Module Descriptor: Human Resource Management

Contents

Module Structure
Module Objective
Syllabus
Recommended Reading
Assessment Pattern

Module Structure
Program Title: Post Graduate Diploma in
Management

Area: Human Resource Management

Course Title: Human Resource Management

Code: 112HRCO2

Number of Sessions: 32

Session Duration: 75 minutes

Total Class Hours: 40 hours

Credit: 3

Module Objective
This module would equip students with knowledge and skills so that they are able to:
Develop a clear and meaningful understanding of human resource management
theory, functions and practices;

Understand and defend the role and value of strategic human resource management
in the success of modern organizations;

Manage the employment relationship, which is a shared responsibility between

employers, management, human resources specialists, and employees.

Identify the human resources needs of an organization or department.

Conduct a job analysis and produce a job description from the job analysis.

Evaluate the procedures and practices used for recruiting and selecting suitable
employees.

Assess training requirements and design a successful orientation and training

program.

Discuss workplace health and safety programs and the roles of the employer and the
employee in enforcing health and safety policies and procedures.

Explain the responsibilities of management, HRM specialists, managers, and

employees in managing the employment relationship in a unionized or a nonunionized environment.

Syllabus
Unit
1

Topic
HRM Concept and Approach
Aims, Objectives and Characteristics
Differences between traditional Personnel Management and Human
Resources Management
HR challenges and changes ahead in the 21st Century
Key activities and functions of HR
The concept of SHRM
Job Analysis
Introduction
Steps
Methods
Job description
Job specification
Competency based Job analysis
Human Resource Planning
Role of HRP
Aims of HRP
Factors affecting HRP
Process of HRP
Forecasting
Recruitment and Selection
Factors affecting hiring
Recruitment process
Screening
Interviewing
Selection
Reference and background check
Making an offer
Training and Management Development
Introduction
Types of training
Systematic Approach to Training

Sessions
2

10

11

12

13

Performance and Potential Appraisal System

Objectives
Process
Appraisal errors
Multi-rater appraisal system
Potential appraisal
Career Planning and Succession Planning
Concept of career planning
Career anchors
Career development
Succession planning and management
Job Evaluation
Methods of job evaluation
Principles of job evaluation
Limitations of job evaluation
Compensation Management
Concepts of wages
Components of compensation
Compensation strategies
Incentives and benefits
Industrial Relations and Discipline
Participants in IR
Functions of trade unions
Collective bargaining
Employee welfare
Grievance redressal
Disciplinary process
International Human Resource Management
Dimensions and approaches to international HRM
Managing expatriates
Ethical Issues in HRM
Ethical dilemmas
HR ethical issues
Evaluating HRM Effectiveness
Approaches to evaluation
HR metrics

Recommended Reading
1. Human Resource Management: Text and Cases by K. Aswathappa.

Assessment Pattern
Timing

Mode

Marks

During the
term

Class Tests / Presentations / Etc

50

End of the
term

Written Test

50