and effective judgements about existing and emerging models, processes and practices of employment relations in local and international jurisdictions. Employment Law Recent decades have seen a substantial increase in the extent to which the employment relationship in the UK and the EU is regulated through employment legislation. The purpose of this unit is to introduce the major areas of employment legislation and the employment law system, focusing in particular on ways in which day-to-day HR activities are subjected to some form of regulation Managing and co-ordinating the human resources function This explores the role of the HR function in organisations in general terms. It focuses on the aims and objectives of HR departments in contemporary organisations and particularly on the ways that these are evolving. Different ways of delivering HR objectives and emerging developments in the management of the employment relationship are explored as well as the methods that can be used to demonstrate that the function adds value for organisations. The unit also considers published research evidence linking HR activity with positive organisational outcomes.