Event Overview

By attending these 2 highly intensive and informative training programmes, you will develop essential skills to:

• Establish a thorough understanding of Human Resource Management (HRM)
  and its impact on organisation
• Ensure the HR function adds value to your organisation
• Understand what motivates people to work
• Learn how to implement best practice in recruitment
• Utilise teamwork and high quality communication within your HR function
• Gain an introduction to supervision and leadership
• Learn how to develop and adopt effective policies and procedures into your
  organisation
• Discover the importance of training and development and its impact on the
  bottom line
• Ensure the HR function adds value in your organisation
• Examine performance management and its links with improving organisational
  performance
• Appreciate the advantages of coaching and mentoring
• Understand HR’s role in reward management
• Ensure the HR function adds value in your organisation
• Prepare yourself for promotion by developing your HR expertise

Programme Overview

The programme will move in a supportive learning atmosphere from looking at HR needs in various organisations, how to audit and evaluate HR through to more strategic issues. You will examine the most up-to-date HR concepts which will help you improve your performance and at the same time enabling you to give advice to managers regarding HR operations. There will be time to examine the leading edge thinking in HR in the areas of:

• Putting HR into context in modern organisations
• The evolving role of HR as a ‘business partner’
• Changes to work attitudes
• Human capital management
• Integrated performance management
• The "Talent War" in recruitment
• Policies and procedures
• Training and development
• Performance management
• Pay and reward

The programme will progress in steady steps, covering the technical areas of HR as well as some personal management and supervisory training. The outcome will be to equip you for your role in 21st Century HR.

Programme Methodology

This programme will be highly interactive, with a mix of theory and practical sessions. You will have the opportunity to share your experience and learn from others through group discussions and you will develop your skills through a series of individual and group exercises.

About This Event

Due to popular demand, IIR is delighted to bring you once again Essential HR Skills I and Essential HR Skills II. These two courses complement one another and are designed to provide you with a solid grounding in the principal aspects of HRM and HRD. They will equip you with the personal skills and technical knowledge required to improve your performance and enhance your profile as an HR practitioner. As HR continues to grow in stature in the region, organisations will increasingly require HR professionals to provide advice and give assistance on those strategic issues that others cannot or do not want to deal with. Essential HR Skills I will help you develop a strong understanding of how to put HR in context within your organisation by examining cultural, motivational and leadership issues. In addition, you will also learn how to implement best practice in recruitment, realise the importance of communication and teamwork, gain an introduction to supervision, apply problem solving techniques to HR situations and audit the HR function within your organisation. Essential HR Skills II will enable you to expand on the HR expertise you will have already gained by attending Essential HR Skills I. It will look at HR policies and procedures, training and development, managing performance and pay and reward schemes. Here are just a couple of comments from previous delegates regarding the expert course director, Charles Wilson; “An exceptionally valuable week spent with an H.R. thoroughbred, Charles Wilson. His constant sharing of his many business experiences both in an outside the region was invaluable. It was an honour.” Rosemary McNulty-Sharpe, Group HR Training and Corporate Communications Manager, Destinations Of The World, UAE “In my view, Charles is an excellent trainer. I found the course truly enriching.” Sumble Butt, Manager Recruitment, Warid Telecom, Pakistan The programmes can be attended in any order and there are no prior qualifications necessary to attend either programme.

Who Should Attend?

This programme has been specifically designed to provide a background in Human Resource Management (HRM) for newly appointed HR practitioners, from all industries and all those wishing to extend and update their knowledge in the basics of HRM and Human Resource Development (HRD).
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What Delegates Said About Last Year’s Essential HR Skills I & II

“Highly beneficial experience that added to my knowledge of HR Practices” - Rania Youssef, HR Assistant,, Finance House, UAE

“The course was very well designed and I believe it contributed greatly to developing our HR department” - Nasser Abdulla Al Moaibed, HR Coordinator, Basic Chemical Industries Co., KSA

“It was a remarkable learning session” - Asma Sulaiman, HR Specialist, Department Of Finance, UAE

“Fantastic course, fantastic leader” - Aisha Ghanem Nasser Al Attiya, Assistant Business Analyst, Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, Qatar