J201 Introduction to Human Resource Management

Importance of human resource management; Environment of human resource management;

Human resource planning and forecasting; Recruitment and selection; Job design and
analysis; Performance appraisal; Discipline, dismissals and termination; Training and
development; Motivation and job satisfaction; Forms of employee participation; Labor
relations; Work environment.

J402 Compensation Management

Process of developing a pay level and pay structure; designing an effective pay systems; types
of pay systems; administering a pay systems; issues in administering a pay systems;
development of benefits; types of major benefits; benefits administration; benefits objectives
and evaluation; controlling benefit costs.

J403 Industrial Relations

Introduction to Industrial Relations; Changing socio-economic environment; Development of
trade unionism; structure and activities of trade unions; Environment of Bargaining:
bargaining power; bargaining structure and bargaining issues; Public sector differences;
Contract administration; Grievance Procedures; Industrial relations in: Nonunion organization
and non-formal sector; Industrial relations and employee productivity; and Employee
Relations Programs.

J404 Training and Development

Training and development function; Strategy and training; Organizations of the training
department; Training needs assessment; Learning and behavior; Designing of training
programs; Evaluation of training programs; Training techniques; Technical training; Training
and development of managers; Training in organization development; Theory and practice of
career development; Developing career structures; Identifying organizational needs;
Institutionalizing the career development system; Evaluating the system.

J405 Manpower Planning and Forecasting

Importance of Manpower planning; Issues in Human Resource Planning; Planning model;
Determination of Future Human Resource Requirements; Determining Future Human Resource
Availability; Assessing Gaps and objectives; Action planning to match the gaps; Human
Resource Information system; Manpower planning as the basis of recruitment, selection,
training, and phasing out; A system approach to Annual Manpower Planning Exercise.

J406 Labor Economics

Demand for labor; Quasi-fixed labor costs; Supply of labor; Labor unions and collective
bargaining; Household production models; Investment in human capital; Education and
training; Earnings differentials; Compensation differentials; Discrimination; Compensation
structure; Unemployment and inflation and labor market issues in Bangladesh.

J407 Industrial Psychology

Examines human behavior in an organizational context; dynamics of Motivation in an
organization; Stress in an organizational situation and individuals' reaction to stress; Group
dynamics; group problem solving and decision making; Change and reaction to change;
characteristics of a formal organization and their influence on individuals' personality;
Congruent vs. incongruent goals of organization and the individuals.

J501 Analysis of Human and Organizational Behavior

The course deals with individual and group behaviour models in the context of different
organizations and social systems. It deals with the basic concepts of motivation, perception,
learning and analysis of human behaviour, individual differences and job satisfaction attitude
changes, group process, team work, role theory, power and authority along with the analysis
of small group behaviour, group dynamics, leadership, decision, development of organizations
and the influence of groups.
J502 Human Resource Management
This course deals with management of human resources in organization, viz, the basic
functions of human resource management, sources of personnel, methods of selection,
recruitment, developing and motivating the work force, procedures of primary record-keeping,
compensation, salary and wage administration, promotion, training appraisal, health safety,
moral discipline, employee benefits etc.

J601 Manpower Planning and Personnel Policy

This course id designed to equip the students with the techniques of developing personnel
policy and implementation. It includes a detailed study of environmental trend analysis,
manpower planning models, manpower needs and personnel information system to forecast
manpower needs and considerations of some indicators of manpower effectiveness. Policy
issues considered include work force composition, wage and salary administration in the
context of developing countries.

J602 Industrial Relations

The course deals with worker-employer conflicts, origin of development of trade union, trade
unionism in the subcontinent, theories of union, process of collective bargaining, industrial
dispute, grievance handling, strike and lockout, arbitration and labour laws. These are
discussed in the context of socio-political and economic situation in Bangladesh. Labour Laws
of Bangladesh are to be studied in the course.

J603 Industrial Relations in a Global Economy

The objective of the course is to develop a critical appreciation of the role of industrial
relations in a global economic environment. The topics that will be covered are; scope of
adjustments and adaptations in labour management, trade union and politics, evolution of
collective bargaining, relevant legislative framework and practice of negotiation. Practical case
situations will be examined using game theory.

J604 Organizations and Conflict Management

The strategies and methods of managing conflict will be studied against social structures.
Management of group and inter group processes will be covered from an organizational
context. It will also explores the use of power and politics in the management processes and
analyze the decision making process of different organizations.