Course Overview
This course introduces the strategic perspective in human resource management and equips students with essential strategic thinking, executive advising, and human resource advocacy skills. HR strategic partnership is a proactive, business-aligned approach where HR professionals work collaboratively with leadership to drive organizational success. Rather than focusing solely on administrative tasks, HR is a key business partner, integrating people strategies with corporate objectives. Students will learn to develop and implement strategic initiatives, build business cases, and align people strategies with business goals. The course also emphasizes practical applications such as succession planning and organizational design.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Use strategic thinking skills to describe the broader business context and align actions with business needs.
- Explain the requirement of serving as an executive advisor and advocate for business and people, balancing detailed execution with organizational and industry strategic concepts.
- Describe core strategy concepts, including current state, desired future state, and the rationale behind strategic decisions.
- Conduct a core values exercise to navigate conflicts between business goals and personal or organizational values.
- Create business cases that align with organizational priorities and improve the bottom line, incorporating an understanding of business operations.
- Conduct succession planning and organizational design to ensure long-term business success and leadership development.
- Create a people strategy aligned with a business strategy, respecting HR’s role, ethics, and responsibility in strategic recommendations.
- Create strategic plans for HR initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, needs analysis, organization design, and delivering value-adding projects.
- Analyze business challenges from a people perspective using various best practice models and tools.
Effective as of Fall 2025
Related Programs
Strategic Human Resources Partnership (HRMG 4650) is offered as a part of the following programs:
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School of Business + Media
- Strategic Human Resources Management
Diploma Full-time
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