Management Programs

Strategic planning is essential for today's human resource professionals. Just having an HR philosophy of service to the organization is not enough. HR's focus must remain on the organization's business plan.

Strategic HR planning encompasses strategy, department operations, prioritization of initiatives that link to business strategy, a marketing plan, and a budget that supports these efforts. HR professionals must understand the assimilation of these components to desired outcomes from the HR function and its overall impact on organizational results. This workshop offers this multidimensional perspective. You will:

• Recognize and appreciate the ever-changing role of HR
• Translate this new role into identifying "value-added" services for the organization
• Focus on an HR impact model
• Develop a keen knowledge of the strategic planning process
• Conduct a gap analysis on your current HR processes
• Build an HR strategic business plan
• Learn how to assess and measure efforts for strategic linkage of all HR processes to organizational strategy

Key Topics

• How to think strategically
• Key forces: customer focus, globalization, technology, quality management
• Changing role of the HR professional
• Need for, and benefits of, HR strategic planning
• Strategic HR planning model
• Relation of the HR plan to corporate plan
• Steps in building the HR plan
• The strategic HR plan document
• Measurement, monitoring, and feedback
• Assessing your organization's readiness to plan
• Implementing the planning process
• Action plans

Who Will Benefit

Mid-level and upper-level HR professionals, managers, and directors

Instructors

Thomas Horvath, J. Kirk Menard, Robert K. Prescott