ACCEPTABLE TOPICS FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
The following is a list of examples of subject areas relating to the SHRM BoCK that
may be awarded PDCs:
COMPETENCIES
Leadership & Navigation - Improving negotiation effectiveness
- Leading change
| Business Acumen - Advancing business acumen
- Understanding organizational metrics
| Consultation - Effective consultation
- Applyihg creative problem solving
| Global & Cultural Effectiveness - Cross-culture and cross-border issues
- Global strategic leadership
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Ethical Practice - Business ethics
- Dealing with unethical behavior or conflicts of interest
| Relationship Management - Customer relationship management
- Managing internal and external relationships
| Critical Evaluation - Critical thinking
- Data analysis
| Communication - Communicating up, down and across the organization
- Constructive feedback for developmental opportunities
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HR KNOWLEDGE
People - Goal-setting approaches
- Quality assurance techniques
- Strategic management considerations
- SWOT and environmental scan techniques
- Talent management
- Recruitment and selection techniques
- Retention techniques
- Job analysis
- Employee engagement
- Compensation and benefits
- Conflict management
- HR metrics
- Change management
- Training and development
- Remuneration data analysis
- Understanding external labor market factors
| Organization -
Balanced scorecards philosophy
- Motivational theories
- Organizational behavior theories
- HR organizational structure and design
- Understanding individual differences and perceptions
- Needs assessment techniques
- Succession planning
- Employee relations
- HRIS
- Data analytic techniques
| Workplace -
Global mindset techniques
- Visa and work permit considerations
- Managing international assignments
- Emotional intelligence
- Glass-ceiling prevention
- High- and low-context cultures
- Drug prevention
- Duty of care
- Safety auditing techniques
- Terrorism prevention and responses
- Privacy concerns
- Corporate citizenship and governance programs and legislation
- Legal update
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