Course Overview: Human Resource Management
This course delivers a structured and practice-oriented exploration of human resource management (HRM), equipping learners with the knowledge, tools, and professional judgment required to manage people effectively within modern organizations. It blends theoretical foundations with applied techniques, preparing candidates for professional banking examinations and real-world responsibilities in workforce planning, employee relations, and organizational leadership. Designed for banking professionals, finance students, and practitioners, the course bridges academic concepts with industry practice to strengthen technical competence, ethical awareness, and strategic insight.
Learners will gain insights into:
- Fundamentals of HRM: definitions, concepts, values, theories, and historical evolution from personnel management to modern HRM.
- Corporate HR Objectives: achieving organizational goals, fostering work culture, team integration, training, motivation, empowerment, retention, and compliance.
- HR Strategy Development: frameworks, implementation processes, overcoming barriers, managing risks, and aligning HR with business strategy.
- Employee Performance Management: appraisal systems, motivation techniques, and performance evaluation methods.
- Talent Discovery and Development: training processes, learning strategies, skills development, and managerial roles in talent growth.
- Compensation and Benefits: reward systems, bank compensation structures, allowances, pensions, and theories of compensation in talent management.
- Retention and Industrial Relations: employee retention strategies, human capital value, gender diversity, conflict resolution, trade unions, and labour bargains.
- Employment Laws and Contracts: rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, disciplinary procedures, welfare, and Nigerian labour laws.
- Leadership in HRM: leadership functions, qualities of effective leaders, leadership styles, and communication skills.
- HR Models and Frameworks: Standard Causal Model, HR Value Chain, Harvard Framework, and their application to organizational performance.
- Technology and HRM: digital innovations in HR processes, data management, and compliance systems.
- Strategic HRM: linking HR practices to organizational performance, competitive advantage, and stakeholder interests.
- Enrolled students: 4