Course Offering Details
Strategic HR & Workforce Planning
Cycle: Cohort 5 | Dates: To be announced
Course Overview
This diploma course equips professionals to move from operational HR to strategic workforce
leadership.
It integrates:
- Strategic HR alignment
- Workforce forecasting
- Employee engagement systems
- Employee relations risk management
- Labor law compliance
- HR analytics and cost modeling
- Organizational transformation
The program is grounded in private-sector realities and anchored in the Decent Work Act, while
incorporating global HR best practices.
Benefits
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Align HR strategy with corporate business objectives.
- Develop 3–5 year workforce plans.
- Conduct workforce forecasting and skills gap analysis.
- Design strategic employee engagement systems linked to productivity.
- Build enterprise-level employee relations frameworks.
- Apply the Decent Work Act strategically in workforce decisions.
- Develop legally compliant restructuring and redundancy plans.
- Use HR analytics for executive-level decision-making.
- Design compensation and workforce cost strategies.
- Lead workforce transformation initiatives.
Who Should Enroll
Applicants must meet at least one of the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business Administration, Management, Economics, Public
Administration or related field, or - Associate Degree with minimum 2 years relevant experience, or
- Recognized HR professional certification
Professional Route - Minimum 3 years experience in HR, administration, supervision, or management
Additional Requirements - Basic Excel proficiency
- Analytical and communication skills
- Must have a laptop or access to one for the course duration
Course Curriculum
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1. Strategic HRM & Business Alignment
Weeks 1–2
Topics- Evolution of Strategic HRM
- HR as a strategic business partner
- Corporate strategy and HR alignment
- HR governance and executive reporting
- HR strategic roadmap development
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1. Workforce Planning & Forecasting
Weeks 3–4
Topics- Workforce supply and demand forecasting
- Scenario planning
- Skills gap analysis
- Productivity ratios and workforce modeling
- Workforce risk assessment
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1. Strategic Talent Acquisition & Succession
Weeks 5–6
Topics- Strategic recruitment planning
- Workforce segmentation
- Employer branding strategy
- Succession planning frameworks
- Identifying critical roles
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1. Strategic Employee Engagement & Productivity
Weeks 7–8
Topics- Engagement as business performance driver
- Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
- Engagement analytics & dashboards
- Engagement during change
- Remote & hybrid engagement systems
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1. Strategic Employee Relations & Industrial Stability
Weeks 9–10
Topics- ER as risk management function
- Proactive conflict prevention systems
- Grievance data trend analysis
- Union-management strategy
- Managing workplace climate risks
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1. Labor Law & Workforce Compliance Strategy
Weeks 11–12
Topics- Strategic implications of the Decent Work Act
- Employment contract structuring
- Workforce restructuring & redundancy compliance
- Wage and overtime compliance risks
- Collective bargaining & industrial action
- Compliance audits & litigation prevention
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1. HR Analytics & Workforce Intelligence
Week 13
Topics- HR metrics and KPIs
- Turnover analytics
- Predictive workforce modeling
- Dashboard reporting to executives
- Data ethics & confidentiality
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1. Compensation Strategy & Workforce Cost Modeling
Week 14
Topics- Salary grading systems
- Pay equity risk management
- Incentive structures
- Workforce cost forecasting
- Linking rewards to strategy
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1. Change Management & Workforce Transformation
Week 15
Topics- Organizational restructuring
- Downsizing & redeployment
- Change management models
- Workforce automation trends
- Communication during change
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1. Capstone – Integrated Strategic Workforce Plan
Week 16
Each participant must develop:- 3–5 Year Workforce Plan
- Strategic Engagement Framework
- ER Risk Management System
- Labor Law Compliance Strategy
- Succession Plan
- Workforce Cost Projection
- HR Analytics Dashboard