Lean management for HR

Increase efficiency and added value!

This training is held in German.
A shortage of skilled workers, a complex recruitment market and cost pressure are forcing HR to make many core areas of HR management more efficient. Applying lean management principles to HR processes can lead to success here - after all, lean management is about optimizing HR work in order to create more added value for customers , avoid "waste" and make potential visible. Learn how you can transfer lean management principles to your HR Management and how this optimizes customer benefits and costs and improves the quality of your HR work.

Contents

Lean management

  • What is lean management?
  • History of lean in the context of quality management.
  • Lean principles and lean organization.
  • Lean in the service areas incl. Lean HR.
  • The most important lean tools.

Role and mission of HR 

  • Expectations of HR Management and status quo.
  • Self-assessment of own HR department according to the EFQM model.
  • HR management's contribution to the company's success.
  • Current trends and best practices for the HR sector.

Value creation and waste in HR management

  • Strategic lean orientation for HR and operational consequences. Effectiveness (efficacy) and efficiency (lean): Evaluate and improve HR processes and HR services.

Lean methods for HR

  • Basic principles & customer orientation.
  • Selected lean methods that are particularly relevant for HR.
  • Why lean approaches outside of production often fail and how this can be avoided.
  • Concrete challenges and solutions for the introduction.

Lean culture

HR competencies for Lean

  • Customer orientation.
  • Process orientation.
  • Leadership skills.

Performance measurement

  • Success and maturity measurement.
  • Suitable key figures.

Lean and agile - connections and differences

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

  • Transferring the lean management concept to HR management in order to optimize added value and costs and increase job satisfaction.
  • Make core HR processes such as recruiting, personnel development and remuneration effective, lean and measurable.
  • Know the connections between the concepts of Lean and Agile and use them in their work.
  • Take away specific recommendations for action that support daily practice and identify potential for improvement.

Methods

Trainer input, case/best-practice examples, exercises, discussion, exchange of experience, work aids, checklists, self-assessment of your own HR department.

Tool

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Recommended for

HR managers, HR managers in leading and creative functions as well as management representatives

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