Human Resource Management: An Introduction

You can start studying this course at any time of the year as soon as you have completed your registration, you can get started. There are no specific registration dates!

Study Phase 1: Quiz 1

• An Introduction to Human Resource Management
• Strategizing, structuring, and planning
• Recruiting potential employees
• Selection and appointment of an employee
• Onboarding and retention

Study Phase 2: Quiz 2

• Managing the performance of employees
• Compensation management
• Health and safety in an organisation
• Career management

Study Phase 3: Quiz 3

• Leadership and Management
• Employment relations
• Structures created by the LRA for collective bargaining and dispute resolution

Work through the workbook. At the end of each Study Phase, there is a quiz to complete. You need to complete and pass each of the quizzes with a minimum of 70% to get a certificate. No restrictions on your attempts.

1. Understand and describe the concept of human resource management, providing an overview of its function within an organisation.
2. Compare personnel management and HRM, identifying the influences of other disciplines on human resource management.
3. Outline HR roles in South Africa for the 21st century and beyond, listing the competencies required for a human resource manager.
4. Distinguish between different HR professional bodies in South Africa, understanding their roles and significance.
5. Demonstrate an appreciation of organisational and functional relationships, describing the integration of HRM with line management.
6. Explain the human resource planning process, including succession planning and its importance for organisational success.
7. Describe various organisational structures and discuss their merits and demerits in different contexts.
8. Conduct job analysis and job design processes, outlining techniques and understanding their advantages and disadvantages.
9. Illustrate how HRM effectiveness is assessed in organisations, applying this knowledge to real-world HR scenarios.
10. Identify and relate key HR strategies to business strategies, ensuring alignment for organisational effectiveness.