Certificate in Human Resource Development
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Course Overview
The Certificate in Human Resource Development is an online professional development course that explores the important role of human resources in an organisation's competitive advantage. Graduates of the Certificate in Human Resource Development will gain an
understanding of profitability and organisational effectiveness, as well as a sound knowledge of, and experience in, the traditional areas of human resource management.
In light of the evolving field of Human Resource Development, this course examines the strategic roles of human resource development in organisations: training; management and career development and organisational development. Theories and factors affecting
training outcomes are also considered, including the training environment and organisational culture. The Certificate in Human Resource Development will equip graduates with the knowledge required to formulate and implement strategies and programs that foster
the development of a 'learning organisation' and high performance work systems.
Topics
- Introduction to HRD
- Early development
- Award restructuring
- HRD functions
- Training and development
- Organisational development
- HRD and change
- Intervention strategies
- Learning organisation
- High performance work systems
- Career development
- Strategic management and HRD
- Strategy formulation and implementation
- The training environment and organisational culture
- Contrasting organisational cultures
- Orientation
- Career development
- The ‘new employment relationship’
- Coaching and coaching skills
- Counselling
- Mentoring
Assessment
Assignment-based
Course Duration
Course duration: Approximately 25 hours. As a guide, certificate courses can be completed within 5-10 weeks of part-time study. E-learning access: 3 months’-learning access, with free extensions available.
Schedules
The organization has over twelve years experience working with development partners in capacity building in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. We have trained over 3500 development workers in various developments related thematic areas..
We have further conducted over fifty participatory mid term and end term evaluations in the region. Our package is results-oriented and hands-on, enabling our trainees and partners to learn and apply the skills gained on conclusion of the exercise planned. The organization provides a depth of collective technical expertise and experiences as well as demonstrated ability to work in a variety of cultural settings.
Services
One of the key reasons that there is no meaningful development in Africa is the lack of capacity by beneficiaries to implement sustainable programmes. Capacity Africa Institute values the communities we work in as engines and classrooms for knowledge dissemination. Through our training arm, we deliver training programmes to civil servants, development workers and young people. Our training techniques ensure that knowledge dissemination is a continuous process, from the young to the old, from school going young adults to professionals. The benefits of our courses include:- ...