- Employment and labor law The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws
- Benefit law Pension & Benefits Laws
- Written communication Written Communications That Inform and Influence (Results-Driven Manager, The)
- Effective speaking and platform skills The Confident Speaker: Beat Your Nerves and Communicate at Your Best in Any Situation
- Psychology of relationships The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
- Body language The Definitive Book of Body Language
- Business structure Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process (Stanford Business Classics)
- Business Finance Reading Financial Reports For Dummies
- Selling Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness
- Strategic planning Strategic Planning For Dummies
- Futurism and the tools of scenario planning Futuring: The Exploration of the Future
- Time management The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques: How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy
- Project management The One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single Sheet of Paper
- Risk management The Essentials of Risk Management
- Human capital metrics and measurement HR Metrics The World Class Way
- Conflict management Conflict Management: A Practical Guide to Developing Negotiation Strategies
I think anyone coming out of a college today with a degree in HR should have this preparation under his/her belt.
So what do you think of my list? Any suggestions?
And the big question, how much of this do you know? Is your education lacking? Is it time to go "back to school" and work on your "degree" in HR? The links above will provide you with a resource if you want one.
6 comments:
The nice thing about this is that except for the first two they are not country or culturally specific. Yes there are other texts for other languages or cultures that might be better but the subjects remain.
I suppose really that's true of the first two except you would HAVE to replace them with local version whereas the others you COULD replace them.
Cool...I'm waiting (already waited 20 years) for the day HR truly becomes a business oriented discipline.
Hey Michael - that is some impressive list. I would really like to see more business related materials included, because without true understanding of the business HR are supporting, they will struggle getting "the seat at the table".
I would also put more emphasis on psychological grounding of an HR professional. EQ is critical, as well as integration of psychological elements into all HR processes - selection, training, assessment, etc.
Hey Mike,
Have you checked out SHRM's Curriculum Guide? Link is here: http://www.shrm.org/Education/hreducation/Pages/Guidebook.aspx
Thoughts?
Matt (akaBruno)
Nice list; this is something every startup or small business looking to get their HR started properly should look at and research each link you gave.
In today's world of mass adoption in the online social networks, advanced technologies (Ipads, Smart Phones,over 200K downloadable applications etc) I believe knowledge of digital marketing is essential for success in the human resource space.
I did not see this as your suggested curriculum. Would love to hear perspective. My company is a start up technology company in the recruitment space and I have seen an influx of job titles I have not experienced in the past. Senior Brand Manager Talent Acquisition, Digital Recruitment Marketing Manager, Recruitment Marketing Manager the list goes on.
Dear
Am working in a company and I would like to move to the HR department, I don’t have Degree in HR but I will take some course about it
I want to ask you what are the essential things or basic that I have to learn and gain in HR
Can you guide me to a book that can help to increase my knowledge?
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