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Human Resource Management Courses In South Africa:

What is Human Resource Management (HRM)?

The human resources (HR) manager and the HR department interact directly with the labour market. The labour market refers to the availability of various categories of labour in both the short- and long-term. Human resource management includes the total environment in which the labour market functions and includes factors such as salary and wage levels, labour legislation and general practices regarding working conditions and fringe benefits.

The human resource function interacts with the external environment in order to obtain labour. The purpose of the interaction is to obtain inputs from the external environment.

Human Resource Management is a staff function of management aimed at assisting managers of other departments to apply the primary production factor (labour) as efficiently and effectively as possible. The successful application of the other factors of production (capital, land and entrepreneurship) depends on the people in the enterprise.

What you'll learn in our Human Resource Management Course

Important Legislation

• Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
• Unemployment Insurance Act of 2001.
• Occupational Health & Safety Act (Act no 85 of 1993).
• Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act.
• Public Holidays Act (Act no 36 of 1994).
• Labour Relations Act (Act no 66 of 1995).

AIDS in the Workplace

From the point of view of employment law and equity (and in keeping with the constitutional prohibition of unfair discrimination on grounds of disability), AIDS and HIV should be treated in all relevant respects like other comparable life-threatening conditions. Employees and prospective employees with AIDS should be treated in a just, humane and life-affirming way.

The Human Dimension

Values and attitudes: values influence attitude, motivation, perception and behaviour. Values operate on a personal, group and organisation level and can have a significant impact on company moral and attitudes.

Personality: governs human reactions and interactions. HR managers must have enough knowledge about different personality types to match people to specific jobs, tasks and teams, all the while considering the unique company environment.

Ability: the degree to which one is able to carry out the tasks of a particular job. Human resource managers need to recognise individual and team ability (potential, actual and limitations) and use the knowledge to elicit peak performance. This knowledge can also be used to devise effective training strategies.

Motivation: the driving force behind action. HR managers need to be able to identify different motivations and leverage them to the company's and individual's benefit.

Perception: individual interpretation of the environment. People's perceptions differ; human resource managers must be able to recognise how different scenarios can be perceived and manage these perceptions.

Learning: this includes conditioning and shaping. HR managers must recognise every employee's learning ability (potential) to better understand employee behaviour. This plays an important role when it comes to evaluation employees' decisions.

Managing People: this focuses on motivation, communication, leadership, and group behaviour and dynamics.

In addition to learning about intangible needs such as those mentioned above, our human resource management course will ensure managers are able to identify other important factors in employee satisfaction, such as financial, physical, material and informational needs.

Who will benefit from our Human Resource Management Diploma?

The Human Resource Management course will benefit anyone currently working in the human resource sector and who wants improve earning power and secure a promotion, as well as students who can't afford to go to university but who want to acquire the knowledge and understanding required to work in the HR.

What Qualification will I have after I have completed my Human Resource Management Course?

The Oxbridge Academy Human Resource Management Diploma is a career-orientated skills programme which is provider developed and assessed. The diploma is issued by Oxbridge Academy and endorsed by the South African Institute of Management (SAIM). After completion of this diploma the student will show competence in the area of Human Resource Management.

Oxbridge Academy also offers the following Diploma Courses that are well suited to this area of study:

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