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Business & Management · Year 2 · Business functions
S4 Human resources and leadership
Recruit, appraise and pay, motivate and grow a team, and exert influence across the organisation.
198hours of coursework
20weeks at 10 h
3steps
16new courses
3universities
Target skills
- Recruitment, onboarding and employment law
- Performance management and pay
- Motivation, talent and leading teams
- Influence, negotiation and storytelling
- Leadership and design-led innovation
Semester project
The HR file of a fictitious ten-person team: job descriptions, pay grid, annual reviews and a team leadership plan.
Courses this semester
- 1University of MinnesotaBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Preparing to Manage Human Resources — 19 h 4.8 (10,574) Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Employees — 21 h 4.7 (4,727) Managing Employee Performance — 15 h 4.7 (2,802) Managing Employee Compensation Beginner 16 h 4.7 (1,921) Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers — 21 h 4.8 (925) - 2University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Inspiring and Motivating Individuals Beginner 17 h 4.8 (6,079) Managing Talent Beginner 14 h 4.6 (2,825) Influencing People Beginner 12 h 4.8 (4,292) Leading Teams Beginner 11 h 4.8 (2,428) Leading People and Teams Capstone Intermediate 2 h 4.8 (601) - 3Northwestern UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation Beginner 14 h 4.8 (3,536) Leadership Communication for Maximum Impact: Storytelling — 5 h 4.5 (1,373) Leadership Through Social Influence — 4 h 4.7 (1,387) Leadership Through Marketing — 9 h 4.6 (474) Leadership Through Design Innovation — 14 h 4.2 (342) Organizational Leadership Capstone Beginner 4 h 4.7 (114)
Reading
Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingRecruitment, pay, appraisal, labour relations and employment law.Free, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Organizational BehaviorOpenStaxMotivation, teams, leadership and organisational culture.Free (OpenStax)
Things to watch
- The Minnesota courses cover US employment law: compare with the law in your own country.
- The Northwestern courses are short (4 to 14 h): use the time to practise the negotiation exercises.
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