eCornell Certificate Programs

 

The Certificate in Change Leadership from eCornell will help you develop skills and learn processes critical to executing initiatives in corporate, not-for-profit, or public organizations. The skills and processes developed in this six-course series will enable you to identify opportunities for effective action and shepherd them from concept to execution.  

 

This online four-course certificate series has its roots in the Executive Education programs at Cornell University. The course content has been honed through the authoring faculty's experience with major corporate clients. It addresses the issues that are most critical in the development of corporate leaders: the ability to think and plan strategically, make good decisions, and innovate. 

 

To ensure success, you must often effectively communicate and discuss project and investment ideas with your organization's financial managers. In most organizations, miscommunication and limited access to financial management tools and methods hinder decision-making. This four-course series will provide you with a financial mindset that addresses these problems and allows you to make better business decisions. 

 

The HR: Benefits and Compensation Certificate program is designed for HR professionals and those wishing to learn more about employee benefits and compensation packages. Even the most seasoned human resources professionals can learn something new from this six-course certificate series addressing legal and organizational factors related to retirement plans, health plans, and other benefit packages. 

 

More than ever, Human Resources professionals must help organizations strike a balance between employees’ work lives and personal lives, while maintaining organizational efficiency. In the six course certificate series, you will learn strategies for effective communication and investigating and establishing work/life balance initiatives to create a more positive workplace environment. 

 

Performance management is a challenge to every organization that demands a unique approach. The six-course certificate is designed to provide participants with the analytical and organizational skills to determine what kind of performance-management program will work for them and the communication and logistical know-how to bring the program to life. 

 

Selection and staffing are about managing a workforce and optimizing HR processes which in turn leads to effective organizational processes. This six-course certificate will lead you to a deeper understanding of legal and ethical issues in workplace hiring, appropriate and effective communications for recruitment and interviewing, and strategies to address employee staffing and retention. 

 

Each year, thousands of professionals sharpen their skills, develop new ones, and enhance their knowledge of the HR field with Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR). eCornell has partnered closely with ILR to adapt its renowned Human Resources Studies Certificate Series in a convenient online format. This 12-course series is designed to give students an overview of all areas important to the Human Resources profession. 

 

eCornell’s Certificate in Project Leadership focuses on the skills needed to improve project management performance, recognizing that projects are social systems that exist within the social system of an organization. This six-course series builds the critical leadership skills necessary to lead a project to success. 

 

Human Resources plays a significant role, not only in human-capital development, but in how human capital can contribute to the execution of organizational and business strategies. This certificate series is essential for all senior managers, directors, and executive-level HR professionals who are charged with improving HR's ability to contribute to organizational strategy and success or those wishing to move into a leadership position. 

 

This six-course certificate helps participants address issues related to organizational conflict, strategic employment, employee relations and legal compliance from both a local and global perspective, and design initiatives to contribute to enduring organizational success.