The entire field of human resources has changed tremendously in the past decade. Nowhere has this change been more profound than in Global Human Resources Management. As an HR professional, your responsibilities may expand beyond domestic regulations, strategies and practices to global guidelines, restrictions and policies.

Course Description
The SHRM Global Learning System is a comprehensive test preparation system for the Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR®) certification exam and reference tool for HR professionals with international and cross-border responsibilities.

The Global Learning System is designed for HR professionals with at least two years of practical HR job experience. The primary focus is the global practice and application of human resources. SHRM assembled a world-class team of global HR and course development experts to create the SHRM Global Learning System. It contains various interactive features and is composed of six modules.

1. Strategic HR Management

Learn how to develop a global HR strategy that successfully integrates your company’s strategy to meet its short- and long-term business needs. Key topics and issues include:

• Global HR competencies
• The Global Balanced Scorecard (Kaplan and Norton)
• Attracting and developing global talent

2. Global Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Development

Learn how to establish organizational structures, programs and processes to deploy and utilize employees to achieve current and future worldwide objectives. Learn how culture affects all aspects of a global business. Global organizational development programs are presented, along with differences that pertain across cultures. Key topics and issues include:

• International negotiations
• Virtual global teams
• Human and social capital in the global enterprise
• Performance management in the global organization

3. Global Staffing

Learn how to plan, develop, implement and evaluate staffing initiatives on a worldwide basis to ensure that the organization’s business, and strategic goals and objectives are met. Key topics and issues include:

• External factors that impact staffing plans
• Succession plans, competency models and job descriptions
• Sources of global labor
• Recruitment and selection of global employees

4. Global Compensation and Benefits

Find out the various cultural, business, economic, tax and legal factors that directly affect compensation and benefits programs. This treatment is followed by a more specific look at compensation and benefits programs for local nationals, new ventures, functional groups and international assignees. Key topics and issues include:

• Balancing conflicting objectives for compensation and benefits programs
• Effect of cultural values on employees’ perceptions of total compensation
• Challenges presented by mergers, acquisitions and greenfield operations

5. International Assignment Management

Learn how to establish international assignment strategy and policies. This includes planning, implementing, administering and evaluating all activities relating to international assignment and global mobility. Learn all facets of the process: assessment and selection, management and employee decisions, predeparture preparation, on assignment and completing the assignment. Key topics and issues include:

• Expatriate cost projections
• Types of international assignment policies
• Repatriation patterns and issues

6. International Employee Relations and Regulations

Learn about collective bargaining processes and strategies, compliance with statutory requirements, sensitivity to local workplace practices and security, the protection of physical and intellectual property, and the protection of individuals from harm. Learn various HR practices that differ by local laws and practices. These laws and practices must be understood on a country-by-country basis to ensure compliance. Key topics and issues include:

• International and regional human rights and labor standards
• Applicability of U.S. laws to global enterprises
• Visas, work permits and employment contracts
• Antidiscrimination and equal treatment

Who Should Attend

HR professionals with at least two years of exempt-level experience whose responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing global HR strategies
• Managing HR operations overseas
• International assignment management

Schedule

Fall 2008 Dates: TBD
For more information, or to receive an email announcement about the Fall 2008 schedule, please contact Marie Herlevi at 216.523.7278 or m.herlevi@csuohio.edu.

Fees

Tuition for the course is $1030. Members of SHRM or CSHRM pay a discounted tuition of $980. Alumni of Cleveland State University pay a discounted tuition of $927.  To receive this discount, please contact Marie Herlevi at 216-523-7278 or m.herlevi@csuohio.edu prior to registration.

Course fee includes workbooks, online access and a certificate of completion.

Registration

Register online: Use your MasterCard, Visa, or Discover credit card
Register by Mail: Submit completed registration form to the Executive Development Center
Register by Phone: Call 216.687.4750

Refund Policy

Registrants who cancel will receive a refund less a $50 processing fee if we receive written notification at least one week before the first day of class.

On-site course delivery

We also offer on-site course delivery at your company. For more information, contact us at the address below.

Certification Information

HRCI® developed the certification and administers the exam. Due to the frequent changes in HR policies and regulations, it is recommended that participants take the GPHR certification exam in the same year that they complete the learning system.