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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Semester V – Class of 2011
Amity Business School,Jaipur

Faculty: Ms. Radhika Suri

Email: radhika.aur@gmail.com
Chamber Meeting Hours: 3:00pm to 5:00pm

1. Instruction Details

Course Duration: 36 sessions of 60 minutes each Credit Units: 03

Course Lecture Days* Time*

Code Hall No.
BBAHR
30501
* Indicative class schedule. Please check with the master timetable of the
program for changes if any, for each semester. We may have few extra
sessions also if required to accommodate guest lectures etc.

2. Course Details

2a. Aim of the Course: To enable the students:

To The objectives of this course are to help the students develop an
understanding of the dimensions of the management of human resources,
with particular reference to HRM policies and practices in India.

2b. Learning outcomes

1. Provides a foundation for understanding the major functions and processes

of human resource management
2. To develop insight particularly with reference to HRM policies and practices
in India
3. Enables students to develop a deeper understanding of the theories and
research findings as they relate to HR functions and processes, and of how
these theories relate to their role as HR professionals
4. To apply the concepts into practice.
5. Enhances critical and analytical thinking skills while exploring HR problems
and issues

2c. Pedagogy/Instruction Methodology: Lectures, Articles and Case

Discussions

2d. Prerequisite Course: Organizational Behaviour

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2e.Suggested Text books and Reference

• Garry Dessler, Human Resource Management,

• Aswathappa, HR & P.M, Text & Case, Tata McGraw Hill
• Gomez Mezia, Balkin, Managing HR, Prentice Hall, India

2f. Case Studies & Articles

1. Dilemma of Restructuring
2. Amber Pharmaceuticals
3. XYZ Ltd.
4. Swati Textile (India) Ltd.
5. Southern Fertilizers Manufacturing Company
6. State Bank of India

Relevant newspaper articles will be intimated during the course. The student
is expected to read the articles and come prepared for discussion in the
class.
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2f. Tentative Delivery Schedule

Sessi Topic Continuous Remar

on Evaluation ks
No.
Assignment I: Trace
Introduction, the evolution of Human
Concept and Resource
Functions, Scope Management; Discuss
and Significance of the strategic and
Human Resource political perspectives
1 Management of HRM.
Assignment II: Discuss
HRM as a restatement
of existing personnel
practices. Cite suitable
2 Personnel to HRM examples.
HR Policies,
Changing Role of
3 HR
HRM Models, Role
and Responsibilities
of the Human
Resource Manager
and essentials of
4 Sound HR Policies
Objectives, Policies
and Process of
Human Resource
5 Planning
6 Tutorial I
Human Resource Case Study: Dilemma
7 Planning of Restructuring
Job Analysis, Job
Description, Job
8 Specification
Assignment III:: Using
the various tools for
Job Analysis prepare a
Job Analysis, Job well documented Job
Description, Job analysis for any role in
9 Specification the academic domain.
Recruitment,
Sources of
10 Recruitment
Selection Process,
Methods –
Interview, Tests,
Placement,
Induction,
Promotion and
11 Transfer.
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Selection Process,
Methods –
Interview, Tests,
Placement and
Induction – Class
12 Exercise
13 Tutorial 1
14 Learning
Training and
15 Development
Class Assignment IV: A
well established profit
making company in
two wheeler industry
has acquired another
company with different
manufacturing
technology and work
culture. As a HR
manager of the
company. You are to
prepare a strategic
plan including training
programs for smooth
merger and
Training and homogeneous work
16 Development teams.
Appraising
performance,
17 Potential Appraisal
Class Assignment V:
(Component 2) A well
established multiunit
corporation felt the
necessity to have
uniform Performance
Appraisal System (PAS)
in the corporation. As a
HR manager of the
corporation design a
PAS. Give basis of
design and the process
Appraising of acceptable
performance, introduction/implement
18 Potential Appraisal ation.
Appraising Case Study: Amber
performance, Pharmaceuticals, Case
20 Potential Appraisal Study XYZ Ltd.
21 Tutorial 2
22 Compensation, Job
Evaluation,
Designing and
Administering the
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Wage and Salary

