Do you want to take your HR career to the next level? If you want to take on more responsibility in a people management role, this course is excellent professional development for you.
The Advanced Certificate of Human Resource Management is a professional development course that will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to take on leadership and managerial roles in human resources.
In this human resources management course, you will learn to lead organisational change, manage business risk and finances, and contribute to strategic workforce planning. You will also learn to apply critical thinking to solve complex problems, provide leadership, and develop and implement business plans.
On successful completion of this course, you will feel confident to pursue leadership and management roles in human resources.
Course Structure
Unit 1 - Lead and manage organisational change
- Change management
- Goals and objectives
- Change
- Forecasting
- The input/output procedure
- Budgets
- Forecasting techniques
- Risk assessment and management
- Individual risk
- Change management strategies
- Responsibilities
- Ideas
- Sponsors
- Orchestrators
- Change agents
- Leaders
- Planning and managing change
- Change models
- Lewin
- Beer
- Nadler and Tushman
- Bandura
- Kubler-Ross
- Change management strategies
- Education – effective communication plan
- Effective change strategies
- Innovation
- Introducing change
- Assess and evaluate proposed changes
- Change leading to improvement
- Change situations
- Costs and benefits
- Project plans – for managing change
- Restructuring to support change
- Communication plans
Unit 2 - Manage business risk
- Evaluate organisational processes
- Scope for risk management
- Review strengths and weaknesses of existing arrangement
- Types of risk
- Critical success factors goals and objectives
- Document storage
- Communication with stakeholders
- Document risks on consultation with relevant parties
- Assess the likelihood of risks occurring
- Assess impact or consequence if risk occurs
- Impact analysis
- Evaluate and prioritise risks for treatment
- Probability and impact matrix
- Categorising risk
- Treating risks
- Action plans for risk treatment
- Communicating risk management processes to relevant parties
- Implement action plan according to polices and procedures
- Evaluate risk management processes
- Tools and techniques to identify risks
Unit 3 - Manage organisational finances
- Financial planning
- Budgets and data
- Budgeting periods
- Snapshots of financial situation
- Statutory requirements
- Taxation
- Company tax’
- Employee PAYG
- Goods and services tax
- Financial management software
- Establish budgets and allocate funds
- Preparing budgets
- Data
- Different budgets
- Responsibility accounting
- Circulation and compliance
- Information sharing
- Implementing budgets
- Tracking
- Cash flow budgets
- How cash flow works
- Cash outflows
- Cost analysis and reporting procedures
- Break-even analysis
- The variable cost percent per unit of sales
- Profit and loss reports
- Ratio analysis
- Auditing, and using financial reports
- Due diligence
- Probity
- Financial reports
- Discussion and analysis
- Performance evaluation
Unit 4 - Contribute to Strategic Workforce Planning
- HR organisational objectives
- Organisational goals and plans
- Strategies and emerging trends
- Future labour needs
- Skills requirements and options for sourcing labour
- Strategic plans
- Technology – external influences and trends
- Economic, market and technological trends
- Demographic trends and labour force
- General population trends
- Labour shortages and demands
- Direction, objectives and targets
- Consulting relevant managers
- HR philosophies values and policies
- HR strategic objectives and planning
- Costs and benefits
- Risk management plans
- Contingency plans
- Implementing the plan
- Policy development strategies
- Monitor and review the plan
Unit 5 - Apply critical thinking to complex problem solving
- Scoping the process to solve a complex problem
- Solving complex problems
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Problem solving model – gathering information
- Desk research (internal and external)
- Task objectives
- Risk management – four strategies
- Risk avoidance
- Risk mitigation
- Risk transfer
- Risk sharing
- Documenting problems
- Legislative frameworks
- Policies and procedures
- Resource plans
- Stakeholders – identification techniques
- Developing solutions to complex problems
- Problem solving
- Problem mapping diagrams
- Problem solving mind maps
- Problem solving software solutions
- Using ideation
- Defining problems
- Generating and selecting solutions
- Selection criteria
- Barriers to decision making
- Preparing a brief
- Refining a proposed solution
- Feedback register
- Evaluating feedback
- Approval to implement a solution
Unit 6 - Provide leadership across the organisation
- Financial planning (budgets and data)
- Budgeting periods
- Variations
- Snapshots of financial reports
- Statutory requirements
- Taxation
- Company tax
- Employee PAYG
- Goods and services tax
- Accounting software
- Preparing budgets
- Budget data
- Circulation and compliance
- Sharing information
- Implementing budgets
- Tracking
- Cash flow budgets
- How cash flow works
- Cost analysis
- Break-even analysis
- Auditing
- Due diligence
- Probity
- Financial reports
- Purpose of financial reporting
- Performance analysis
Unit 7 - Develop and implement business plans
- Establishing a business plan
- Drawing up plans
- Why plans are necessary
- Starting a business
- Developing a business plan
- Inclusions in a business plan
- Start up businesses (plan)
- Business plans – outline and elements
- Existing businesses
- The planning process
- Strategies and operations
- Operational plans
- Inclusions in operational plans
- Strategic plans
- Strategic planning process (senior management)
- Mission
- Values and vision
- Goals and objectives
- Strategies
- PEST and SWOT analyses
- Environment and society
- Continuous improvement
- Communication
- Contingency plans
- Monitoring and evaluation and reports
- Performance reports
- Analysing employee performance (KPIs and KRAs)
- Coaching and training for underperformance
Study Hours
Estimated duration 100 Hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% Online
Assessment
Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
Testimonials
I found the online learning process easy to follow and enjoyed working at my own pace
A.Stanton, Cornubia, QLD | Certificate of Human Resources Management
My course was easy to access and complete at my own pace. I would highly recommend
E. Betts, Macquarie Hills, NSW | Certificate of Human Resource Management
Great experience. Could complete the training at my own pace
M. Cook, Yatala, QLD | Certificate of Human Resources Management
Very good.
Well put together, ease of completing online is great. Wealth of information provided throughout the course.
Thank you
T. Kuhne, Piara Waters, WA | Certificate of Human Resources Management
Graduation
A Certificate of Attainment and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.
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- Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
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Do I need to attend classes or undertake any work placements?
No. All courses are delivered online via our LMS and there are no work placement requirements in this course.
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I am an international student. Can I enrol into this course?
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