MM-497

Human Resource Management

(3.0 credit hours)

Course Instructor:
Teaching Assistant:

Dr. Noor Muhammad

Saadia Khan

Grading Policy

Mid-term Exam

30%

Final Exam

35%

Assignments

10%

Quizzes

10%

Project

10%

Class Participation

5%

Attendance: 100 % (80 min.) to qualify to sit in the final examination

Please note down that final term will consist of complete course covered
rather than course covered after mid-term

Syllabus & Study Plan

Week
1

Contents
Introduction to HRM:

2&3

Human Resource Strategy and Analysis

4&5

Equal Opportunities and Laws

6&7

Recruitment, Placement, and Talent Management

Training and Development

Mid-term Exam

10 & 11

Performance Management and Appraisal

12 & 13

Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives

14

Managing Human Resource in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms

15

Managing Global Human Resource

16

Employee Relations

17

Final-term

1-3

Managing
Human
Resources
Today
1-4

Learning Objectives
1.

Answer the question, What is human resource

management?

2.

Explain with at least four examples why knowing HR

management concepts and techniques is important to
any supervisor or manager.

1-5

Learning Objectives (cont.)

3. Explain, with examples, what trends are influencing
human resource management.

4. Discuss some competencies HR managers need to

deal with todays trends and challenges.

1-6

What Is Human Resource

Management?

1-7

HR Management Includes
Organizations

Managers
Five basic functions:
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Leading
Controlling
1-8

Why Is HR Management Important to All Managers?

Avoid personnel mistakes such as:

Not doing their best (Employees)
Wrong person
Employees not performing
Legal issues
Unsafe practices
Lack of training
Unfair labor practices
1-9

Why Is HR Management Important to All Managers?

Improve profits and

performance

HR for entrepreneurs

1-10

Line Versus Staff Authority

Line and staff aspects of HRM

Authority
The right to make decisions
To direct the work of others
To give orders
1-11

Line and Staff Aspects

of HRM
Recruiting
Interviewing

Selecting
Training

1-12

Line-Staff HR Cooperation

Shared responsibility
1-13

Line Managers HR Management Responsibilities

Placement
Orientation
Training
Job performance

Controlling labor costs

Employee development
confidence
Health and safety

Cooperation
Policies and procedures

1-14

Organizing the HR Departments Responsibilities

Recruiters
Equal Employment Opportunity
Job analysts
Compensation managers

Training specialists
Labor relations

1-15

Trends Influencing HR
Management

Technological
Advances

The Nature of
Work

Service Jobs
Human Capital
1-16

Globalization
Firms extend sales, ownership and
manufacturing to other countries

Free trade areas

Lower labor costs
Forming partnerships

1-17

What Do the New HR Managers Do?

Big Picture
New Ways for HR Services
Talent Management

Employee Engagement
Ethics

1-18

Competencies Needed
by HR Managers

1-19