Human Resource Management

Course Overview

Faculty : Dr. Alka Jain (Ph.D. MBA)

In a complex world of industry and business, organizational efficiency is largely dependent on the contribution made by the human resources of the organization. To become a successful manager of people, students need to understand behaviour of human resources in various organizational situations because Human resource management deals with the most important resource of an organization- the living part of it- human beings.
An HR management system has to keep a balance between employee welfare and company cost control. In the modern era, managers are concerned at the exploitation of the labor in factories and their working conditions. The thought of a balance between company discipline, cost effectiveness and employee’s mental health, physical health and personal living standards has already been initiated by HR experts.

Human Resource management is a central function of any organization. HR management can be defined as the effective use of human capital in an organization through the management of people-related activities.

Course objective

The course is designed to familiarize the students with the basic HR principles and techniques. All the key activities of human resource planning and management are a part of its syllabus.

A key objective of this course is to make the learners understand that HR management is not only recruitment and selection but it is a central and strategic business activity that increases the competency and productivity of an organization.

While managing the human resource in an organization there are some situations which no organization or the managers in the organization want to face. All organizations want to have their employees doing their best. No organization wants to hire wrong persons for the job or experience high turnover. No manager wants to have his company in the court due to some discriminatory actions.

The companies do not want inadequate skills and competencies in their employees. Unfair labour practices are also not encouraged by the organizations. Ooohhh! So many problems in managing people in the companies. This is where the learning from Human resource management course comes handy. More important, it can help ensure that the company gets results through its people.

Course content

A careful completion of the course would help the learners in managing the unique most resource of an organization wisely and efficiently. During this course , we will discuss the nature, functions and scope of Human resource management. Role of an HR Manager will be discussed with an understanding of strategic human resource management. Then all the functions of Human Resource management like manpower planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, career management, compensation and reward, employee benefits, collective bargaining, occupational safety and risk etc. will be discussed one by one. Then HRM in small businesses will be discussed ending the course with the understanding of HRIS_ human resource information system.

Learning Outcome

The course content has been developed with a specific objective of producing managers who can take care of the living part of the organizations and can also manage to generate profits for the company through the most important resource- human beings.

By the end of this course the learners would be able to understand the implications for human resource management, know the concept of the HR functions like recruitment, selection, training and development, etc.
The students should also be in a position to apply the resource planning, management and development techniques of human resource management gained through this course to the decision making in specific HR situations in businesses.
Such an approach will make them utilize their HR skills in the ‘real corporate world.’
They will also learn a great deal about the HR roles.

Session Plan

Human Resource Management Taxila

Session No.	Topics	Sessions (90 minutes)
1	HRM : Nature and Scope	1
2	Emerging Trends in HR and Consequences(Case)	1
3	HR Manager's Roles and Responsibilities	1
4	Strategic Human Resource Management	1
5	Work Force Planning and Forecasting	1
6	Job Descriptions and job Specifications	1
7	Sources of Recruitment and Effective Recruiting	1
8	Selection Process	1
9	Selection Tests for Appropriate Selection (Case)	1
10	Training and Development: Introduction	1
11	Training Needs and Training Methods	1
12	Developing Managers (Case)	1
13	Performance Management And Appraisal	1
14	Methods of Performance Appraisal	1
15	Compensation and Rewards	1
16	Employee Motivation Through Incentives and Benefits	1
17	EHRM (Case)	1
18	Occupational Safety, Health and Risk	1
19	Collective Bargaining	1
20	HRM in Small and New firm	1
21	Total	20

Reference Books:-

Dessler G., Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
John Stredwick, An Introduction to Human Resource Management
Stephen P Robbins, ‘Human Resource Management’
G. S. Sudha, ‘Human Resource Management’