How HR enables and transforms organisations
We mentioned before about the importance of context; HR is a function that needs to be responsive to the needs of the business, its challenges and opportunities. Let’s now take …
Course: HR Fundamentals
How to write an effective and fair job advert
Avoiding discrimination When looking for new people to join an organisation HR have a responsibility to ensure the hiring avoids discriminating against all employees and potential job applicants. Aside from …
Recruiting fairly – avoiding bias
When recruiting to fill a particular position it can be too easy to have in your mind a picture of the kind person you think would be best. This is …
Employee engagement – what is it?
There are several definitions of employee engagement. However, it can be said that in broad terms, employee engagement brings together job satisfaction, motivation, work effort, organisational commitment, shared purpose, energy …
The components of performance
Performance can be broken down into 3 areas: Mindset – attitudes, beliefs, thoughts and feelings. Environment – the physical and non-physical space around us. Teamwork – working with others. Mindset …
HR strategy
To develop an HR strategy, it’s important to understand the business strategy and how different teams within the business may vary in their approaches to meeting it. For example, an …
The value of good HR
Let’s now watch Farzana Kazemi talking about some of the ways that HR can add value to the organisation. Farzana Kazemi, Global HR Director at KEF Holdings, joined a start-up …
HR analytics
As we’ve seen, you won’t go far these days without someone collecting your data. So, if we can use customer data to help us decide what products we might offer …
How can employers help with adapting to COVID-19?
The spread of COVID-19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, is an exceptional event that has become a public and workplace priority around the world, not just while a high …
The professional principles
In this video Ruth Stuart, Head of Strategy at the CIPD, talks about our professional principles for HR. These principles give us a foundation for approaching situations we may not …