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Program Benefits

• Gain radical, hands on, world class HR certification program incorporating latest HR thinking, knowledge and best practices.
• Transition from traditional HR management into strategic HR business partnership.
• Benefit from fully accredited program by the University of Balamand.
• Develop modern HR skills and competencies required for managing HR in a highly dynamic business environment.
• Improve earnings potential over life careers by 44% according to latest research.
• Learn for top notch bilingual (English and Arabic) HR instructors with extensive HR and business experience.

Vision

HR results by themselves do not matter; business results do. Throughout HR certification program we will strive to transform traditional HR management in the Arab World and beyond in to a modern strategic talent architect that drives business results, contributes to the bottom line and ultimately earn a seat at the decision making table.

Mission

• Offer a world class online HR certification program that responds to the business needs of modern public and private sector organizations in the Arab World and Beyond.
• Instil a culture of results oriented HR professionalism through a carefully designed set of interactive courses that cover the latest HR knowledge, skills, competencies, and best practices.
• Develop participants’ business acumen and equip them with the necessary tools to understand and appreciate the language of business and apply it to excellent effect.
• Achieve our vision and mission through highly interactive and engaging presentations, case studies and experiential activities.

REGISTRATION OPTIONS
ALL COURSES ARE DELIVERED ONLINE

Option 1

Full HR Certification Program

• Participants register for the whole program consisting of 5 HR courses.
• At the successful completion of all five courses, the participant would become a certified ‘HR Professional Strategic Business Partner’.
• Participant receives an official certificate from the University of Balamand.
• Duration: 12 weeks for the program (5 courses)
• Maximum time for completion is one year.
• Cost: $1,875 for the program (5 courses)

Option 2

Individual Courses

• Participants register for any of the five programs.
• At the successful completion of the course, participants would earn a Certificate of Completion.
• Participants have the option to revert to the full HR certification program provided they complete the five course requirements within one calendar year.
• Duration: 2 weeks per course
• Cost: $490 per course

WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?

• HR professionals who wish to transition from standard traditional HR and personnel
management into strategic HR business partner.
• HR professionals who need to update their skills
• HR professionals willing to grow up in the organization
• Professionals from fields as diverse as finance, marketing, engineering, law and others
wishing to start a new career in HR

WHAT ARE THE TARGETED COMPETENCIES OF THE HRCOP

Functional Competencies

• Workforce Planning and Optimization
• Recruitment
• Interviewing
• Writing Job Descriptions
• Conducting Job Evaluation
• Performance Management Systems
• Talent Acquisition and Management
• Employee Relations
• HR KPIs and HR balanced Scorecards

Behavioral Competencies

• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Consulting
• Facilitation
• Coaching
• Change Delivery
• Project Delivery
• Problem Solving
• Results Orientation

Business Competencies

• Business Awareness
• Stragtegic Thinking
• Alignment with Business Objectives
• HR Analytics
• Financial Intelligence
• Statistical Acumen
• Marketing and Branding

HRCOP COURSES

Strategic HR Management

• Module 1: The Evolution of HR Management (HRM)
• Module 2: Competency Based HR Management
• Module 3: Strategic Management and Business Alignment
• Module 4: Strategic HR Management – HR KPIs and Dashboarding

Recruitment, Selection and Talent Acquisition

• Module 1: Workforce Planning and Optimization
• Module 2: Recruitment and Selection
• Module 3: Effective Interviewing
• Module 4: Talent Acquisition and Management

Compensation Management

• Module 1: The Total Compensation Management System
• Module 2: Job Analysis and Job Descriptions
• Module 3: Job Evaluation, Job Grading, and Salary Structures
• Module 4: Employee Engagement, Recognition and Total Rewards

Learning and Development

• Module 1: The Training Cycle and Training Needs Analysis
• Module 2: Performance Management as a Development Tool
• Module 3: Career Development and Management
• Module 4: Succession Planning and Management (SP&M)

HR Transformation (24 Hours)

• Module 1: HR’s ever-evolving contribution and the new role of HR business partner
• Module 2: HR’s re-invention.
• Module 3: HR leadership.
• Module 4: HR analytics: financial and business intelligence for modern HR.

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HOW ARE THE HR ONLINE COURSES DELIVERED?

• All courses are delivered online through interactive lessons, videos, and activities that are designed to help participants meet the challenges of a
career as an HR professional and business partner.
• Course meetings will extend over three days per week at the rate of 4 hours per day, scheduled outside the normal office working hours.

LEARNING GOALS

• Development of HR knowledge, skills
and competencies
• Sharpened business acumen and HR experience
• Boost in job performance and orgnizational
visibility through learning and application of HR
best practicies
• Increased value in the job market

LEARNING GOALS

• Development of HR knowledge, skills and competencies
• Sharpened business acumen and HR experience
• Boost in job performance and orgnizational visibility through
learning and application of HR best practicies
• Increased value in the job market

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Write clear job descriptions that are result oriented.
• Apply techniques to acquire talent, develop it, and retain it.
• Design and conduct structured competency-based interviews using the S.T.A.R technique.
• Evaluate jobs objectively using modern factor point systems.
• Design effective competency-based performance management systems and coach managers to implement them successfully.
• Design and apply effective compensation strategies to boost employee performance.
• Apply well-defined workforce planning and optimization techniques to forecast future employee needs based on organization’s business goals and needs.
• Measure and track HR management performance using selective lagging (KPIs) and leading indicators.
• Align HR strategy with organizational goals, objectives, and KPIs.
• Design the HR dashboard (balanced scorecard) to track HR results and deliverables.
• Elevate HR management to a higher dimension with modern HR analytics and statistical analysis.
• Become a credible HR business partner.

ASSESSMENT & COMPLETION

• The assessment is in the form of 50 multiple-choice questions administered online at the completion of each course.
• For those registered in the full program of five courses leading to an official HR Certificate:

  A passing grade of 70% or better in each course.
  An overall average of 80% or above in all five courses.
  Participants not meeting the above requirements would have to repeat one or more courses.

• For those registered in individual courses:

A passing grade of 70% or better in the course.

• Participants not meeting the above requirement would have to repeat the course.

PROGRAM FACULTY

Karim Rebeiz

Dean of the Faculty

Fouad Awad

Program Director

PLACES ARE LIMITED !
EARLY REGISTRATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED.

Cohort 2: September 19, 2022
Cohort 3: January 23, 2023

For more information contact:

Fouad W. Awad – Program Director
Email: fouad.awad@fty.Balamand.edu.lb
Phone/WhatsApp: +1 514-867-2344

Website: www.balamand.edu.lb /faculties/FOBM
Tel: 06/930250 ext. 3851

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