University of California, Irvine Extension is hosting a Human Resources Management Webinar Series. This series provides human resource professionals with a focused look at activities, issues and complications that can arise at the workplace and how to deal with them. The online courses will be held once a week from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and can be completed from any computer with internet access. The courses include:
* Virtual Workplace (September 24) – Will identify effective communication systems when working with a virtual team.
* Coaching (October 1) – Will focus on assisting managers by discussing how to coach a conversation for individual and team performance improvement.
* Dealing with Difficult Boss (October 8) – Will provide new insight and usable skills needed to quickly, confidently and assertively identify and deal with a superior.
* Business Process Improvement (October 15) – Will cover project selection, methodology selection, benchmarking and measurements, proposal generation and proposal presentation.
* Employer’s Right to Terminate (October 22) - Will help managers understand the basic legal landscape to employers’ rights.
* Conducting the Termination Session (October 29) - Will offer tips and guidance for managers who must assume responsibility for terminating employees.
* Strategic Planning (November 5) - Will help HR managers and leaders in the basic concepts and tools involved in strategic planning.
* Outsourcing (November 19) – Will teach the types of outsourcing currently available to HR professionals and give guidance on evaluating and using vendors.
* Talent Management (December 3) - Will discuss the process of developing new and retaining current workers while attracting skilled employees from other companies.
Event cost is $45 per course. To reserve a space, visit www.extension.uci.edu/courses or call 949-824-7774. For more information on UC Irvine Extension’s Human Resources Management certificate program visit http://unex.uci.edu/certificates/business_mgmt/hr.
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