Certificate in Global Human Resources

Course Topics

Module 1- Strategic HR Management

Key topics and issues include:

  • Global HR competencies.
  • The Global Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan and Norton).
  • Attracting and developing global talent.
                    
Module 2 –  Global Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Development

Key topics and issues include:

  • International negotiations
  • Virtual global teams
  • Human social capital in the global enterprise
  • Performance management in the global organization
Module 3- Global Staffing

Key topics and issues include:

  • External factors that impact staffing plans.
  • Succession plans, competency models and job descriptions.
  • Sources of global labor.
  • Recruitment and selection of global employees
Module 4 – Global Compensation and Benefits

Key topics and issues include:

  • Balancing conflicting objectives for compensation and benefits programs.
  • Effect of cultural values on employees' perceptions of total compensation.
  • Challenges presented by mergers, acquisitions and greenfield operations.
Module 5 – International Assignment Management

Key topics and issues include:

  • Expatriate cost projections.
  • Types of international assignment policies.
  • Repatriation patterns and issues.
Module 6 – International Employee Relations and Regulations

Key topics and issues include:

  • International and regional human rights and labor standards.
  • Applicability of U.S. laws to global enterprises.
  • Visas, work permits and employment contracts.
  • Antidiscrimination and equal treatment.