Structure
Compensation, Job
Evaluation,
Designing and
Administering the
Wage and Salary
23 Structure
Compensation Job
Evaluation,
Designing and
Administering the
Wage and Salary Case Study: Swati
24 Structure Textile (India) Ltd.
Grievance
Procedure and
25 Handling.
Grievance Case Study – Southern
Procedure and Fertilizers
Handling. Manufacturing
26 Company
Turnover,
Retirement, Layoff,
Retrenchment and
27 Discharge, VRS.
Turnover,
Retirement, Layoff,
Retrenchment and Case Study: State Bank
28 Discharge, VRS. of India
29 Tutorial III
Increased concern
for HRM,
International
Human Resource
30 Management
Managing inter
country differences,
Dual career
couples, working at
Home, employee
31 and ergonomics
32 Tutorial IV
33 Class Viva
34 Class Viva
35 Query Handling
36 Query Handling
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3. Groups

All the students are to make work groups. A group will consist of exactly 5
students. One would be the group coordinator. Any communication whether
submitting assignments or any other, with faculty will only be done by the
group coordinator. On the day of your third lecture submit an A4 sheet
mentioning the groups. The responsibility for the same would be allocated in
lecture I.

4. Academic integrity policy

Students are expected to follow Rules of Conduct and Academic Behavior

Standards as detailed in the Student Regulations. Failure to comply with
these rules may result in disciplinary actions as stipulated in the Students
Regulations.

5. Internal Evaluation Details

Internal evaluation will be conducted for 40 marks. It is continuous and

spread throughout the course. The details of the evaluation components are
given below

Sl. Evaluation Marks Date for Learnin Last date

No Component Allotte Evaluation g for
d Outcom submission
es of marks to
office
1 Assignments 7 Dates of 1,3,4,5 End of
submission semester
would be
announced in
Session 1, 2, 9,
16, 18
2 Case Studies 8 Dates of 1,2,3,4,5 End of
submission semester
would be
announced in
Session 24, 26,
28
3 Class Viva 20 Session 33-34 1,2,3,4,5 End of
semester
4 Attendance 5 On Regular End of
Basis semester

For the group tasks, the students have to form groups as per their choice. A
group can have a maximum of 6 members. If any group include more than 6
members, the extra members’ in the group ( as per the order of Enroll.Nos)
will get zero marks for the given evaluation component.

Note 1 : If the attendance of a student is below 60 % on the day of

evaluation, he/she will get only zero for that component (for Case Analysis
the attendance status as on 4th case discussion day will be considered)
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Note 2: Copying and plagiarizing in any form for any of the evaluation
component will result in zero marks

Component 1 – Assignment

This is an individual assignment to be done in the class. Details of the

assignments are mention in 2f. Please remember this is not a test, but an
assignment which need to be written in the class. Hence you can refer your
material while writing the assignment

Make-ups will not be given for the class assignment, barring exceptional and
documented contingencies. It would be the student’s responsibility to inform
me in advance about the inability to take the class assignment in these
circumstances. Even if the student gets an opportunity to make-up
opportunity for missing the class assignment, it need not be the same class
assignment. I reserve the right to give a tougher alternative.

Criteria
The assignments will be evaluated based on the following parameters
• Content and relevance of the content
• Analysis
• Structure

Component 2 – Case Analysis

This is a partly group and partly individual task. The case copies will be
distributed to the students well in advance. The groups need to analyze the
case and answer the questions given at the end of the case in the form a
detailed write-up. It should be a hand written write-up in A4 sheets.

Criteria
Case write-up (This is for the group)
Participation in the discussion (this is for the individual participation)

Component 3- Class Viva

Individual component - Make-ups will not be given for the viva, barring
exceptional and documented contingencies.

Component 4- Discipline and Class Discussion

Individual component - Based on the inputs of the individual about the

analysis during the session