Human Resource Management

Paper Code: 
EMP 221
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To provide the students with the basic knowledge of Human Resource Management and develop insight into the managerial skills required to effectively manage people in an organization, in order to achieve corporate goals successfully.

12.00
Unit I: 

Human Resource Management: Concept, Functions of HRM, Importance, Difference between HRM and personnel management.
Human Resource Environment-Meaning, Importance, Types -Internal and external Environment that effect HRM Programmes.
 

12.00
Unit II: 

Human resources Planning: Concept, Importance Process of human resource planning, Quantitative and Qualitative aspect of human resource planning, Levels of HRP, Limitations of HRP.

Job Analysis -Meaning, Benefits of Job analysis ,Process, techniques of job analysis

Job design-Meaning, approaches, methods of job design.-job rotation, job simplification, job enlargement and job enrichment, Job evaluation.

12.00
Unit III: 

Recruitment:Concept,Importance of recruitment
Sources of recruitment –internal and external recruitment. HR recruitment practices in India.
Selection-Meaning, Importance, Selection criteria ,Steps in selection process, Selection tools
Placement and Induction ( conceptual knowledge )
 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Training & Development: Meaning, Importance, benefits, types, process, methods of executive development, Evaluation, Training need assessment.
Career Planning : Concept, Process of career planning, career counseling.
 

12.00
Unit V: 

Managing Industrial Relations & Contempory issues in HRM
Dynamics of Industrial Relations; Discipline and Grievance Management; Collective Bargaining; Trade Unions; Industrial Disputes. Virtual organizations; Work-life Balance, Performance Appraisal.
 

 

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

References: 

 

  1. Biswajeet Patnayak, Human Resources Management, Prentice Hall of India, 3rd edition, 2006
  2. VSP Rao, Human Resources Management: Text and Cases, Excel Book Publications, 2nd edition

Suggested Readings:

  1. L.M.Prasad, Human Resource Management, Jain Book Depot, 2005
  2. Gary Dessler, Human Resource Management, Prentice Hall of India, 10th edition, 2004
  3. Michael Armstrong, Human Resource Management Practice, Kogan Page Ltd, 10th edition, 2006
  4. R.S.Dwivedi, Human Resource Management, Galgotia Publishing House, 2007
  5. Robert L. Mathis and John H. Jackson, Human Resource Management, South-Western College Publications, Edition 11
  6. N.P.Agarwal, R.K.Tailor, Human Resource Management, RBSA Publishers, 2009