Build a practical understanding of how modern HR drives business results. In 10 beginner‑friendly modules, you’ll learn how people decisions, hiring, pay, performance, culture, compliance, and operations, connect directly to an organization’s strategy, operating model, and bottom line. By the end, you’ll know how to speak the language of business, design HR practices that fit organizational goals, and show leaders exactly how HR initiatives improve productivity, retention, and profitability.
1. Welcome to the Business of HR
2. Building the Right Team
3. Hiring That Works
4. Attracting Talent
5. Day One to Day Ninety
6. Growing Performance
7. Pay and Benefits as a Business Tool
8. Risk, Rules, and Consistency
9. Trust at Work
10. Running HR Like a Business
Following this program, learners will be able to:
Explain how companies create value and how HR aligns talent decisions to business strategy.
Apply foundational HR operations skills, including workforce planning, organizational design, and end‑to‑end hiring.
Build effective recruiting systems with employer branding, talent marketing, and structured hiring practices.
Design onboarding processes that accelerate time‑to‑performance and strengthen early retention.
Implement performance‑sustaining systems, including learning and development, performance management, and total rewards.
Address organizational risk, using HR compliance, employee relations, and policy governance frameworks.
Optimize HR operations and service delivery, including HRIS, ATS, and LMS technologies.
Use HR metrics, dashboards, and people analytics to interpret data and communicate insights leaders act upon.
Lead change management efforts that support smooth adoption of new HR programs, processes, and systems.
Connect HR initiatives to measurable business outcomes, demonstrating impact on productivity, retention, customer experience, and financial performance.
Certificate of completion.
This class is an independent-study course. Learners will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.