Department of Management Sciences

Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

Subject Name
Semester
Course Code
Credit Hours

: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

: 4th Semester
: MBA-243
: 03

A. Course Objectives
The Management of human resource has changed significantly during the past decades.
New approaches are applied to handle the diversified human resource in modern
organization. Organizations are made up of man (human) and material that need a
knowledge and skill to put them in the best possible formation for higher productivity
and employees satisfaction. This course is designed to focus more on the management of
human (employees) side of the organization in term of their recruitment, maintenance,
and development for higher productivity and satisfaction. Topics are chosen to introduce
the students to general management whose job inevitably will involve responsibility for
managing people along with organizational assets
A. Course Contents
1. Introduction:
Concepts of human resource management
Human Resource Challenges;
Human Resource Functions;
Philosophical approaches to Human Resource Management
2. Job Design and Analysis:
An overview of Job design;
Techniques of job design;
Job analysis; Collection of job information; Applications of job analysis
information
3. Human Resources Planning & Recruitment:
Significance of Human Resource Planning;
The planning process; the implementation of program;
Recruitment & selection policy issues; Source of recruitment; Selection process &
procedure; Evaluation of Human resource Planning & Recruitment
4. Career Planning & Development:
Promotion;
Anachronism;
Demotion;
Separation
5. Training and Development:
Significance of training & development;
Principles of training & development;

6. Motivation and Reward System:

Concept of motivation;
Reward systems;
Motivation through job design; Motivation through employee participation;
Other motivation techniques
7. Performance Appraisal:
Appraisal; Definition and applications;
Basic consideration in appraisal;
Appraisal methods;
Legal issues for appraisal;
Appraisal challenges
8. Compensation and Services:
Objectives/Rationale of Financial compensation;
Challenges affecting compensation;
Wage criteria- Policy and principles;
Job evaluation and its system;
Compensation for administrators & professionals;
Financial benefits and other services
9. Discipline:
Concepts of discipline;
Preventive & corrective discipline;
Negative & positive approach;
Administration of disciplinary action;
Grievance handling
Books Recommended (Latest Editions)

William B. Werther & Keith Davis: Human Resource & Personnel, McGraw Hill.
Bernardin & Russell: Human Resource Management McGraw Hill.
References

Holdin, Human Resource Management

William B. Werther & Keith Davis Human Resource & Personnel, McGraw Hill.
Fred Luthans: Organizational Behavior. McGraw Hill.
Robert Kreitner & Angelokinicki: Organizational Behavior, IRWIN.
Garry Dessler, Human Resource Management
Dale S. Beach, Personnel The Management of people at work