Copilot for HR

Course subjects

Prompting Effectively with Copilot

• Why vague prompts create risky HR outputs

• The Goal-Context-Sources-Expectations prompt model

• Using constraints to control tone, scope, and risk

• Preventing invented facts and inappropriate advice

• Refining a prompt once, then editing manually

Policy Interpretation and Guidance

• Reviewing an HR policy or procedure

• Identifying what is clear versus ambiguous

• Drafting guidance for a manager or employee

• Highlighting areas requiring confirmation or escalation

• Output: policy guidance summary

Employee Issue and Response Drafting

• Drafting a professional response to an employee or manager

• Controlling tone, neutrality, and compliance risk

• Avoiding legal or disciplinary advice beyond scope

• Output: draft HR response communication

HR Recommendation and Next-Step Options

• Presenting possible HR approaches or next steps

• Identifying risks and dependencies

• Recommending a cautious, staged approach

• Output: HR recommendation outline

HR Options and Decision Support

• Presenting multiple response or action options

• Making trade-offs explicit (risk, precedent, employee impact)

• Drafting internal justification language

• Output: HR options summary

Researcher Agent: Scaling HR Research After the Fundamentals

• Why Researcher is not a replacement for HR judgement

• When Researcher is appropriate (policy comparison, legislative scanning, precedent research)

• How to convert manual HR research steps into a Researcher task

• Responding to Researcher clarification questions

• Reviewing and validating Researcher outputs before use