Course content
Strategic business transformations are increasingly about digital transformation, new forms of organizing work, and different demands for worker skills. These changes disrupt the standard roles and functions of HRM.
The course considers the future role of workforce management in organizations, engaging with the new competencies needed by HRM practitioners as organizations adapt their strategies and operations in the "Future of Work" (eg, digitalization, people analytics, remote work, strategic changes).
Specifically, the module will cover the following elements:
- What is the role of reskilling, upskilling, and general training programs to enable organizations to adapt to digital modes of work? How can organizations develop and deploy such programs and what are the key strategic trade-offs they face when doing so?
- How can organizations expand their hiring, retention, and development strategies to account for new ways of organizing work (eg, gig work, digital platforms, project-based organizations of work, remote work)?
- How can organizations leverage people data & analytics to deliver value? (eg, artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms, automation vs. augmentation).
- What are the external and internal constraints/enablers of adaptations to the future of work and to strategic business transformations? (eg, educational institutions, partnerships, organizational design, change management)
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