Module :
HRM
201: Fundamentals of HRM
Programme : B.Com/BBA
Credit Value : 12
Prerequisite : None
General Objectives:
The module will aim at providing the
students with an integrated understanding of the core human resource management
concepts and functions and also their application by analysing real human
resource issues.
On successful completion of the module, students
should be able to:
·
Explain
the key elements and functions of human resource management;
·
Identify,
analyse, and discuss key human resource management issues;
·
Critically
evaluate the impact of key human resource management issues in the workplace;
and
·
Recommend
strategies that resolve human resource management problems in the employment
relationship.
CONTENT
Unit I – Introduction (8
Hours)
Introduction
to the Unit: Definitions, Fundamental principles of HRM, features of HRM,
Importance and objectives of HRM, process of HRM, HRM Model;
History
and Origins of HRM: evolutionary stages of HRM, difference between HRM and
personnel management;
Ethics
and HRM: Ethical and Professional Principles and Behaviors in HRM, Code of
ethics.
Unit II – Workforce Planning (8
Hours)
Human
Resource Planning: Definitions, Process, model, Advantages, Limitations, ways
of enhancing the effectiveness of HRP
Job
Analysis and Design: definitions, job analysis process, methods of data
collection for job analysis, job analysis methods, uses of job analysis,
concepts of job description, person specification, and job evaluation and
methods, job design strategies
Unit III – Employment and Development (10
Hours)
Recruitment:
concept, purpose, process, attraction strategies, recruitment planning –
sources of recruitment: external and internal recruitment strategies, their
benefits and drawbacks; recruiters
Selection:
concepts, advantages of proper selection, selection tools, selection decision
making – Multiple Hurdles Approach and compensatory approaches
Retention:
concepts, importance, strategies
Learning
and Development: concepts, importance, benefits, determination of training
needs, training techniques/methods, types of training, selection of a training
method, employee development concepts and methods
Unit IV: Maintaining Human Resource (12
Hours)
Performance
appraisal and Management: concepts, objectives/purposes/uses, process,
performance appraisers, traditional and modern methods of performance
appraisal, concepts of performance management, importance, outcomes, components
Remuneration
Management: concepts, theories of wages, factors influencing wage structure,
principles governing pay fixation, requisites of a sound compensation
structure, and components of employee remuneration
Industrial
Relations: concepts, role of government in IR, unions – definitions, reasons
for employees joining unions, role of unions, collective bargaining –
definitions, features, objectives, benefits, drawbacks, types of bargaining,
bargainable issues, process, occupational Safety and health – law and employee
safety, employee assistance programmes, benefits
Unit V: Assessment of HRM (8
Hours)
Evaluating
HR: progression of stages of HRM, technology and HRM; Future Directions for
HRM: Convergence vs. divergence; HR Challenges: globalisation, variations in
HRM practices due to culture, religion, and beliefs
Teaching strategies
·
Seminar
·
Presentation
·
Case
study
·
Assignment
·
Class
Discussion
Assessments:
Case
Analysis 20%
Class
Participation 15%
Written
Assignment 15%
Presentation/Report
20%
End-Term
Exam 30%
Total 100%