Tuesday, January 13, 2009

MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCE (MGT259)

MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCE (MGT259)

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Introduction to Human Resource Management ,Evolution of HRM, Objectives and Functions, HRM Policies, HR Relationship with other departments. Environment of HRM – Internal & External forces affecting the HR Function, Importance of human resources and their management in the organisation, Personnel v/s HRM.
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Human Resource Planning – Meaning, Objective, importance, Factors affecting HRP, HRP Process, Rightsizing the enterprise, Strategic HRM.
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Human Resource Information System (HRIS),e- HRM, Job analysis, Job Description, Job specification, job design & redesign, job carving, de – jobbing.
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Recruitment & Selection: meaning, importance, sources of recruitment, e - recruitment, process of recruitment & selection, alternatives to recruitment, Induction / on boarding, Placement.
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Performance management system.: Its components, Essentials of effective Performance Appraisal system, Methods and techniques of Performance Appraisal, potential appraisal. Career planning and development, Succession planning.
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Training and Development - Concept and Need, T & D Process , Designing Training and Development Programme, Methods of Training Need Identification , Methods of T & D , Evaluation of Training Programmes, Outsourcing training.
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Compensation Management: Employee remuneration, Components of remuneration, Factors influencing employee remuneration, Devising a remuneration plan, Challenges of remuneration, concept of wages, incentives, fringe benefits, Job Evaluation, overview of cafeteria pay package.
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Change management, Knowledge Management, Mentoring, Career Planning, Quality of Work

Life.
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Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations, Evolution Trade unions; Dispute Resolution and Grievance Handling; Collective bargaining, Discipline & Disciplinary Action, Worker participation in management.
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Employee Health and Safety Management: the statutory & voluntary measures , Work life integration, Social security measures
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The key challenges for HRM : employee retention, performance management, Managing a diverse workforce, the role of HRM in Mergers & acquisitions, employee empowerment, HRM in global organisations.


Textbook:
1. Aswathappa K, Human Resource and Personnel Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill.


Additional Readings:
1. Chapter- 1, 4, 5,6,7,8 in Mondy Wayne; Human Resource Management; Pearson Education.
2. Chapter- 9, 10, 11 in Agarwala Tanuja; Strategic Human Resource Management; Oxford Higher Education.
3. Chapter- 14, 16, 17 in Ivancevich M John; Human Resource Management; Tata McGraw Hill.