The human resource professional’s role as a business partner and change agent is the focus of the program. Participants learn key leadership skills and best-practices at both a strategic and tactical level. Areas of concentration include strengthening business relationships, building employee engagement and workforce loyalty, managing for excellence, implementing organizational transformations, and using influence without authority to get results. The program examines both “best practices” and their applications, providing a framework from which to build a tailored approach for your company.

This program is designed for individuals working for both profit and not-for-profit organizations in roles such as:

• Human resource executives in midsize companies seeking new information on HR “best practices”

• Human resource managers in growth-oriented organizations seeking to leverage resources

• Organizational development executives seeking new tools to increase execution

Participants will take away practical tools that can be put to immediate use in their companies in order to create positive performance changes that impact the bottom line. The Human Resources Management Program improves your contribution in these key areas:

• A state-of-the-art mindset for leading operationally and managing for excellence

• Greater ability to understand and implement strategies for breakthrough business results

• Improved ability to affect issues that improve business performance

• Enhanced strategy and goals to optimize global competitiveness

• Increased efficiency and reduced costs through outsourcing initiatives

• Greater knowledge of how to initiate and respond to change

In The Human Resources Management Program you will cover:

• The changing role for the HR professional

• Strategic and tactical implications for change

• HR best practices in breakthrough companies

• Key leadership behaviors and their application for performance excellence

• Building strong business partnerships through sustained influence

• Measuring the value of ROI and HR

• Intelligent outsourcing of HR services

• Building workforce loyalty and employee engagement

• Action planning for successful implementation

The Human Resources Management Program will be presented by top faculty members from Penn State and other leading institutions. Each instructor has an extensive background in research and consulting, and in educating executives. Each brings to the classroom best-practice tools and implementation processes for achieving results. Planned faculty include:

Faculty Director

Chuck Ninos

Faculty Leaders

Dianne Durkin
Bill Rothwell