POKHARA UNIVERSITY Organization behavior and human resource management

Level: Master Program: CM/NRM

The objective of this course is to enable the students to apply the principles and practices of organization behavior and human resource management in the work situation.

Group A: Organization Behavior

Unit 1: Introduction a) Organizational behavior: concept, relevance and scope (2. LH) Unit 2: Individual dimension of organization (6. LH) a) Attitudes & values: Meaning, theories of attitude formation and change. b) Perception: meaning, perceptual process, and factors affecting perception. c) Learning: Meaning, theories of learning, tools for shaping behavior. d) Personality: Meaning, determinants of personality. e) Motivation : Meaning, and theories-Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, Vrooms Theory, Equity Theory and Contemporary Theories Unit 3: Group dynamics (6. LH) a) Group dynamics: Groups and teams: types of groups and teams, formation, development, and group process. b) Leadership: Concept, theories, and styles of leadership. c) Communication: The process, barriers to effective communication and their remedies. Unit 4: Organizational design and structure (6. LH) a) Organizations structure: Meaning and design b) Conflict management: power and conflict in organization, sources of conflict, and handling conflict c) Organization culture; concept and development of organizational culture and organizational climate d) Organizational Change and Development, OD Techniques

Group B: Human Resource Management

Unit 5: Introduction(2. LH) a) Concepts and objectives of HRM, Evolution of HRM, b) The functions of HRM , Unit 6: Job analysis and job design(6. LH) a) Job Analysis: Job description and job specification b) Job evaluation: meaning and methods of job evaluation, c) Job Design: Job enlargement, Job rotation, Job enrichment, job characteristics model Unit 8: Employment (6. LH) a) Importance and the methods of manpower planning. a) Recruitment, sources of recruitment; b) Selection, steps and process of selection; placement c) Employee orientation Unit 9: Performance management (6. LH)

a) Appraisal: concept and methods b) Reward: concept and methods c) Training and development: concept and methods Unit 11: Employee relation (5. LH) a) Prevailing labor laws and rules b) Grievance handling; concepts and procedures c) Collective bargaining : meaning and development d) Disputes settlement; meaning and methods Recommended Books Snell, S and Bohlander, G. (2007). Human resource management. Thompson Dressler, G and Varkkey, B. (2009). Human resource management. Pearson Robbins, S.P; judge, T.A and Sanghi, S. (2009). Organization behavior. Pearson Greenberg, G and Baron R. A. (2003). Behavior in organization. Prentice Hall Labor acts and regulations of Nepal.