Business Management/Leadership and Strategy

Business Management/Leadership and Strategy includes the following content:

Strategic Human Resource Management 

Corporate Governance

• Business Strategy
• HR Functions
• HR Policies and Procedures
• HR Generalist and HR Specialist
• HR Roles
• HR Competencies
• Financial Knowledge

Organizational Strategy

• Defining the Organization's Mission
• Selecting a Strategy
• Analyzing the Firm
• Analyzing the Environment
• Writing a Business Plan
• HR Project Management

HR Control and Evaluation

• HR Budgeting Process
• HR Metrics: Evaluating HR Effectiveness
• Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• Effects of HR Practices on Business Performance
• Outsourcing the HR function

HR Technology

• Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
• Artificial Intelligence and HR Portals
• Employee Communications
• Virtual Teams

Organizational Environments

• Environmental Sectors
• Environmental Scanning
• Influencing Legislation
• Aligning HR Functions with Organizational Contexts

Organizational Design and Development

• Functional Versus Product Departmentalization
• Centralized Versus Decentralized Decision Making
• Formal Versus Informal Rules and Control Mechanisms
• Division of Labor
• Span of Control
• Matrix Structures
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Organization's Structure

Organizational Culture

• Climate versus Culture
• Levels of Organizational Culture
• Development of Culture
• Maintaining Organizational Culture
• Changing Organizational Culture
• Creativity and Innovation
• Developing a Culture of Inclusion

Global HR Management

• Globalization of Business
• Stages of International HR Management
• Other Global Structures
• Approaches to Global HR
• Impact of Globalization
• Managerial Styles
• Communication and Language
• International Cultural Differences
• Managing Global Employment
• Labor Force Comparisons
• Global Employment Laws and Regulations

Leadership and Management Theories

• Leadership Theories
• Effect of Leadership in Organizations
• Emotional Intelligence
• Leadership Training

Decision Making

• Individual Decision Making
• Group Decision Making
• Group Influences on Decision Making
• Decision-Making in Organization

Ethics

• Organizational Ethics
• Defining Morality
• Ethical Issues
• Establishing Ethical Behavior in the Organization 

HR Research and Analytics

• Research Design and Methodology
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Research
• Graphically Displaying HR Data