Human Resource Management (Level 4 Diploma)

Course review:

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Human Resources Management Diploma. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Human Resource Management is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Diploma in Human Resources Management course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

The people within an organisation are its key source of competitive advantage. A simple and undeniably true statement, and yet today there are still organisations out there that fail to recognise the value of its people (its human resource), and have not yet grasped the important contribution that people make to business success.

The resource of people, when looked after and invested in, are the difference between organisations that are successful and those that are not. However, it is the way in which people are managed, in other words the specific techniques and approaches to people management and development that are fundamental to that success.

Human Resource Management (HRM) contributes to business success by providing a wide range of activities that are designed to make best use of the key resource of people, and overall these activities are integral to the wider role of management.

COURSE KEY TOPICS
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The aim of this learning course is to provide an overview of many of the key activities of HRM that are fundamental to the effective management and development of people at work:

Management and the role of the HR department
Employee planning, recruitment and selection
Contract of employment and employee induction
Managing performance and employee appraisal
Workplace learning and employee development
Managing people and developing relations
Employee retention and commitment
Employee absence and well-being
Employee grievance and discipline
Termination of employment

HOME STUDY SUPPORT
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You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your course of study. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

COURSE ASSESSMENT
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This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out with the units listed above, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

HOME STUDY RESOURCES
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Student Handbook

COURSE DURATION
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We recommended you spend approximately 400 hours of your time studying for the Human Resource Management course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 8 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 16 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 4 NCFE Diploma in Human Resource Management in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.

COURSE QUALIFICATION
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NCFE Level 4 Human Resource Management Diploma

This course leads to a Level 4 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In accrediting the programme at level 4, NCFE attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 4 national qualification.

In Scotland this course leads to a Level 7 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 7 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for Scotland.

In Ireland this course leads to a Level 6 for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 6 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for Ireland.