CHRD® Body of Knowledge 
CHRD® (Certified Human Resources Director)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
The CHRD® designation is designed for HR practitioner's candidate or employed in Top-level Management, Full- or part-time.
The CHRD® program is designed to provide advanced level knowledge of HRM for management of human resources in an organization. It offers good blend of theories and practices in the management of human resources to meet the growing demand for competent HR Directors.
PROGRAM DURATION:
Coursework 60 hours
2 Projects 20 hours
Total Study hours 80 hours
Examination 4 hours
The CHRD® BOK "body of knowledge" is designed to answer the question, “What should a Human Resources Director know and be able to apply to be considered a competent HRD?” The BOK is include by the following nine modules
Module 1: Strategic HR Management
- Human Resource Management at work
- The Changing Environment of HR
- The Changing Role of HR
- Equal Employment
- The Strategic Management Process
- HR Role in Creating Competitive Advantage
- HR Strategic Roles
- Creating the Strategic HRMS
- Job Descriptions and Specifications
- Job Analysis in a Jobless World
- Personnel Planning and Recruiting
- Interviewing and Selecting Employees
- Employees Orientation
- The Training Process
- Implement Training
- Managing Innovation and Change
- Evaluation of Training Programs
- Career Planning and Development
- Performance Appraisal
- Job Evaluation
- Salaries Administration
- Incentive Systems
- Benefits and Services
- Occupational Safety
- Occupational Health
- Security and Safety
- HR and the Internationalization of Business
- Global Differences and Similarities in HR Practices
- How to Implement a Global HR System
- Staffing the Global Organization
- Training and Maintaining Expatriate Employee
Module 7: High Performance Organizations
- The high performance context of organizational behavior
- Characteristics of high performance organization
- Management challenges of high performance organizations
- How are high performance organizations created
Module 8: Executive Management
- Directors and Management
- The Changing Face of Management
- Planning and Decision Making
- Organizing and Organizational Design
- Managing Change and Innovation
- Leading and Leadership
- Control Tools and Techniques
- Project Management
- Introduction to TQM,
- EOQ, Process, Systems and Agency Theories
- Teams, Taguchi and JIT
- Quality Definition and Measurement
- Ten Lessons in Simplicity
- HRMI 8001:2009