SHRM SPHR Certification Guide

Comprehensive questions for the SPHR and PHR Professional in Human
Resources Certification exam. Updated for 2013, includes new exam changes.
Includes instruction on all 6 sections:

Strategic Management: Formulation of HR objectives, practices and policies
to meet the short/long-range organizational needs and opportunities, guide
and lead change, evaluate HR's contributions to organizational
effectiveness.

Workforce Planning and Employment: Ongoing evaluation of recruiting,
hiring, orientation and organizational exit, to ensure that the workforce
will meet the organization's goals and objectives.

Human Resource Development: Meeting current and future organizational and
individual needs through developing, implementing, evaluating activities
and programs, employee training, development, change, performance
management and needs of employee groups.

Total Rewards: Evaluation of a total compensation and benefits system for
all employee groups consistent with human resource management goals.

Employee and Labor Relations: Evaluation of the workplace relationship
between employer and employee, maintaining effective relationships,
working conditions that balance the employer's needs with the employees
rights to support objectives.

Risk Management: Evaluation of programs, practices and services to promote
the physical and mental well-being of individuals in the workplace and to
protect individuals, workplace from unsafe acts, working conditions and
violence.

Study guide based only on official SHRM certification requirements.