What actually keeps a workplace running smoothly day to day is not policy documents — it is people being recruited well, trained properly, motivated fairly, and managed with clear rules everyone understands. That is the practical core of human resource management.

This foundation course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built for anyone who needs that core covered properly: recruitment and selection, workforce planning, training, motivation, labor law essentials, and performance management, all explained through interactive, real-world discussion rather than abstract theory.

Who Should Attend?

• Anyone new to the HR field looking for a solid foundation.
• HR staff seeking formal training to consolidate their existing knowledge.
• Project coordinators, office managers or admin staff who regularly touch HR tasks.

What You Will Be Able to Do:

• Apply core principles of human resource management in daily work.
• Run a proper recruitment, selection and onboarding process.
• Design training that builds employee skills and keeps them motivated.
• Manage performance appraisal and basic succession planning.
• Apply labor law essentials and HR compliance requirements confidently.
• Build a foundation for continuing HR studies at a more advanced level.

Module 1: What HR Really Does Day to Day

• Core principles of human resource management in practice.
• The essential skill set every HR professional needs to build.

Module 2: Getting the Right People Through the Door

• Employee recruitment and selection methods suited to different roles.
• Designing selection methods and practicing structured interviewing.

Module 3: Planning the Workforce and Onboarding New Hires

• Principles of human resource planning.
• Running an effective new employee briefing and onboarding session.

Module 4: Training, Motivating and Coaching Employees

• Employee education, training design and skill development.
• Employee motivation, and coaching people toward peak performance.

Module 5: Managing Performance and Career Growth

• Setting evaluation criteria and goals that are actually measurable.
• Performance management scenarios and the basics of succession planning.

Module 6: Staying Compliant

• An overview of labor law essentials every HR professional needs.
• The HR compliance concept and keeping accurate personnel records.

Module 7: Becoming a Strategic HR Partner

• What strategic HR means, and how to work as a partner to the business.
• Organizational culture, cultural adaptation, and hands-on HR exercises.