ABC LEVEL 3 Human Resources Management

About this course

This home study Human Resources course is designed for people  who work in or wish to work in the field of Human Resource administration and  management. The course covers a wide range of topics which will provide you with an excellent foundation for CIPD studies.

Course Description

The aims of this course are to enable students to:

• develop a broad understanding of  the principles of HR administration and management
• learn techniques and good practice for Human Resource administration
• prepare for studying CIPD qualifications
• extend their existing HR knowledge and experience

Course Content

Unit One: Human Resource Management - Introduction    

• New Ideas of Organising the HR Function
• Trends in HR Management
• Globalisation
• Debt & deregulation
• Technology
• Demographic change

Unit 2: Strategic Human Resources Management

• Relationship of strategic HRM to the strategy of the business
• Business strategy
• Levels of strategy
• Strategic direction
• Strategy in diversified companies
• Development and communication of business strategy
• Integrating Business and Human Resource Strategy
• Problems of integration               
• Developing Human Resources Strategies

Unit 3: Human Resource & Change Management     

• Change Management
• Types of change
• Changing people
• Methods of change management
• General guidelines for a change management programme
• The role of HR and HR specialists in change management

Unit 4:  Human Resource Planning

• Purpose and objectives of human resource planning
• The nature of the human resource
• The relationship between human resource planning and corporate planning
• Human resource planning activities
• Human Resource Planning Methods
• Forecasting Internal Labour Supply         
• Analysis of staff leaving the organisation
• Individual analysis

Unit 5: Job analysis

• Analysing the Job Function
• The functional effectiveness of work
• Human welfare in work
• Environment and conditions of employment
• The Use of Job Analysis
• Recruitment and selection
• Unit 6: Recruitment and Selection
• Employment conditions               
• Recruiting through consultants or agencies
• Psychometric testing

Unit 6:  Employee Performance

• The Performance Cycle
• Planning performance
• Supporting performance
• On-going review
• Appraisals
• What should be appraised?
• Personality and appraisals
• 360-Degree Feedback   
• Performance Management Systems
• Team Performance
• Teams within organisations
• Types of Teams
• Cross-functional management teams
• Functional team
• Team effectiveness
• Selecting team members
• Team development    

Unit 7: Reward Management

• Money and Motivation
• Linking performance to pay
• Motivation and incentives
• Individual Employee Incentive and Recognition Programmes
• Pros and cons of piecework
• Non-financial and recognition based awards
• Practical incentives
• Incentives for Salespeople
• Incentives for Managers and Executives      

Unit 8: Employee Relations - Grievance and Discipline

• HR managers, grievances and disciplinaries
• What is discipline?
• Team discipline
• What is a grievance?
• Grievance procedures  
• Fairness
• Representation               
• Formal procedures
• Promptness
• Disciplinary procedures
• Tribunals

Qualification Information

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards' Quality Licence Scheme. This means that UK Distance Learning & Publishing has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet certain quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the future. The unit summary can be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this sector. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by UK Distance Learning & Publishing to meet specific learners' and/or employers' requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards' endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

ABC Awards is a leading national Awarding Organisation, regulated by Ofqual, and the Welsh Government[1]. It has a long-established reputation for developing and awarding high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. As a registered charity, ABC Awards combines 180 years of expertise but also implements a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.

Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, ABC Awards also offers Ofqual regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.

[1] Regulators for exams and assessments in England and Wales

Method of Study

• The course comes to you as a proper paper-based pack, not as an electronic password
•  You will get full tutor support via email
•  You will receive feedback on your assignments from our experienced tutors    
•  You will be given guidance through the Study Guide on the nuts and bolts of studying and submitting assignments
• Postal assignments cannot be accepted without prior permission from the tutor
• You must have access to email in order to contact your tutor

Method of Assessment

Assessment is by means of Tutor Marked Sssignments (TMAs) which are sent by email to your tutor who will mark them and give you feedback. There are also Self-assessment Activities to help you gauge your progress but these should not be submitted to the tutor.

Tutor Support

You will have access to a tutor via email who will mark your work, guide you through the course and assist you with any problems you may have. In addition you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process.

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