New certificate course for HR executives: Fit for the future!

New certificate course for HR executives: Fit for the future!

The International Business School of the FH Kufstein Tirol is expanding its educational offer with a new certificate course "Strategic HR Leadership". Specialists and managers in human resources and managing directors are addressed: inside who want to prepare for the challenges of the fast-moving world of work. The course begins in the winter semester 2025/26, and registrations are now possible. The participants receive profund knowledge in strategic HR management, leadership, organizational development and people analytics through hybrid teaching format that combines presence and online units in compact block formats. The program of the program is 16 ECTs, whereby the conclusion takes place within one semester.

The course promotes a modern understanding of leadership in the context of Vuca (Volatility, UncertaAnty, complexity, ambiguity) and the new approaches of Bani (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomplet Sat), which are becoming increasingly important. The course manager is Prof. (FH) Dr. Mario Situm, MBA. In order to ensure the practice, each participant in the "Transformation Project P&O" module develops a project from their company context. This orientation aims to manage HR managers and managing directors: to actively help shape future-oriented personnel work in order to counter current and future change in the world of work. …] (Https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250710_ots0016/neuer-stertifikats course-strategic-hr-leadership)

The challenges of Vuca and Bani

HR management has fundamentally changed through digital disruptions, economic changes and global crises. While Vuca served to describe uncertainties in the market, Bani has developed new challenges. Here, the human resources are made to be responsible in order to quickly break in an environment in which structures can break even when there is a strong appearance (Brittle), empathetically with the fears of the employees and to plan agile strategies.
Uknowva explains the development of vuca to bani

HR experts have to prioritize agility, strategic personnel planning and digital transformation under the Bani model in order to support the emotional and psychological needs of employees. This also includes promoting transparent dialogue and implementing mental health initiatives. The task of managing nonlinearity and unpredictability plays a central role; Continuous learning and the use of data -based knowledge are essential for strategic decisions.

future of personnel management

The DGFP (German Society for Personnel Management) has developed recommendations for action with its “HRM of the Future” initiative, which are intended to support HR departments in its strategic role. Attention is paid to recognizing human factors as a decisive differentiation feature of a company. The HR future study identifies important trends: from transformative HR, which focuses on value creation, to human clinical organizations to innovative learning formats for the promotion of competencies.
DGFP describes trends in HR-Management

In order to be prepared for technological upheavals, companies have to gain talents and anticipate the requirements of the market. A implementation of tailor-made solutions and a global talent ecosystem is essential. Mr. Ralf Steuer, Managing Director of the DGFP, underlines the need that HR has to grow from a supportive function to a strategic partner in order to successfully counter the challenges of the future.