• Identify how to plan strategically.
• Distinguish the main concepts of environmental scanning
• Distinguish the core functions of HR
• Understand HR’s role as a vital contributor to your organization’s success
• Conduct Job analysis
• Distinguish the recruitment and selection concepts and techniques
• Conduct interviews
• Examine best practices for managing performance and creating compensation, training and benefit systems that drive bottom-line results
• Recall compensation and benefits concepts
• Analysis the performance management factors
• Identify the main concepts of training and development
• Recall the core KPIs of different HR functions
• Identify the core Characteristics of HR Professionals
• Analyze HR issues and develop action plans you can implement in your organization

• Distinguish the dynamics of change management
• Identify the recent trends in HR Management

This program is for those who are new to the human resource experience or to technical personnel who would like to broaden their HR knowledge and develop their expertise: HR Professionals, Business owners, Managers.

Day 1:
Business Management and Strategy
Participants shall be introduced to the connection between the overall high-level scope of the strategic management, and its cascading down to the strategic planning, and the functions of HR.
o Opening ceremony/Ice break
o Course Overview
o Pre test
o Practical Exercise: Assessing entry profile of participants
Knowing your learning style (Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic) VAK.
o Survey on participants expectations and needs
o Introducing course objectives and content
o HR business management skills: Introduction to the core functions of HR
o Introduction of Strategic Management and Planning
o Strategic planning process
o Porter’s competitive advantage, 5 forces market analysis, and 3 generic strategies
o Evaluating the internal/external environment: SWOT/PESTEL
o Practical Exercise: Your company vision, mission, and values revisiting
o Recapping of the day
o Group discussion & Quiz

Day 02:

• Practical Exercise: Quiz of learned lessons of the previous day
• Practical Exercise: Conducting SWOT Analysis

o Strengths
o Weaknesses
o Opportunities
o Threats

• Practical Exercise: TOWS analysis

o Turning Weaknesses into Strengths
o Using Strengths to overcome Threats
o Using Strengths to boost Opportunities
o Turning Threats into Opportunities

• Recapping of the day
Group discussion & Quiz

Day 03:
Characteristics of HR Professionals:
Participants shall be brainstormed about the important characteristics should be present to be successful HR Professionals.

• Practical Exercise: Quiz of learned lessons of the previous day
o Self-Management (Time Management)
o Work Ethics: Work and Personal Life
o Iceberg of Values: Behavior, Attitude, and Values
o Change Management: Kotler, and Luwin
o Communication: Body Language, Tone and Verbal
o Integrity
• Practical Exercise: Each Participant shall present in 5 minutes What he is going to change in himself and the company
• Videos: Time Bank, Work Ethics, Eagle Re-birth, and who moved my cheese.
o Recapping of the day
o Group discussion & Quiz

Day 04:

Workforce Planning and Employment:
Participants shall be introduced to the core concepts and importance of workforce planning, recruitment and selection. The aim is to develop a sense of analytical skills and matured judgment on individuals
• Practical Exercise: Quiz of the learned lessons of the previous day
• Job Analysis
• Job Analysis importance
• Job analysis techniques
• Job descriptions and specifications / competency profiles
• Practical Exercise: writing the job analysis for 3 positions in the company
• Recapping of the day
• Group discussion & Quiz

Day 05:
Workforce Planning and Employment (continued)
• Practical Exercise: Quiz of learned lessons of the previous day
• Organizational staffing requirements
• Job analysis and documentation
• Recruitment, flexible staffing, selection and retention
• Practical Exercise: Developing Job Advertisement, and job posting, and screening of cvs.
• Recapping of the day
• Group discussion & Quiz

N.B. each participant is kindly requested to bring with him/her a copy of his job description and specification.

CDGA  attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 75% of the total course duration