One way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to skillfully managing employees by illustrating alternative human resource management (HRM) strategies, introducing the importance of the legal context, and thinking about what motivates employees. This will then give you the factual and conceptual basis for developing specific, critical HRM skills in subsequent courses on hiring employees, managing performance, and rewarding employees. Don't know anything about HRM? That's OK! Leave this course with a new-found understanding of the range of options available for managing employees, a grasp of what makes workers tick, and the readiness to develop your own HRM skills.

Preparing to Manage Human Resources
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Preparing to Manage Human Resources
This course is part of Human Resource Management: HR for People Managers Specialization

Instructor: John W. Budd
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- Staff Management
- Human Resource Policies
- Compensation and Benefits
- Human Resource Strategy
- People Management
- Compensation Strategy
- Compensation Management
- Employee Relations
- Human Capital
- Employee Performance Management
- Labor Relations
- Labor Law
- Team Motivation
- Employee Engagement
- Resource Management
- Human Resources Management and Planning
- Economics
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Human Resources
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Reviewed on Jun 19, 2020
I had a very great time while doing this course and there are a lot of things that i have learned from this course, and because of my this experience i am looking forward to go for another course
Reviewed on Oct 27, 2017
I really enjoyed this foundation class. It provide me with a deeper understand of human resources beyond just transactional duties. Human Resources is a key component in the life of an organization.
Reviewed on Apr 4, 2018
The course was useful to me, as I have people management responsibilities as part of my job. I have learned concepts that I did not know about, and got an insight into US labour laws as well.
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