Human Resources (HR) Mini-MBA Course

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Course Overview

The HR Mini MBA – Executive Programme for Strategic HR Leaders is an intensive, postgraduate-level (Level 7 equivalent) course designed to equip senior HR professionals with the strategic mastery needed to drive business performance and maximise people impact. This programme, aligned with CIPD Level 7 standards, provides a comprehensive understanding of strategic human resource management (HRM) principles and practices in today's dynamic and complex business environment.

The programme emphasises a practical, evidence-based approach, combining pre-reading materials, live case studies, peer collaboration, and interactive activities. Participants will engage in strategic analysis, organisational design, change leadership, talent management, reward strategy, and people analytics. A key feature of the programme is the focus on developing the participants' ability to influence at the executive level, communicate data-backed insights, and contribute to board-level decision-making. The programme's culmination is a capstone boardroom simulation, where participants present a strategic HR proposal to a mock executive board.

Objective:

Upon successful completion of this programme, participants will be able to:

Align HR Strategy with Business Goals: Develop and implement HR strategies directly contributing to enterprise value and long-term business success. well-being
Analyse the Business Environment: Interpret the external business landscape using strategic analysis tools (e.g., PESTLE, Porter's Five Forces, SWOT) and understand the implications for HR strategy.
Design Effective Organisations: Shape organisational structures and processes that promote agility, performance, digitalisation, and innovation.
Develop and Implement Workforce Strategies: Conduct strategic workforce planning, including segmentation, scenario planning, and demand forecasting, to address talent gaps and build future capabilities.
Lead Complex Change: Navigate organisational transformations and crises with authority, applying advanced change management models and developing effective crisis response frameworks.
Create Strategic Reward Systems: Design and implement total reward strategies that align with the organisation's purpose, performance objectives, and employee value proposition while addressing global pay equity and reward transparency.
Enhance Employee Experience: Design and deliver a positive and personalised employee experience across key moments, focusing on well-being and data-driven design.
Utilise People Analytics: Leverage predictive analytics and workforce insights to inform decision-making, demonstrate the ROI of people initiatives, and influence CEO/CFO decisions.
Conduct Business Research: Conduct robust internal research to evaluate the impact of HR interventions and inform strategic people practices.
Influence at the Executive Level: Communicate effectively with senior executives and board members, present data-backed proposals, and navigate organisational politics to drive strategic HR initiatives.

Course Outline

Day 1: Strategic HR Leadership & Business Alignment

Theme: Position HR as a driver of enterprise value and long-term business success.

Session 1: The Strategic Context of HR

o Evidence-based practice and the VUCA/AI business environment

o Strategic HRM models (Best Fit, Best Practice, RBV)

Session 2: Interpreting the Business Landscape

o Strategic analysis tools (PESTLE, Porter, SWOT for HR)

o Stakeholder mapping and shareholder value

Session 3: HR's Role in Governance and Ethical Leadership

o HR as guardian of culture, compliance, and ethical decision-making

Activity: Design a strategic HR response to a board-level business challenge

- Pre-Work: Read and critique an HBR article on people strategy in turbulent times

Day 2: Organisational Design, Workforce Strategy & Capability Building

Theme: Shape organisations for agility, performance and future-readiness.

Session 1: Organisation Design and Development (OD&D)

o Designing for agility, digitalisation, and innovation

o Balancing centralisation vs. decentralisation

Session 2: Strategic Workforce Planning

o Workforce segmentation, scenario planning, and demand forecasting

o Using people analytics to identify gaps and drive decisions

Session 3: Capability and Competency Development

o Linking L&D to strategic capabilities

o Building a learning organisation

Activity: Case simulation on designing an OD&D intervention in a complex M&A

- Toolkits Provided: Workforce planning templates, OD diagnostic tools

Day 3: Leading Complex Change and Crisis as a Strategic HR Executive

Theme: Navigate transformation and uncertainty with authority.

Session 1: Leading Organisational Change

o Advanced models (Kotter, Burke-Litwin, Systems Theory)

o Change agency and the role of the HR executive

Session 2: Crisis Management and HR's Role

o Developing crisis response frameworks

o HR's response to social, economic, and geopolitical shocks

Session 3: Psychological Safety, Culture and Behavioural Change

o Sustaining culture during change

o Ethics, trust, and stakeholder transparency in crisis

Live Case Study: Executive-level crisis simulation (e.g. reputational or workforce crisis)

- Research Reference: CIPD report on "People Profession in 2030"

Day 4: Strategic Reward, Performance and the Future Employee Deal

Theme: Rethink value exchange in the future of work.

Session 1: Strategic Total Reward

o Reward strategy aligned to purpose and performance

o Global pay equity, EVP, and reward transparency

Session 2: Rethinking Performance Enablement

o From ratings to real-time: OKRs, agile performance, nudge theory

Session 3: Redefining the Employee Experience (EX)

o Designing EX across moments that matter

o Personalisation, well-being, and data-driven design

Activity: Workshop to redesign a performance and reward system in a hybrid environment

- Academic Link: Strategic Reward Theory & the Psychological Contract

Day 5: People Analytics, Strategic Influence & Executive Impact

Theme: Build board-level presence and make data-backed decisions.

Session 1: Strategic People Analytics

o Predictive analytics, workforce insights, ROI of people initiatives

o Using data to influence CEO/CFO decisions

Session 2: Business Research in People Practice

o Conducting robust internal research

o Evaluating impact of interventions (Kirkpatrick, ROI, ROE)

Session 3: Influencing the C-Suite & Stakeholder Management

o Storytelling with data, presenting board-level proposals

o Political savvy, power dynamics, and influencing up

Capstone Boardroom Simulation: Present a strategic HR proposal to a mock executive board with real-time peer and facilitator feedback

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Human Resources (HR) Mini MBA

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