HRM858 - Human Resources Analytics

Subject Title
Human Resources Analytics

Subject Description
To be a strategic human resources practitioner, one must be able to provide data driven facts and be able to use them in order to proactively address HR issues and strategically support the business.  Data driven analytics and metrics, provides HR with information to help drive strategic business decisions and build executive partnerships.  To help businesses deliver a competitive advantage over the competition, HR provides analytics on key performance indicators, HR analytics and interpretation of the data for the organization.  This course will provide the theory, concept and best practices in gathering business requirements, planning, research techniques, data analysis, metrics, and reporting. 

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:
 
   •     Recognize how HR analytics supports business decisions, aligns to company goals and builds executive relationships
    •       Prepare and plan your HR analytics project using a systematic approach to collecting, analyzing and interpreting the data
    •       Use requirements gathering tools and techniques:  research and collect the right data for your industry
    •       Identify HR performance frameworks and measurement systems which are aligned with corporate strategy
    •       Build and improve existing measurement systems in order to gain significant business insights
    •       Leverage the power of current information technology to record, retrieve and report on HR information
    •       Analyze data using appropriate metrics, benchmarks and indicators
    •       Convert data into strategic decision-making information
    •       Communicate your findings in a compelling manner to get buy-in and attention from the executive and senior leadership team

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