Employee Recruitment and Selection (Functional Electives HR)

Paper Code: 
MBH- 422
Credits: 
4.0
Contact Hours: 
40.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To understand and explore the operational issues involved in recruitment and selection
  • To understand the extent of innovation and contemporary concerns and challenges in recruitment and selection
8.00
Unit I: 
Job Analysis

Meaning, definition & purpose. Methods of job analysis: job analysis interviews, job analysis questionnaire, task analysis inventory, position analysis questionnaire, subject expert workshops, critical incident technique, Fleishman job analysis survey, functional job analysis, job element method, repertory grid, critical incident technique

8.00
Unit II: 
Hiring Process

Nature of hiring: regular, temporary: its types. Need analysis, cost analysis of hiring process. Internal Hiring: meaning & definition of internal recruitment. Advantages & disadvantages. Sources of internal recruitment: circulars, intranet, employee referrals. Appointment or promotion. External hiring: meaning & definition of external recruitment, sources of recruitment; their advantages & disadvantages. Job advertisement: drafting, size & contents

10.00
Unit III: 
Screening Process & Assessment Centers

Screening the candidates: Application Forms: bio-data & weighted application blanks: meaning definition, purpose. Assessment centers: structuring, assessment centers activities, administrative structure, assessment centers effectiveness: content, criteria & construct validity. studying the CV

8.00
Unit IV: 
Testing & Interviewing candidate

Testing: meaning, definition, purpose, advantages & disadvantages. Ability tests: clerical ability tests, mechanical ability tests, mental ability test & physical ability test, personality assessment tests. Interviewing: planning the interview, interview process: preparation, components, types, interviewing behavior, structuring of interview, using the interview checklist.

6.00
Unit V: 
Background & Reference Checking & Appointment orders

Meaning, definition & purpose. Verification of character, criminal antecedents, previous work behavior & educational qualifications. Verification of community certificates in public sector companies. Appointment orders: meaning, definition & purpose

Essential Readings: 
  • Human Resource Management, Dessler Gary, Varkkey Biju, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008
  • Staffing Organisation, Herbert G. Heneman III, Timothy A. Judge, 5th Edition, 2011 McGraw Hill International
References: 
  1. The Open Book Management Experience: John Case.
  2. Human Resource Planning, Dipak Kumar Bhattacharyya, 3rd edition, 2010 Excel Books
  3. Employee Selection, Lilly M Berry, Thomson Publications, 2002