DURATION
6-Month
180 Training Hours
180 IHRP CPD Hours
NEXT INTAKE
14 Feb 2025
Apply by:
31 Jan 2025
DELIVERY MODE
Classroom Learning
PROGRAMME FEE
$5,323.36
(Before GST)
$5,802.46
(After GST)
Outline
The Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Capital Management offers learners to adapt and appreciate their role as strategic partners in the diverse business environment and industry by aiding them to acquire sufficient breadth of knowledge, deeper insights and greater understanding of the interdisciplinary areas of managing human resources productively in an organisation and to understand the labour legislation and industrial relations in Singapore. The programme endorses learners’ competence in attainment of both academic and practical understanding of multi-dimensional HR techniques, motivation and skill for managing and developing people as a value-added asset. The available specialisations are as follows:
The programme endorses learners’ competencies in attainment of both academic and practical understanding of multi-dimensional HR techniques, motivation and skill for managing and developing people as value-added assets. The available specialisations are as follows:
Business Partnering: The programme focuses on enhancing knowledge of key business drivers and analysis of important company data to help organisations make informed decisions with regards to business impacts.
Reward Management: The programme focuses on enhancing knowledge on delivering strategic insights and equip learners on how to connect organisational excellence to people management by systematically designing and developing compensation structures to drive organisation’s performance.
Organisational Development and Psychology: The programme focuses on enhancing knowledge in organisational strategies, policies, structure and culture with emphasis on leadership.
Objectives
Human Resource (HR) is part of the organisational function that deals with or provides leadership and advice for dealing with all issues related to the people in an organisation in terms of compensation, hiring, performance management, organisation development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration and training & development.
In today’s context, the new role of HR Professionals are expected to providing effective policies & procedures, people-friendly guidelines and support towards strategic direction and the use of HRM metrics and measurements to demonstrate their value. They are the strategic partners helping organisations move towards their mission, vision, values and guiding principles. Human Capital are expected to perform a balancing act to serve all of an organisation's stakeholders: customers, executives, owners, managers, employees, and stockholders.
Who Should Attend
HR Professionals, Executives, Managers aspiring to be HR Leaders of Tomorrow by enhancing employability, capabilities and market value. Working professionals who wish to consider a future HR career progression or intend to have a career switch to explore HR.
Programme Structure
CORE MODULES:
Module 1: Learning & Change Leadership
Module 2: Human Resource Management
Module 3: HR Analytics & Insights
To help learners excel in the field of their interest, SHRI Academy offers the following specialisations.
Indications from Applicant
**Learners need to indicate their decision on the choice of specialisation on the application form when applying for the programme.
** Business Partnering
· Specialised Module 4: Alignment of Business & HR Strategies
· Specialised Module 5: HR Consulting
OR
** Reward Management
· Specialised Module 4: Compensation Structures for Organisational Effectiveness
· Specialised Module 5: Performance Based Reward Strategies & Practices
OR
** Organisational Development and Psychology
· Specialised Module 4: Organisational Psychology & Workplace Intervention
· Specialised Module 5: Theory & Practice of Organisational Development
Core Modules:
Module 1: Learning & Change Leadership
This module explores and evaluates the concepts and theories related to how individuals learn and acquire new knowledge and skills, as well as managing and leading change at the workplace. Throughout the different topics there will be discussions on the applications of these concepts and theories in common challenges related to people management and development.
Module 2: Human Resource Management
The module aims to provide learners an overview of the key deliverables of Human Resources function. It focuses to enhance learners’ skills and abilities to improve the overall credibility of the HR function by delivering programmes which are aligned with the business needs of their organisations while giving them substantial view of Manpower Legislation Laws of Singapore.
Module 3: HR Analytics & Insights
The module provides learners with knowledge and skills for human resource Analysis capability. Through a project/assignment, learners will develop and acquire the necessary skills and expertise to carry out fundamental HR Analytics. Module shall aid learners to understand identification and analysis of data availability in the entire Employment Lifecycle, identification of various types of HR related data/metrics and their effective interpretation and presentation, identification and development of HR Metrics and Analytics in various key stages of Employment Lifecycle.
To help learners excel in the field of their interest, SHRI Academy offers the following specialisations:
Specialisation: Business Partnering
Module 4: Alignment of Business & HR Strategies
The module provides learners with an overview of the key challenges of businesses. Learner will be able to identify the key concepts, describe the HR models and explain the relevant models/theories to support business objectives and goals. It focuses to enhance the learners’ competencies to align HR strategies to business strategies.
Module 5: HR Consulting
The module provides learners with an overview of the key processes of HR consulting. Learner will be able to identify the key concepts, describe the HR consulting process and explain the relevant models/theories. It focuses to enhance the participants’ competencies to perform the role of an internal HR consulting role by delivering services that are aligned with the stakeholders’ expectations and business needs of their organisations.
