Overview

Build on your people management skills

Talentedge is proud to offer the Human Resources Management Certificate Program for Indian
Executives in collaboration with eCornell, Cornell University’s online learning platform.
Whether you’re a specialist or a beginner in the world of human resources, there are a few core
competencies that every HR executive should possess.
A certificate in Human Resources Management from eCornell provides you with the foundation
that you need for a successful career in the domain by laying out the pathway for you to align
your HR department to your organizational goals. The HR certificate offered by eCornell follows
a result-oriented and practical approach, delving into real-world examples and exercises. By the
end of this program, you will possess the skills necessary to develop and implement successful
HR practices that will enable your organization to improve its performance by reducing attrition
and through better overall people management. The program gives you in-depth instruction on
the essential components of human resources. Courses cover how to train managers to deliver
effective performance feedback, ways to identify effective planning, recruitment, and selection
practices, how to promote widespread employee engagement and how to counter bias in the
workplace.

What You Will Learn

360-Degree Implementation of HR Frameworks
Recognize and apply elements of the Total Rewards Framework, deliver effective performance
feedback, rate employees accurately, and mitigate legal risk
Positively Affect Relationships Among Management, Unions and Employees
Analyze labor relations environments, understand regulatory and organizational elements and
determine how they affect relationships between management, unions, and employees
Align Staffing Strategies with Business Strategies
Identify effective planning, recruitment, and selection practices to align staffing strategies with
business strategies

Enhance Employee Engagement

Diagnose root causes of suboptimal levels of engagement among different employee groups,
recognize unconscious bias, and identify appropriate solutions

Training and Development

Choose training methods, technologies, and content that are appropriate for the learner
population

Develop an Internal Consulting Relationship with Employees

Learn ways to launch an internal consulting relationship based on a written or verbal contract
What You Will Earn
Certificate of Completion in Human Resources
Management
72 Professional Development Hours (7.2 CEUs)
54 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Toward PHR
Recertification
54 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) Toward
SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP Recertification

Inside the Program

Courses begin every 2 weeks, so you can start whenever you’re ready. You can take the
courses back to back or take time off between your courses.

Students spend approximately 3-5 hours per week.

Lectures, text transcripts, readings, discussions, and projects are accessible 24 hours a
day for three weeks each.

Courses include multiple-choice quizzes and instructor-moderated discussions.

A final project is required for each course, allowing you to practice what you’ve learned in
a real-world context.

Expect plenty of opportunities for collaboration and networking with fellow participants both
during and after your courses.

Who Should Enroll?

Global HR professionals from for-profits, NGOs, and governmental agencies

Line-level HR professionals with 0-5 years’ experience

Aspiring HR professionals

Eligibility
Graduates (10+2+3) or Diploma Holders (only 10+2+3) from a recognized university
(UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government) in any discipline

Proficiency in English, spoken and written, is mandatory

 Syllabus
1. Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals (ILRHR521)
Develop the skills needed to assess and address the performance management needs of
your organization.
• Learn how to assess system needs and recommend appropriate solutions
• Articulate system goals and how they support the organization
• Train managers to deliver effective performance feedback, rate accurately,
and mitigate legal risk

2. Total Rewards Compensation (ILRHR522)

The conversation around employee pay has changed from one of base salaries, bonuses,
and cash compensation, to a “total rewards” approach that seeks the right blend of monetary
and non-monetary elements that will engage each employee and benefit the organization.
• Identify the risks/costs of compensation in order to aid you in compensation decision making
• Communicate and implement a plan to support your organization
• Align the compensation strategy to the talent strategy

3. Navigating Labor Relations (ILRHR523)

The course examines the regulatory and organizational labor relations environment and
assesses the current state of relations between management and workers.
• Analyze labor relations environments
• Study regulatory and organizational elements and how they affect relationships between
management, unions and employees
• Prepare for possible labor disruptions and support effective negotiations in collective
bargaining situations

4. Facilitating Staffing Decisions (ILRHR524)

This course develops the skills needed to align HR staffing practices with the strategy of the
larger organization.
• Master planning, recruitment, and selection practices
• Align selection and staffing strategies with business strategies
• Measure and manage workforce flow

5. Driving Engagement for HR (ILRHR525)

Research shows that engagement is the key factor that promotes higher performance.
Engagement impacts the bottom line and an organization’s turnover rate. Learn what
engagement is and how to encourage it.
 • Make critical distinctions between engagement and satisfaction or commitment
• Assess a group for suboptimal engagement
• Diagnose root causes of suboptimal levels of engagement among employee groups
and develop hypotheses about appropriate solutions

