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LSE: Digital Transformation in HR

Gain the knowledge to effectively implement and utilize digital human resource management to drive organizational performance.

Gain the knowledge to effectively implement and utilize digital human resource management to drive organizational performance.

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8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Oct 8, 2025
Enroll by Oct 14, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Oct 8, 2025
Enroll by Oct 14, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Today’s human resource (HR) function faces continuous evolution due to technological advances and an influx of data. HR now plays a critical role in ensuring that an organization's digital transformation not only considers technology, but the impact on employee experience, performance, and satisfaction as well. To drive business success, professionals in this industry need to transform their approach and develop the HR skills of the future.

Gain the in-depth knowledge needed to lead adoption on the Digital Transformation in HR online certificate course from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Over eight weeks, you’ll develop a holistic overview of the key trends and methods for strategically implementing digital HR into your business to drive performance. Guided by industry leaders and expert LSE faculty, you’ll explore effective digital HR adoption and utilization strategies. You’ll also discover how to use a range of digital HR tools to enhance the management and productivity of your workforce. Learn how to use data and technology to enhance the capabilities of your HR function, and make more informed workforce and business decisions.

Middle to senior HR professionals and managers, who focus on organizational performance, will benefit from the insights of digital human resource management (HRM) and people analytics presented on this course. Those at an executive level, who want to upskill or reskill, will gain the knowledge to introduce technology and analytics into their portfolio. For those already working as data scientists or analytics professionals, the course provides oversight of people analytics and HR knowledge in order to broaden your skills. Graduates of HR programmes that didn’t cover digital or analytics training, could enhance their knowledge in digital HR to specialize or remain relevant.

Course curriculum

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Discover the tools and systems required to assist digital transformation in HR as you work through the weekly modules of this online certificate course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: The case for digital human resource management (HRM)

Module 2: Identifying the problem: Evidence-based inquiry

Module 3: Data sources, types, and collection

Module 4: Data analytics for human resources

Module 5: Emerging tools for digital HRM (AI and HR)

Module 6: Data-driven HR decision-making

Module 7: Implementing digital HRM

Module 8: Embedding digital transformation across the organisation

About the certificate

Learn digital transformation in HR and earn an official certificate of competence from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

£7.7 billion

The estimated amount of money needed to stabilise and improve the United Kingdom’s current healthcare system.

The Health Foundation (Nov, 2020).

25%

The approximate percentage of healthcare spend that is wasted in the US, equating to as much as $935 billion a year.

JAMA Network (Oct, 2019).

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