A sound human capital management is not restricted to the private sector but applicable to all types of organizations.

This course introduces you to the various concepts in human capital management. It details key techniques in developing HR policies, recruiting and retaining best staff, aligning human resource requirements with organizational goals, formulating effective performance and productivity improvement strategies, conducting effective career management and succession planning, and enhancing performance management and reward system in a globalized environment.

The course explains in details what human capital management is, the importance of human capital management. In it, you will learn what human resource policies entail, highlight the sources and benefits of human resource policies, and examine vital principles of human resource policies. The course explains the need for human capital planning. It discusses recruiting process that attracts the best people in an organization. Here, you will learn the vital steps in human capital planning, and be able to state the advantages of human capital planning,

The course is designed to help learners conduct effective performance appraisal, list and explain the uses and benefits of performance appraisal, develop factors to be considered in conducting effective performance appraisal interviews, identify key elements to be measured in appraising employees, list and explain the different types of reward system that could be used in organizations.

In this course, you will understand what Career Development is as a concept, discuss the rationale for career development, discuss how to make career choices, explain the duties of the employer in managing careers of employees, and thoroughly understand succession planning. You will learn the concept of change, explain how change can be managed in organizations, identify key impediments to change, state types of change, and discuss reason why people resist change in organization, highlight steps in overcoming resistance to change.

Finally, you will be able to explain the concept of performance and productivity management, identify ways to enhance performance and productivity in organizations, identify and illustrate approaches to productivity improvement in organizations.