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Certificate in HR Innovation & Governance

The course emphasises the significance of HR governance in modern sustainable organisations, focuses on fostering an agile workforce, providing knowledge and tools for effective organisational change management and much more.

HR Innovation & Governance

Specifically tailored for HR professionals, this course focuses on the essential legal frameworks and policies that shape HR governance and equips HR leaders with agile design thinking skills crucial for sustainable organisational success.

Module 4.1 Innovation & Organisation Structure

The Innovation & Organisation Structure certificate equips HR leaders with agile design thinking skills crucial for sustainable organisational success. Gain insights into the interplay between quality systems and innovation, enabling informed decisions on centralisation and decentralisation. The Focus is on fostering an agile workforce, providing knowledge and tools for organisational change management, quality management and design thinking.


Learning Outcomes

  • Understand and evaluate the fundamental organising principles that incentivise people to create organisations
  • Understand the framework and processes of organisational change management; analyse different examples of how to lead organisational change
  • Understand the structure of quality management systems (QMS) and how to evaluate and apply QMS to different work situations
  • Understand key metrics or KPIs associated with innovation/quality, for example: Plan Do Check Act (PDCA), audit non-conformity findings, number of patents, customer/client satisfaction, Net Promoter Score

Module 4.2 Legal Principles & Policy Essentials

The Legal Principles & Policy Essentials domain emphasises the significance of HR governance in modern sustainable organisations. Specifically tailored for HR professionals, this course focuses on the essential legal frameworks and policies that shape HR governance. Through this comprehensive training, participants can enrich their understanding of HR governance and make meaningful contributions to their organisation’s long-term success.


Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the various models and interpretations of HR’s purpose and role
  • Analyse the five characteristics that make a profession - a profession, and evaluate where HR fits on the maturity curve of a profession
  • Understand, apply, analyse and evaluate the fundamentals structures of HR policy and procedure design, development and department implementation
  • Understand and apply key metrics or KPIs for assessing HR’s contribution to the organisation, for example: ratio of HR staff to total workforce; number of HR staff with appropriate professional qualifications; HCROI. Expat repatriation retention

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Who Should Attend

  • Professionals interested in establishing a credible foundation in essential HR practices
  • Individuals looking to develop a sustainability mindset aligned with strategic HR principles
  • HR practitioners who are seeking a systematic, maturity-modelled approach to continual improvement in HR
  • Professionals aiming to broaden their regional experience and adopt a more global perspective
  • Individuals looking to enhance their HR toolkit by integrating wellness, coaching, and mentoring
  • Non-HR practitioners aiming to transition swiftly into an HR role


Requirements & Certificates

Prerequisites: While specific prerequisites are not required, it is beneficial for participants to possess a fundamental understanding of workplace dynamics and essential HR tasks and responsibilities.

Certification and Digital Badges Cluster: You will be awarded a Digital Badge upon successful completion of each cluster.

  • Associate Certificate in Sustainable HR: You will be awarded a Digital Badge for the Associate Certificate in Sustainable HR upon successful completion of two of the four clusters.
  • Advanced Certificate in Sustainable HR (ACSHR): You will be awarded a Digital Badge for the Advanced Certificate in Sustainable HR (ACSHR) upon successful completion of all four clusters and exams for all 8 domains

Learning Style

  • Each module is meticulously designed to allocate at least half the time to interactive discussion, debate, exercises, and group work
  • The Advanced Certificate in Sustainable HR (ACSHR) offers the option to attend in person or live digital
  • A localised case study is intertwined throughout, challenging learners on specific challenges related to the certificate’s 32 submodules, which comprehensively cover the HR spectrum
  • Each module is assessed and certified through a knowledge-based, multiple-choice assessment

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Certified by CPD UK

The CPD Certification Service is an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors, disciplines and further learning applications and supports policies of institutional and professional organisations globally.

Run this course in-house

Informa Connect Academy’s customised training solutions have helped organisations deliver tailored learning in different languages to suit every requirement

Other courses in this series

Focused on strategic leadership, emotional intelligence, and fostering a culture of well-being, this course integrates practical tools for sustainable success in today's dynamic business landscape.

Course 1: Certificate in HR Leadership & Wellbeing

Course 2: Talent & Development

Course 3: Certificate in Performance & Rewards