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HR | Business Issues | CIPD Level 5 Award

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Summary

Price
£600 inc VAT
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Interest-free payment plans available.
Study method
Online
Duration
30 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Additional info
  • Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

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HR professionals need to understand key developments in the business and external contexts within which human resources operates. You'll learn to identify and review the business and external contextual factors affecting organisations and to assess the impacts of these factors on the HR function. You'll also examine HR's role in strategy formulation and implementation.

The unit is designed to encourage you to adopt a critical perspective of these contexts and to provide workable organisational and HR solutions to address them.

  • 92% of ICS Learn graduates end up working in HR.

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Description

To achieve an Intermediate Award in Human Resources, you need a total of between 3 and 12 credits. The Intermediate Award in Business Issues and the Contexts of Human Resources has 6 credits.

Key Topics

The learning outcomes for this unit are shown below. By the end of the unit, you will be able to:

  • Understand key contemporary business issues affecting the HR function within private, public and third sector organisations
  • Understand the main external contextual factors impacting on organisations and the HR function
  • Understand the role of HR in the managing of contemporary business issues and external contexts
  • Understand how organisational and HR strategies and practices are shaped and developed
  • Know how to identify and respond to short-term changes in the business and external contexts.

Who is this course for?

The Intermediate Level Awards in Human Resources are for those who:

  • Aspire to work in HR or already work in HR and want to study a recognised undergraduate level qualification
  • Work in an HR support role and want to formalise their experience and progress their career by developing their knowledge and skills at a higher level

Requirements

This is a Level 5 programme and is equivalent to the second year of an undergraduate degree programme.

If English is your second language, you'll need an IELTS 6.5 or ESOL Level 2 (or equivalent). If you don't have this, we'll review your case on an individual basis.

Career path

As all the units form part of the Intermediate Certificate / Diploma in Human Resource Management, you can also use your Award to work towards meeting the knowledge requirements for CIPD professional membership by taking additional units to achieve the full Intermediate Certificate or Diploma.

On completion, you'll receive a CIPD Intermediate Award in Human Resources.

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Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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