Businesses are changing all the time. Change is a positive thing and is required to keep growing and increasing profits and turnover. However, change always comes with risks. These might be financial risks or risks to quality, products, or processes.
It’s important that human resources professionals understand the risks in their area due to company change and the implications on employees, processes, and the wider business.
Human resources can also help the business to identify risks using reporting, employee tracking, and comparisons with competitor businesses. They can also respond to on-site risks in regard to health and safety or employee recruitment, management, and retention.
To fully fulfil the HR role, professionals in this area will need to evaluate the business performance against key performance indicators and ISO standards to understand where the business needs to be heading in the future; forecasting and avoiding or mitigating risk elements along the way to maintain company success and profits.
This course is designed for anyone working in human resources who is responsible for identifying risk areas across the business. It would be most beneficial for:
This course uses a variety of adult learning methods to aid full understanding and comprehension. Participants will view presentations and videos which discuss the importance of risk assessments during periods of change. They will conduct group discussions to fully understand areas of risk within their current processes and use the learned tools and techniques to develop a roadmap for the future and a business continuity plan to cover all bases. Finally, they will discuss their plans for change, their reasoning, and their risk mitigation methods with the group to gain feedback and understand further areas for development.