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The CIPD has more than 116,000 members and is the professional body for all those specialising in the management and development of people.

The CIPD is committed to being the leading, best-practice professional institute in the UK and Ireland. It exists to help its members improve the performance of their organisations and through them help increase the productivity levels of the whole economy. Its central message is that people mean business.

There is now strong evidence that progressive people management and development policies is the key to sustainable success in the emerging service-sector oriented knowledge economy.

The CIPD also advises Government and businesses at UK and European level on employment policies and plays a key role in developing both national and European-level employment strategies.

CIPD members are drawn from every sector of the economy, both public and private - with many acting in key strategic roles within their organisations. The CIPD aims through its research, publishing and conferences, to provide a better understanding of the key workplace issues for members, opinion formers and the wider public.

The Institute is responsible for the professional qualifications of the personnel profession. Knowledge Network (knet) in association with Oakwood Training continue to offer CIPD programmes in Dubai.

With the rapid growth in the region, more people are being employed and thus the HR function is growing. It is a must to have qualified HR professionals looking after the organisation's human potential.

There is no language or academic pre-determined entry requirements for these courses. However, a high level of written and spoken English is required. Each of the Certificate programmes offered leads to Associate Membership of the CIPD upon successful completion. This is an ideal programme for those who require a means of professional recognition in their field, and is a skills-based rather than an academic programme.

knet in association with Oakwood offer the following programmes:

Certificate in Personnel Practice

The major aim of this programme is to develop and build skills, knowledge and confidence so that participants are able to take a proactive approach to how HR is structured and serviced within their own organisation. By examining the strategic issues facing HR specialists and concentrating on the provision of personnel management skills to improve operational effectiveness, participants are encouraged to develop the frameworks, skills and best practices which will take the profession forward in the 21st Century.

Module - 1 Human Resource Plans and Organisational Context
Module - 2 Recruitment and Selection
Module - 3 Training and Development for HR Managers
Module - 4 Performance Management and Employee Relations

Certificate in Training Practice

The major aim of this programme is to develop and build skills, knowledge and confidence so that participants can take a proactive approach on how training is structured and delivered within their own organisation. Additionally it assists in obtaining best value for money from training budgets and to help the trainer to adopt an internal consulting approach to the Training and HR function.

Module - 1 Training in Context
Module - 2 Identifying and Prioritising Learning Needs
Module - 3 Designing Training and Assessment
Module - 4 Delivering and Evaluating Training

Certificate in Recruitment and Selection

The major aim of this programme is to develop and build skills, knowledge and confidence so that participant can take a proactive approach in how recruitment and selection processes are structured and delivered within their own organisation. Additionally it assists in obtaining best value for money from often-limited budgets and to help the specialist to adopt an internal consulting approach to their job function within the whole context of HR.

Module - 1 The Context of Recruitment and Selection and Application of Information Systems
Module - 2 The Recruitment Process
Module - 3 The Selection Process
Module- 4The Legal, Ethical and Professional Isues of Recruitment and Selection

CIPD Certificate Assessment criteria:

Students will be required to understand and commit to the time and input required to undertake the programme. This will involve personal study time. It is expected by CIPD that 170 hours of own study time be undertaken in addition to the 120-148 training contact hours.

Accreditation is achieved by continual assessment (i.e. non-exam). All students will be expected to complete four assignments of 2000 words each (2 skills- based and 2 theory-based), plus one major work-based project of 3,500 words and the completion of learning logs throughout the total period of study.

All assignments have a strong business link and aim to ensure substantial value to the student's organisation. Some assignments may be group-based although the report element of each assignment will always be individually based for assessment purposes.