Certificate in Global Human Resources
Course Topics and Materials
Topics
1. Strategic HR Management
Learn how to develop global HR strategies to support the organization's short- and long-term business goals and corporate values.
Key topics include:
- Participating in creating the organization's global strategy.
- Aligning HR processes and activities with the organization's global strategy.
- Adapting processes to the cultural and legal contexts of each area of the global organization.
- Enhancing communication between the organization and its stakeholders.
- Ensuring that the HR function possesses the skills, knowledge, and resources to fulfill its global role.
2. Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility
Learn about the development, implementation, and evaluation of global staffing strategies to support organizational objectives in a culturally and contextually appropriate manner. This includes the recruitment, hiring, preparation, and global mobility of employees to meet business needs.
Key topics include:
- Developing global talent strategies.
- Implementing the strategies, translating them into day-to-day activities.
- Evaluating the strategies to ensure that they make significant contributions to the organization.
3. Global Compensation and Benefits
Learn about the establishment and ongoing assessment of a global compensation strategy, including renumeration, benefits, and prerequisite programs aligned with the company's business objectives.
Key topics include:
- Complying with local compensation practices, laws, and regulations.
- Accommodating varied employee values and expectations stemming from
differences in cultures, languages, and communication preferences. - Dealing with different standards and costs of living, and multiple currencies, exchange rates, inflation/deflation rates, tax systems, and tax rates.
- Addressing organizational business changes (expansions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, greenfield operations, and divestitures).
4. Organizational Effectiveness and Talent Development
Learn about the design, implementation, and enrichment of organizational structures, programs, and processes to effectively develop and engage a global workforce aligned with the organization's business needs, culture, and values.
Key topics include:
- Managing talent and performance of local and international assignees.
- Establishing employee engagement, training, and development programs.
- Creating and implementing leadership development and change management initiatives.
5. Workforce Relations and Risk Management
Learn about the establishment of processes and practices that protect or enhance organizational value by managing risk and addressing employee rights and needs on a global basis.
Key topics include:
- International, supranational, and national labor-related standards and laws with which global HR must ensure compliance as they relate to:
- The most common forms of workforce organizations with which HR professionals may work (e.g., labor unions and works councils).
- HR practices that promote a positive work environment.
- Managing HR risk in a global context.
Participant Materials
The SHRM Global Learning System is a comprehensive test-preparation system for the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certification exam.
Students will receive a set of 5 modules books that correspond to the 5 topics covered in the program. Each program module includes an engaging case study that encourages application of key concepts while supporting exam preparation. Additionally, the following interactive software is included:
- Pre-test to gauge current knowledge
- Two 30-items module specific tests for each module
- Three 55-items bonus tests
- Post-test that mirrors the HR Certification Institute testing format
- Final review with 165 questions to practice for your GPHR exam
- A legal review test that outlines legislation from the six countries/regions identified as areas of interest in the practice analysis
- Electronic flashcards and glossary providing an easy way to review key global terms
- Resource Center that contains related links, HR updates, printable flashcards and feedback opportunities