6. Employee Training and Development (ILRHR526)

Training and development are used to support strategic initiatives and address a variety of
performance needs. Learn how to best address your organization’s training needs.
• Conduct a training needs analysis to identify current and future training needs within the
organization
• Choose training methods and technologies that are appropriate for the learner population
as well as the training content
• Facilitate the transfer of learning within the workplace, which includes marketing the program
and securing manager and peer support

7. Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR (ILRHR527)

Despite decades of legal and social reform aimed at reducing discrimination in the workplace,
inequality continues to be a significant problem in all societies and most workplaces.
Learn how to address and bridge that gap.
• Identify the aspects of diversity that matter most in organizations and why
• Recognize unconscious bias and how it affects the way that people perceive, evaluate,
and react to others
• Assess whether the organizational and HR practices in place are likely to exacerbate or
reduce the negative outcomes associated with unconscious bias

8. Fostering a Coaching Culture (ILRHR528)

Learn how to foster a coaching culture while managing organizational HR
needs with the most effective response for each situation
• Determine how to allocate your coaching resources
• Diagnose the root causes of a situation and determine who in the organization will be the
primary focus of an intervention
• Develop interventions to facilitate employee development through coaching

9. Consulting Skills for Internal HR (ILRHR529)

Learn the skills needed to be a dynamic internal HR consultant by taking part in numerous
consulting scenarios.
• Launch an internal consulting relationship based on a written or verbal contract
• Work with clients to diagnose HR problems and do research to find root causes
• Present findings and recommendations and work with clients to identify appropriate solutions
Faculty

John Hausknecht Harry Katz

Associate Professor, Professor,
Cornell ILR School Cornell ILR School

Linda Barrington
Associate Dean for
Outreach, Lisa Nishii
Cornell SC Johnson Associate Professor,
College of Business Cornell ILR School

Kevin Hallock
Dean, Brad Bell
Cornell SC Johnson Professor,
College of Business Cornell ILR School

Stephanie Thomas Diane Burton

Professor, Associate Professor,
Cornell ILR School Cornell ILR School

Alex Colvin Christopher Collins

Professor, Associate Professor,
Cornell ILR School Cornell ILR School
About eCornell

As Cornell University’s online learning unit, eCornell delivers online professional certificate programs
to individuals and organizations around the world. Courses are personally developed by Cornell
faculty with expertise in a wide range of topics, including hospitality, leadership and management,
marketing, human resources, technology, and data analytics.

The students learn in an interactive, small-class format to gain skills they can immediately apply in
their organizations. eCornell has offered online learning courses and certificate programs for 18 years
to over 150,000 students at more than 2,000 companies.

Program Details
Duration: 4.5 months

Program Fee: INR 1,80,000 + GST

No. of Courses: 9

Effort: 3-5 hours per week

Format: 100% online

Model: Instructor-led
 Additional Value-Adds for Indian Participants
The HRM program is tailor-made for practicing Managers, with key functional models and their
application as cases, specially curated for the Indian Business scenario. The courses within the
program follow a result-oriented and practical approach, delving into real-world examples and
exercises.

Module 1

1 Concept: Strategic Hiring - Beyond Resumes: Marriott Using Gamification to

Recruit Top Talent in Hospitality

2 In Practice: Strategic Human Resource Management- Infosys

3 Leadership Arena: Hiring a Newtonian

4 Simulation: HR Strategy and Business Acumen

Module 2

1 Concept: Diversity - Citibank India’s efforts at Talent Retention and attaining

Gender diversity

2 In Practice: Organizational Redesign - Vodafone Idea Limited

3 Leadership Arena: iGATE and the CEO: A breach of agreement

4 Simulation: Organizational Design: Changing Structures

Module 3

1 Concept: Industrial Relations - IR Problems at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited

2 In Practice: Succession planning failure - Cyrus Mistry`s Exit as Chairman of Tata Group

3 Leadership Arena: Saying what needs to be said

4 Simulation: Judgment in a Crisis

Key Highlights
16+ hours of Live and Interactive sessions by c-suite practitioners

Learn through contemporary and relevant case studies in the Indian Industry

Gain a deeper understanding of leadership experience in India through Leadership Arena

Peer learning through live discussions, group assignments, and concept simulations

Delivery Methodology
Home Read (A Pre-requisite)
Content will be shared a week in advance for the learners to pre-read the modules before
the sessions begin. Each batch starts with a pre-test, and the scores published in real-time.
Practitioner time is utilized in ensuring 100% concept clarity. Each session ends with a
post-test to assess real-time improvement.

Virtual Delivery
All sessions conducted in a synchronous mode over the Talentedge platform.

For More Details

Visit: www.talentedge.com
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