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Module 1: Strategic HR Management
Module 2: Global Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Development
Module 3: Global Staffing
Module 4: Global Compensation and Benefits
Module 5: International Assignment Management
Module 6: International Employee Relations and Regulations
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. Basic HR practices such as compensation, selection, legal practices and benefits will be covered briefly. Each module has a case study that demonstrates how the content is applied in practical situations.


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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Repatriation patterns and issues.
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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.
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