Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Resource Management
Stellenbosch University
Key Information
Campus location
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
1 - 2 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
ZAR 45,000 / per year **
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* International candidates; 30 October for South African candidates
** minimum compulsory initial fee for African students. Prices vary depending on the region. Additional fees may apply
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Introduction
The programme will focus on the strategic competencies of HR leaders in delivering business value in pursuit of the overall business goals of an organisation. The programme has been designed with inputs from top HR Directors, business executives and thought leaders, thereby ensuring a cutting-edge approach to HR best practices aligned to the realities and complexities of the new world of work. The PG Diploma offers a development opportunity to graduates in any field seeking to augment their qualifications with core HR Management knowledge and skills as well as to examine the strategic application of the HR function in organisations. The introduction of this post-graduate qualification will also facilitate the upward career mobility of middle managers in various disciplines requiring people management skills.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic HR Management will be a programme with a modular/blended learning mode of delivery (physical and online learning) at the Stellenbosch University main campus. There are 8 direct contact hours of classes per module, and 8 hours per day for the block of introductory contact time (this introductory contact block is thus a week long) followed by the presentation of outcomes achieved at the end of the programme. Students will be required to have online contact and to do independent self-study, assignments, and applications in a work environment. The duration of the programme is one year for students who want to complete it in an accelerated way or two years for students who need more flexibility in terms of their workload and other personal or family commitments. Information and communication technology-mediated lectures and discussion groups will be employed to facilitate the learning experience for students.
Program Outcome
The unique value proposition of the programme is as follows:
- Its focus is strategic in ensuring that HR work is elevated to the strategic level in organisations by driving effective business strategy;
- Global, emerging market and local HR best practices are integrated into the programme from a future world of work perspective;
- Individual and group online learning accelerates the learning and networking experience;
- All outcomes are applied in the workplace and culminate in clear outputs relevant to the workplace and presented and signed off by a panel of experts;
- The content and outcomes of the different modules cover global best practices in HR Management, while also meeting the national HR standards and competencies of the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP);
- The programme is presented by top-level industry experts;
- An integrated assessment ensures that students obtain overall competence in all of the eight modules.
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Curriculum
The programme will focus on four market segments:
- HR Practitioners who are interested to progress to HR Managers;
- HR Managers who are aspiring to become HR Directors;
- HR Directors who are keen to update their HR knowledge;
- Line Managers and other specialists who want to improve their people management skills.
The eight modules of 15 credits each add up to a total of 120 credits. The modules are as follows:
- Strategic HR Management and Ethics
- Strategic HR Development and Coaching
- Talent Management
- Employment Law
- Employment Relations
- Organisation Behaviour
- Compensation Management
- HR Metrics