Description

Become a better manager of people. Develop strategies and skills for hiring, managing performance, and rewarding employees

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

    Understanding alternative approaches to managing human resources and appreciating the diversity of factors that motivate workers
    Applying best practices for hiring and rewarding employees, and for managing employee performance
    Avoiding key mistakes in (mis)managing human resources

SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN

    Performance Management
    interviewing
    Human Resources (HR)
    Onboarding
    managing people
    Resource Management
    Hr Strategy
    Recruiting
    Recruitment
    Performance Appraisal
    Organizational Culture
    Incentive

About this Specialization

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Do you have people reporting to you that need managing? Or perhaps you want to consider a career in human resources? Or freshen up your HR knowledge?

This specialization provides a robust introduction to the key principles, policies, and practices of human resource management. The specialization begins with a foundational course that considers alternative approaches to managing human resources, provides a background to the U.S. legal context in which employees are hired, fired, rewarded, and managed, and outlines the different reasons that people are motivated to work. The remaining three courses tackle three core areas that all managers should understand: hiring employees, evaluating their performance, and rewarding them. Throughout the courses, an accessible, scientific approach is embraced such that best practices and practical tips are informed by research, but presented in accessible, applied ways.

Upon completing the specialization, learners will have a deeper understanding of what works in the workplace, including a toolkit of best practices for hiring, managing, and rewarding employees.

The specialization will be valuable for managers and entrepreneurs taking on these responsibilities as well as anyone else interested in the fundamental principles of human resource management. The Capstone Project will provide an opportunity to apply this knowledge to a real situation, including your own organization or work unit if desired.

Applied Learning Project

The projects apply the knowledge learned to specific work groups of your choosing (e.g., your own work team). You will learn how to proactively identify key challenges around staffing, performance management, and compensation and then use this to construct strategies and plans for addressing these challenges in the context of your chosen work group.

Last Updated 12/2022