Dive Brief:
- Human resource professionals have traditionally been tasked to provide support for business initiatives. Today, that role has evolved and HR is asked fulfill an advanced function within management.
- HR leaders must understand the connection between HR strategies and business results in order to implement key tactics that directly contribute to an organization's success.
- To help HR meet that goal, the University of California-Irvine is offering "Linking HR Strategy to Business Success," a new online course designed to help HR pros gain knowledge of basic business concepts and learn how effective HR programs and program management support an organization's goals. The course runs from June 29 to Sept. 6, with registration now open.
Dive Insight:
For years HR has been saying how it needs to be more strategic. Now here's a chance to dig in, and it's online.
Taught by Linda Marcot, president of LMC Human Capital Consulting, course participants will learn critical professional skills such as building a business case and "selling" ideas to management. Participants will learn how to heighten the role of HR in strategic organizational leadership, identify strategies to drive success through human capital development, and implement effective organizational design for employee performance and business success.
"In today's business atmosphere, human resource professionals are increasingly being tapped to play bigger roles in business leadership," says Angela Jeantet, director of education and business programs at UC Irvine Extension. "HR professionals of all levels are expected to understand business plans and how human resource strategies and tactics support the overall goals of the business."