Specialisation: Reward Management
Module 4: Compensation Structures for Organisational Effectiveness
The module provides the fundamental theories, principles, practices, techniques, issues and case studies associated with Compensation & Benefits, primarily focusing on Compensation and the organisation; learner will be able to translate and apply the compensation theories, models, processes and strategies to achieve organisational goals.
It focuses to enhance learner’s skills and abilities so as to be able to carry out basic base pay structure design from the initial job analysis, job documentation, job evaluation, job worth hierarchy and base pay structure. In addition, delivering compensation programmes which are aligned with the culture and business needs of your organization.
Module 5: Performance Based Reward Strategies & Practices
This module focuses on the importance of the role of a reward strategy in businesses to drive superior performance by examining the current and future trends against a backdrop of international practices.
Specialisation: Organisational Development and Psychology
Module 4: Organisational Psychology & Workplace Intervention
This module explores and evaluates the concepts and theories in Organisational Psychology and how such concepts and theories are applied in the context of an organisation so as to provide the support for people development at the individual, team and organisation level. This module also includes related Workplace Intervention strategies in coaching and mentoring that are created to support the development of people based on the Organisation Psychology concepts and theories.
Module 5: Theory & Practice of Organisational Development
This module provides a strong foundation for anyone who is keen to gain a comprehensive understanding of Organisational Development or OD. Learner will not only gain good knowledge of theories and concepts in OD, but would get the opportunity to apply by conducting in-class consultancy with each other as groups of consultants and clients during the course of the module.
The frameworks, concepts and theories covered in the course are introduced to explain how progressive organisations use total rewards strategies and practices to motivate, recognise and enhance employees’ performance. Various new concepts and practices will be examined to explore their applicability in various organisational contexts.
The modules listed above may be conducted in a different sequence. Module content / syllabus will be provided upon request.
Assessment Method
Candidates are assessed by individual assignment and/or group assignment with class presentation and written examination at the end of each module. Candidates must obtain a pass mark in both their individual assignment and/or group assignment with class presentation and written examination to pass the module.
Delivery Mode
Classroom Learning
Programme Duration
Admission Requirements
Minimum Academic Qualifications | Bachelor's Degree in any discipline OR Advanced Diploma with 2 years of relevant post qualification work experience OR Certifications from IHRP or CIPD or SHRM OR Mature candidate (≥ 30 years old) with Polytechnic or Private Education Institution Diploma with at least 8 years' relevant work experience OR Candidates with other qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis |
|---|---|
Minimum Age | 21 Years of Age |
Language Requirement | GCE 'O' Level Credit pass in English OR Level 6 in ESS (Employability Skills System) workplace numeracy OR Workplace Literacy (WPL-Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) Level 6 OR IELTS 6.0 OR An equivalent English Language qualification |
Course Fees
Fees Breakdown | Amount |
|---|---|
Course Fee | S$5,153.36 |
Membership Entrance Fee | S$120.00 |
1-Year Membership Subscription Fee | S$50.00 |
Total Cost Fee Before GST | S$5,323.36 |
9% GST | S$479.10 |
Total Course Fee Payable After GST | S$5,802.46 |
Application Fee - S$163.50 inclusive of GST (non-refundable and non-transferrable, payable upon application).
All fees to be payable in full before course commencement.
Progression waiver is applicable for students who sign up for any programmes within 12 months from the date of graduation.
Please view here for the Miscellaneous Fees.
Fundings Available
UTAP funding effective up to March 2025 for self-sponsored NTUC members. (Sign up for NTUC Membership here to apply for UTAP funding here)
For more information on the above funding support, please contact 6438 0012 or email [email protected]
Certificate Awarded
The graduates will be issued a transcript and certificate for the programme, Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Capital Management upon successfully completing and passing 3 core modules and 2 specialised modules as stipulated in the programme structure. Graduates may use the title “PGDipSHCM” after their names once they have received the award.
Thereafter the completion, if the learner wishes to enrol for 2 more specialisation modules which make up one other type of specialisation, SHRI Academy will issue another transcript, with the same programme title, Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Capital Management, indicating the specialisations. There will NOT be another certificate issued.
To help graduates meet the needs of Singapore’s Employment market, SHRI Academy permits additional Specialisation to be taken ONLY by SHRI Postgraduate Diploma in HR graduates, who have successfully attained a full Certification – SHRI Postgraduate Diploma in HR. SHRI Academy will issue ONLY transcript, with the programme title, Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Capital Management, indicating the specialisation modules. There will NOT be another certificate issued and graduates are NOT permitted to use the title “PGDipSHCM” after their names.
Progression
PGDipSHCM graduates are encouraged to enrol for the Master of Science in Human Resources (Top-Up) (e-learning) programme, jointly offered by Edinburgh Napier University (UK) and SHRI Academy, subject to acceptance by the University.
IHRP CPD Hours
Upon completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Capital Management programme, learners will earn 180 HR-related Training Hours/CPD Hours (excluding examination) that can be applied towards Application for or Renewal of IHRP certification.
Teacher-student Ratio
1:70
