Human Resources Planning and Analysis
Overview/Description
This course provides an overview of the job planning and analysis activities performed by the human resources function to anticipate and meet the operational workforce requirements required to achieve the organization's strategic business plans. These planning and analysis activities are positioned in the context of a changing marketplace and government regulations and their end products include job descriptions, job specifications, and human resource forecasting.
Target
Audience
Business professionals with less than two year's experience in human resources. Also non-HR business professionals desiring a fast track introduction to the business human resources function.
Expected
Duration
2.0 hours
Lesson
Objectives:
The Human Resources Advantage
recognize the roles fulfilled and the activities performed by the HR function and its importance to the organization.
identify HRM activities and associated HR responsibilities.
identify strategic HR activities.
identify the characteristics/examples of HR operational activities, given examples and non-examples.
identify forces for change that impact HR.
Planning Human Resource Needs
recognize the components of human resource forecasting.
identify the external workforce factors.
given a series of statements about the characteristics/uses of a job audit, or a skill inventory, identify which are true.
given a series of statements about human resource forecasting, identify which are true.
Job Analysis
recognize the six steps of the job analysis process and the guidelines for properly carrying them out.
given a series of statements about job analysis, identify those that are true.
given a series of statements about either an "exempt worker," a "nonexempt worker," an "essential job function," and "reasonable accommodations," identify which are true.
given a series of statements about the job analysis process, identify which are true.
Course Number: HR0101