Course Description

The focus of this course is on providing H.R. professionals with the skills and tools to think analytically. Research indicates that successful organizations base their key business decisions on organizational strategies. Thus, H.R. professionals must be able to add value by thinking critically about the ramifications of business decisions on the leadership of H.R. This course provides students with a strategic thinking and application process that entails environmental analysis, assessment of competencies and weaknesses, analysis of competitors and the formulation and implementation of effective strategies that result in competitive advantage. It requires students to apply the critical business skills of planning and managing strategic activities. The course also seeks to develop students' capacity to identify issues, to reason carefully about strategic options and improve their ability to manage the organization process by which strategies get formed and executed.

Course Objectives:

On completion of this course, students will:
? Think critically
? Analyze and  understand the role strategies play in determining the direction of an organization;
? Understand and apply strategic thinking and planning integrates as it relates to business operations;
? Understand how to present well –reasoned plans and proposals to leadership and.
? Develop and apply the skills to identify an organization's strategies and determine how H.R. impacts organization 
  imperatives