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Organizational Culture and Work/Life Balance

Course ID: ILRHR505
Use a strong employee relations program to inspire optimal performance from employees. Promote balance between work and life and recognize how everyone’s actions reflect corporate culture and strategy.

Description

This course covers how to develop a strong employee relations program that inspires people to deliver maximum levels of performance, models the company culture, and carries out your corporate strategy.

The course uses an interactive case study simulation to address many of these topics.

Who Should Take This Course?

HR professionals who have responsibility for employee relations in their organizations, and employees who have recently assumed this function in addition to other duties.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:
 

• HR: Foundations of Employee Relations
• Human Resources Practices
• International Human Resources Practices

Course Format

eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and builds each course around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer any questions about the course content.

This course contains the following modules:

• The World of Employee Relations
• The role of the HR practitioner with respect to employee relations
• Internal and external factors impacting employee relations
• Sources of employee relations issues and concerns
• Employee relations programs/strategies in your organization
• Organizational Culture
• Organizational culture and its connection to employee relations
• Strategies to resolve conflicts between personal values and organizational values
• The role of employee relations in addressing discrepancies between organizational and personal values
• Work/Life Balance
• The relationship between employee relations and work/life balance
• Factors driving the trend toward increased focus on work/life balance issues on the part of both employees and employers
• Implementing work/life balance programs

Benefits to the Learner

After completing this course, you will be able to:
• Identify and analyze factors within the organization--including behaviors, lack of harmony between organizational and personal values, and others--that may give rise to employee relations issues and concerns
• Assess the impact of organizational culture on employee relations
• Identify and implement components of effective ER strategies and practices

Authoring Faculty

Mary S. Rudder, Adjunct Instructor

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately 5-6 hours over a period of two weeks.

Enrollment

Price: $699.00
(This price is good as of 09/02/2010.)


Enroll Now
To register, click 'Enroll Now' at right, or contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).

Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
Next 3 Course available dates are:
September 1, 2010
September 29, 2010
October 27, 2010

Click 'Enroll Now' to see available dates beyond October 27, 2010.

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HRCI Recertification


This course been approved for six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

Technical Requirements

With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.


 
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