The Michigan flagship Human Resource Executive Program in Asia prepares human resource managers and professionals to become business players in creating and implementing successful business-focused HR strategies. Participants learn human resource techniques and skills that contribute to a firm's competitive advantage. They also identify how professionals assume leadership roles within their organizations, and learn state-of-the-art techniques for human resource management.

Upper/middle human resource managers responsible for establishing policy at corporate or divisional levels of major corporations or the policy-making head of human resource functions in smaller companies. Participants should be familiar with human resource areas and be ready to adopt new perspectives. The program is also geared toward line executives who need to develop and refine their human resource management skills.

As a participant in this program, you will:

• Learn to view your role as a business player with your organization
• Learn to develop and apply powerful human resource strategies and practices within your company
• Be able to align your human resources practices to support your company's short-term business goals and long-term business strategies
• Learn best practices and experience sharing with your peers from across the region

'This is an amazing experience, and opened my eyes & thoughts to think out of the box.'
Suhail Bin Tarraf
HR Business Partner - Whole Sale & Treasury - Emirates NBD

• Become a strategic partner and transform the HR function into a contributor to the business
• Turn corporate strategy into HR priorities
• Enhance your HR practices as a driver of competitive advantage
• Create a customer-focused culture
• Learn to articulate the value of HR investments for your business
• Apply state-of-the-art techniques to human resource management

'It was very insightful and it changed the way I look at HR. We can actually be part of the strategy.'
- SVP & HR Relationship Manager PFS - HSBC

Teams will participate in projects to apply classroom concepts to specific situations likely to be faced by human resource management professionals. These projects will be developed during several late afternoon sessions. Teams will present their analyses and recommendations by the end of the program.

The Human Resource Executive Program is designed as an intensive program that includes evening work. Core faculty members utilize a number of different learning approaches: best practices sharing, discussions, individual learning, and practical application. The program is organized around the following major topic areas:

• Human resources as a primary source of competitive advantage
• The emergence of human resources as a strategic partner
• The role of human resources in managing through economic turbulence
• Specific tools for developing a high value-added human resource strategy
• Creating the customer-focused human organization
• Building and maintaining strategic alliances through human resources
• Best human resource practices in Asia
• Managing strategic organizational change
• Human resource in the leadership role
• Developing a more capable human resource department
• Current thinking and future directions of the human resource professional

Sample Program Schedule

Day 1

• Human Resources as the competitive advantage
• Introduction to application projects

Day 2

• Linking HR with the business strategy
• Application project: HR - business strategy linkage

Day 3

• Creating the competitive organization
• Change management / HR measurement
• Application project: HR - business strategy linkage

Day 4

• Performance management
• People challenges of globalization
• Application projects: final review

Day 5

• Team project presentations
• Setting the new HR agenda
• HR in the leadership role

The program fee includes tuition, books, instructional materials, and coffee breaks. Fee is payable in advance in US dollars and is subject to change. See our Cancellation, Transfer and Substitution Policy

Note: Admission to this program is by application only. There are four ways to apply:
1) click "Register Now" on this page and complete the application online;
2) download the application and mail it back to us or fax it to +1.734.764.4267;
3) electronically request a paper application be sent by mail; or
4) call +1.734.763.1000, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST Monday through Friday and request a paper application be mailed to you.

Asia Pacific Regional Office
Unit 803, 8/F, Tower A, Manulife Financial Centre
223 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Tel: 852.2509.9088
Fax: 852.2509.9228
Email: Executive Education, Hong Kong