Human Resource Management
Semester 3 · 14 topics in 5 units
Unit I 4 topics
- HRM: meaning, nature, objectives and significanceWhat human resource management means, the standard definitions, its nature and scope, its objectives at four levels, why it matters to the firm, the employee and society, and how it differs from personnel management.6 min
- Evolution and development of HRM, and recent trendsHow the management of people moved from the industrial revolution through welfare work, scientific management and human relations to personnel management, HRM and strategic HRM; the Indian story from the Royal Commission on Labour to the Labour Codes; and the recent trends examiners ask about.5 min
- Functions of HRM, the HR manager and organisation designThe managerial and operative functions of HRM, including the industrial relations function and where the Labour Codes come in; the roles of the HR manager; and how organisation design shapes the HR department and its work.5 min
- Human resource planning: process, levels and controlWhat human resource planning is and why it is needed, its link with strategic planning, planning at national, sectoral, industry, unit and departmental levels, the steps of the process with job analysis and forecasting, control and review, and two worked numericals.6 min
Unit II 2 topics
- Recruitment: meaning, objectives, complexities, policy and processDefinition and objectives of recruitment, its complexities and challenges, how corporate objectives shape it, the internal and external factors affecting it, recruitment policy, centralised and decentralised recruitment, and the five-step recruitment process.6 min
- Sources and techniques of recruitment and assessing the programmeInternal and external sources of recruitment with their merits and demerits, traditional and modern recruitment techniques and current practices, and how a recruitment programme is assessed through yield ratios, cost per hire and quality of hire, with a worked example.5 min
Unit III 3 topics
- Selection: meaning, procedure and employment testsWhat selection is and how it differs from recruitment, the steps of the selection procedure from screening to appointment, the kinds of employment tests with their uses and limits, reliability and validity, and the barriers to good selection.4 min
- Employment interviews: types, guidelines and common errorsThe purpose and stages of the selection interview, the types of interview from structured to stress and panel, guidelines for an effective interview, and the common errors interviewers make, with their remedies.4 min
- Placement and inductionWhat placement means, its principles and the problems that arise in it, and induction or orientation: its purposes, the contents and stages of an induction programme, its benefits and the faults to avoid.4 min
Unit IV 2 topics
- Human resource development: concept, significance and frameworkWhat HRD means at the micro and macro level, its nature and need, HRD versus training and versus HRM, its significance to the organisation and the employee, the HRD framework from mechanisms to organisational effectiveness, and the process of HRD.5 min
- HRD techniques, functions, the HRD manager and the line managerThe techniques (mechanisms) of HRD from appraisal and training to career planning and quality of work life, the functions of HRD, the functions and attributes of the HRD manager, the HRD tasks of the line manager, talent management and the stages of career development.5 min
Unit V 3 topics
- Performance appraisal: concept, process, benefits and limitationsDefinition and objectives of performance appraisal, the move from evaluation to analysis and development, the steps of the appraisal process, the system (who appraises, when, how), factors that influence appraisal, its benefits and limitations, and the rating errors that distort it.5 min
- Methods of performance appraisal: traditional and modernTraditional appraisal methods from ranking and paired comparison to graphic scales, checklists and critical incidents, and modern methods including MBO, BARS, assessment centres, 360-degree appraisal and HR accounting, with worked examples of paired comparison and forced distribution.6 min
- Counselling and managerial appraisalEmployee counselling: its meaning, need, functions, types, process and the counsellor's qualities, with performance counselling after appraisal; and managerial appraisal: why managers are appraised differently, appraisal against objectives and against managerial functions, and its problems.5 min