Employee Recruitment and Selection

Paper Code: 
EMH 422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
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
     
12.00
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, Fleiscluann job analysis survey, functional job analysis, job element method, repertory grid, critical incident technique
 

12.00
Unit II: 

Hiring Process:
Nature of hiring: regular, temporary, full time, part time, apprentice, contractual, & outsourcing. Need analysis, cost analysis & job analysis. 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
 

12.00
Unit III: 

Screening Process:
Screening the candidates: Application Forms: bio-data & weighted application blanks: meaning definition, purpose- taking a behavioral approach to recruitment: spotting personality patterns, predicting the future, strategy vs technique. Assessing what is needed: targeted interviewing, focusing on behavior, assessing how person performs, successful candidates profile, challenges in the interview, studying the CV
 

12.00
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: getting started, examining the 5 interview areas, examining the strength & weaknesses, spotting the pattern, using the interview checklist, conclusion of selection process
 

12.00
Unit V: 

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.

 

*A minimum of one case study will be discussed per unit of the syllabi
 

References: 

Text Books:

  1. Human Resource Management, Dessler Gary, Varkkey Biju, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008
  2. Staffing Organisation, Herbert G. Heneman III, Timothy A. Judge, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill International

Other  readings:

  1. The Open Book Management Experience: John Case.
  2. Human Resource Planning, Dipak Kumar Bhattacharyya, 2nd edition, Excel Books
  3. Employee Selection, Lilly M Berry, Thomson Publications