Course Overview

Organizations seeking longer-term sustainable competitive advantage understand that they need to focus on
the effectiveness of their human resources. Good employment practices ensure that they are able to attract the
best talent available, retain them and motivate them to give off their best. It is this talent that will ensure that the
organization is and continues to be, innovative, creative and competitive. Fundamental HR (Human Resource)
activities are increasingly being decentralized and handed off to line managers working on the front line

Broad Outcomes

• Develop capacity for managing people
• Expose managers to the Labour and Business Laws
• Learn best practices in HR management

Course Content

• Key stages in employee life cycle
• Underpinning legal obligations of employers and rights of the employee
• How HR contributes to the organizational success
• Employee engagement and line manager engagement
• Managing Psychological contract
• Performance Management and role of a line manager
• Skills inventory and audit at unit level
• Manpower forecasting and when to hire as a line manager
• Job analysis and Job descriptions
• Interview Skills
• Employee orientation and on-boarding
• Training and Development
• Managing diversity
• Compensation and benefits
• Termination and disciplinary process
• Exit interviews

Target Group: Line Managers