HR Strategy:
Creating Competitive Advantage through People
September 21-25, 2009
Cornell University
ILR Conference Center
Ithaca, NY 14853
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The role of HR business partner has been talked about and studied for over 15 years, but few HR organizations today can claim to continuously operate at that desired strategic level. Many organizations are still in the process of transforming, while others have failed to identify and develop the skills and competencies required for this new role. Our five-day HR Strategy residence course focuses on what may be the most difficult hurdle faced by incumbents and would-be HR business partners and leaders—clearly linking their HR activities and strategies to bottom-line business outcomes.
Course Objectives: The primary goal of the contemporary HR business partner is to provide HR services that enhance firm performance. This course lays the groundwork for becoming an integral component of your business’ success, whether you’re just starting down the transformation path or are an experienced HR practitioner looking to increase your impact as a business partner.
Your course of study will cover:- Understanding and identifying how companies create value for key stakeholders (shareholders, customers, employees, communities, etc.), and how the value chain informs strategy formation.
- Identifying HR activities that help optimize value creation for those stakeholders, vertically aligning individual HR practices with corporate strategy, and horizontally aligning HR practices with each other into a coherent whole.
- Using financial tools to access alternative HR plans/activities, make better informed decisions, align those decisions with the business, and determine return on investment of those activities.
- HR's Role in Driving Organizational Change - The Change Acceleration Program (CAP) helps identify the steps for a successful change process, while separating change content from change process; this session lays out and discusses diagnostic and planning tools for change.
- Leading the HR Function: The Next Paradigm — HR's critical roles in building capabilities, providing critical information to influence corporate strategy formation, and guarding against human frailties in executive decision-making.
- Action-Learning Live Business Case — Before the course begins, individual participants will be given one strategic business case on which to focus their activities during the week. Company teams will come to the course with their own firm-specific business case.
- Throughout the program, this case will provide applied context for each participant's learning experience. Group work each evening addresses specific questions related to the business case, and groups cap the week with presentations of their solutions to the class and faculty for feedback. On the final day of the course, faculty will also guide attendees in using their strategic case work to meet individual firm challenges back in the office.
- The week-long format of the program allows for ample time, in class and out, to explore how the ideas we discuss can be applied or adapted. The critical last step is working with faculty and peers to begin creating individual action plans.
Who is Right for this Course?
HR Strategy is for mid- to senior level HR professionals with: - Ten or more years of HR experience.
- Responsibility for designing, implementing and measuring HR organizations.
- Responsibility for developing and managing HR processes and practices that support firm objectives.
- Line executives moving into a senior HR leadership/business partner role.
- While senior level HR practitioners from any organizational setting are welcome, this course is most appropriate for those working in for-profit, private sector companies.
Course Fee*: $6,100
CAHRS Partner: 10% discount
* Accommodations are not included, but a block of hotel rooms is reserved at a reduced rate for attendees. Attendees are responsible for making their own reservations. Fee is payable in advance and subject to change.*
