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Description

Managing the HR Function: Organising Activity, Setting Priorities and Reporting

Cover the full scope of HR responsibilities without spreading yourself thin and organise your activity around genuine priorities

  • 4 days — 28 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

The HR function covers personnel administration, recruitment, learning, compensation, employee relations and advisory support to managers. In organisations where one or two people carry the entire scope, urgency takes over and whole subjects are never addressed for lack of time and method.

Four days to define the boundaries of each HR responsibility, identify what must be secured first and organise your activity accordingly. The programme closes with a personal roadmap covering one quarter.

Learning objectives

  • Define the boundaries of each HR responsibility
  • Identify the obligations to be secured as a priority
  • Organise the annual HR and employee relations calendar
  • Build simple and reusable processes
  • Balance manager requests against management priorities
  • Build an HR roadmap covering one quarter

What makes this programme different

Each participant maps their actual responsibilities from the first half-day
An annual HR calendar is built and dated during the programme
Trade-off decisions are practised on the live requests participants currently have pending

Programme

1Scope and Priorities of the Function

Knowing what genuinely falls to you

  • Map your actual responsibilities and those expected of you
  • Distinguish what can be delegated from what cannot
  • Identify the obligations to secure first
  • Clarify the split of duties with managers and senior management

2Personnel Administration and Calendar

Keeping pace without missing a deadline

  • Structure employee files and approval routes
  • Build the annual HR calendar
  • Make payroll preparation reliable
  • Organise regular control checks

3Recruitment, Learning and Skills

Handling needs without improvising

  • Formalise a recruitment request with the manager
  • Structure a repeatable selection process
  • Gather learning needs and prioritise them
  • Monitor the onboarding of new joiners

4Relations with Managers and Employees

Advising without taking over

  • Respond to a manager's request while setting the framework
  • Handle an individual grievance
  • Prepare a manager for a difficult conversation
  • Identify situations to escalate to senior management

5Steering Your Own HR Activity

Moving from urgency to plan

  • Select a few genuinely useful tracking indicators
  • Set up a regular review with senior management
  • Formalise a quarterly roadmap
  • Secure continuity of the function during absences

Who is it for

HR managers in smaller organisations as well as HR officers or business owners personally handling the human resources function.

Prerequisites

Holding an HR role or being responsible for the human resources function within your organisation.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.