Introduction
Human Resource Management and Personnel Management, The Importance of Human Resource Management, Models of Human Resource Management, Evolution of Human Resource Management, HRM in India, The Factors Influencing Human Resource Management , Human Resource Management and Line Managers, The HR Competencies, Human Resource Management and Firm Performance.
Human Resource Planning
Importance of HR Planning, Manpower Planning to HR Planning, Factors Affecting HR Planning, Benefits of HR Planning, HRP Process, Tools for Demand Forecasting, Attributes of an Effective HR Planning, Barriers to HR Planning, The Challenges for HR, Process of Job Analysis and Job Evaluation.
Recruitment and Selection:
Importance of Recruitment, Recruitment Policies, Factors Influencing Recruitment, Recruitment Process, Sources, Evaluation of Recruitment Process, Recruitment Strategy ; Selection, Future Trends in Recruitment; Selection Process; Selection Tests; Factors Influencing Selections, Challenges in Selection, Application Tracking System using MS-Excel
Learning, Training, and Development:
Training, Learning and Development, Learning Theories, The Future of Training, Learning, and Development: Crystal Gazing into the Future, World of Learning. Process of training and Techniques of Training
Performance Management and Appraisal
Objectives of Performance Management, Performance Management and Performance Appraisal, Common Problems with Performance Appraisals, Performance Management Process, Types of Performance Rating Systems, Future of Performance Management.
Compensation and Benefits
Introduction, Definitions, Total Compensation, Total Rewards System, Forms of Pay, Theories of Compensation, External Factors, Internal Factors, Establishing Pay Rates, Employee Benefits.
Industrial Relations
Decent Workplace: International Labor Organisation, Industrial Relations, The Objectives of Industrial Relations, Approaches of Industrial Relations Systems, The Actors in Industrial Relations, Indian Context, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management.
Employment Relations -
The Definition, Traditional Employment Relations, Actors in the Fray: Role-taking, The New Frameworks for Employment Relations, The Future of Employee Relations.
Human Resource Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
Definition of SMEs, Human Resource Management and Performance in SMEs, The Difference in Adoption of Human Resource Management: SMEs and Large Firms, Indian Experience, Impact of Weak Adoption of Human Resource Management in SMEs, Factors Influencing the Adoption of Human Resource Management Practices in SMEs, Future of Human Resource. Management in SMEs.
Human Resource Management in the Service Sector
Introduction, The Emergence of the Services Sector, Implications for Human Resource, Management Function, Differences Between Services Sector and the Manufacturing Sector, Difference in Human Resource Management Practices in Services and Manufacturing Sectors, Human Resource Management and Service Quality Correlation, Some Specific Industries in Services Sector, Trade Unions in Services Sector, Models of Union Strategies. Case Study on “Training Program at ABC Cement”
Human Resource Management Innovations
Introduction, Human Resource Management and Innovations, Factors Affecting the Innovation Process in Organisations, Characteristics of Human Resource Management Innovations, Conditions Necessary for Successful HRMI Implementation, Current Trends in Human Resource Management Innovations, Innovative Human Resource Management Practices in India, How Human Resource Management Practices Contribute to Organisational Innovation, How to Make Human Resource Management Innovations Sustainable.
HR Leadership and Organisation Transformation
Future of Human Resource Management: The next generation HR professionalism, Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow, Changing Mental Models: HR’s Most Important Task, HR roles critical for business survival, HR profession in today’s changeful workplace, HR and Technology.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
1. Gain practical experience in the field of Human Resource Concepts, functions and theories.
2. Acquire the conceptual insight of Human Resource and various functions of HR.
3. Apply personnel, managerial and welfare aspects of HR.
4. Develop a greater understanding about HR practices, analyse the trends in the field of HR.
Practical Component:
Question paper pattern:
The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.
Textbooks
1 Human Resource Management: Theory and Practices, R. C. Sharma, Nipun Sharma Sage Publication India Pvt. Ltd., 2019 2019
2 Human Resource Management: Concepts Amitabha Sengupta Sage Publication India Pvt. Ltd. 2019
3 Leadership: Theory and Practices Peter G. Northouse Sage Publication 2016
4 Human Resources Management T.PRenukaMurthy HPH. 2015
Reference Books
1 The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance Brian Becker, Dave Ulrich, and Mark A. Huselid Harvard Business School Press 2001
2 The HR Answer Book: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals Shawn Smith and Rebecca Mazin AMACOM 2011
3 Performance Management and Appraisal Systems HR Tools for Global Competitiveness T. V. Rao First Edition, 2004
4 Human Resource Management Appasaba L.V and Kadakol A M College Book House 2016
5 Human Resource Management V.S.P Rao 2014