By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrating an understanding of the theories, concepts and practice of human resource management
• Implementing and maintaining performance management processes
• Identifying the developmental needs of employees and providing opportunities for development
• Recognise and reward desired behaviors and results
• Designing integrated strategies for reaching Skills Development, Employment Equity and Affirmative Action goals.
• Adapting organisational systems and processes to recruit and retain high caliber employees
• Achieving or exceeding set goals for Skills Development, Employment Equity and Affirmative Action
COURSE CONTENT
LEARNING UNIT 1
Demonstrating an understanding of the theories, concepts and practice of human resources management. After completion of this learning unit learner should able to:
• Explain the theories and concepts of human resources management.
• Reflecting the relationship between theory and practice of human resources in the public sector context.
• Evaluating past human resources strategies and practices to determine efficacy, areas of weakness and constraints.
• Drawing practical conclusions and made recommendations for appropriate human resources action plans based on change management strategies and development programmes.
Topics
• Human resources theories and concepts
• Human resources strategies and practices
• Human resources action plans
LEARNING UNIT 2
Implementing and maintaining performance management processes. After completion of this learning unit learner should able to:
• Communicate the purpose and advantages of performance management to employees according to organisational practice in accessible, concise and clear formats.
• Implementing performance management system according to organisational policies and procedures.
• Organise and implement sessions where experts in performance management explain the processes of performance management according to divisions of the organisation.
• Periodically reviewing performance management processes outside experts and implement corrective measures where necessary.
Topics
• Advantage of Performance management
• Performance management system
• Performance management process
• Implementation of performance management corrective measures
LEARNING UNIT 3
Identifying the developmental needs of employees and providing opportunities for development. After completion of this learning unit learner should able to:
• Conducting an organisational skills audit in accordance with human resource management practices.
• Identifying individual employee’s skills deficits by matching individual employee’s skills against job descriptions and specifications.
• Identify skills gaps that affect organisational performance by matching organisational targets with actual performance.
• Closing the skills gaps in line with organisational priorities.
Topics
• Organisation Skills audit
• Employee ‘s skills deficits
• Identifying and closing Skills gap in line with organisational priorities
LEARNING UNIT 4
Recognise and reward desired behaviors and results. After completion of this learning unit leaner should able to:
• Implement appropriate methods for initiating recognition and rewards
• Recognising and acknowledge performance achievements in accordance with public sector context
• Providing achievement performance rewards in accordance with public sector policy and procedures
• Creating mechanism to motivate and encourage employees to maximize performance
Topics
• Initiating recognition and rewards
• Performance achievement
• Performance rewards
LEARNING UNIT 5
Designing integrated strategies for reaching Skills Development, Employment Equity and Affirmative Action goals.
After completion of this learning unit leaners should able to:
• Design strategies in line with organisational goals
• Integrate the goals of a Skills Development, Employment Equity and Affirmative Action
• Design strategies that are in with management principle and practices of the public sector
LEARNING UNIT 6
Adapting organisational systems and processes to recruit and retain high caliber employees. After completion of this learning unit learner should able to:
• Identified and strategies challenges facing the public sector organisation in talent search
• Devise and implement talent search according to the strategies developed
• Develop and implement mechanism to retain the strategy developed
• Held and manage diversity with a view to creating an inclusive organisational culture
• Developed and implement mechanisms to minimize the impact of the socio-political environment and its impact on diversity in accordance with strategies developed
Topics
• Challenges facing public sector in talent search
• Devise and Implementing talent search
• Managing diversity in the work place
• Impact of the socio-political environment
LEARNING UNIT 7
Achieving or exceeding set goals for Skills Development, Employment Equity and Affirmative Action. After completion of this learning unit learner should able to:
• Identified public sector organisational‘s skills, equity requirement and mechanisms to meet or exceed in terms of legal requirements
• Monitor achievement goals progresses on an ongoing basis
• Generate and communicate progress reports to staff and present to the relevant government departments in terms of legal requirements
• Implementing corrective action to address area that are not meeting requirements of original strategy in line with overall public sector protocol and acceptance progress reports
Topics
• Public sector organisational’ s skills and equity requirement and mechanisms
• Communication progress report
• Public sector Protocol and acceptance progress reports