This is an overview Human Resource Management (HRM) course intended to give the modern business leader a broad understanding of how and what is involved in delivering competitive advantage through effective HRM. The key theme for the course is the creation of alignment between business strategy and objectives, structure, and what it is that people are actually doing to create value, personally and professionally. In short, the alignment of: strategy, structure, and people. Value creation by employees, for customers and on behalf of shareholders, will also be a key theme of the course. The course begins with a look at organizational strategy, leading to subsequent sections on: workforce planning and role clarity; attraction, recruitment, selection, and integration; reward and recognition; performance management and appraisal; training and development; people change management; employment legislation and health and safety; industrial and labour relations; talent and career management; and organizational culture.