Syllabus For The Subject Human Resource Management

Part 1

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTIONS

1. Evolution of human resources management in India emerging HRM functions

2. Job satisfaction

What is job satisfaction?

Measurement of job satisfaction

What satisfies Indian Employees?

Job satisfaction and work behavior

Job satisfaction and personal characteristics

Job satisfaction and organizational objectives

 

Part 2

ACQUIRING HUMAN RESOURCES

3. Human resource planning

Human resource planning defined

Significance of human resource planning

Human resource planning prices

Demand forecasting

Supply sources

Factors in human resource planning

 

4. Employee selection

Recruitment

Screening

Selection

Selection decision

Selection : A look ahead

 

 

 

5. Testing in industry

Nature of tests

Types of tests

Used of tests

Tests for executive selection

Part 3

RETAINING HUMAN RESOURCES

6. Supervisory behavior

Leadership defined

Theories of leadership

Research on leadership in India

Effective’s supervision

 

 

 

7. Organizational change

Acceptance of change

Prerequisites for change

Resistance to change

Strategies for change

Examples of effective change in India

 

8. Elements of performance appraisal

Objectives of appraisal

Methods of performance appraisal

Performance counseling and potential appraisal

Career path and assessment centre

Issues in performance appraisal

Effective performance appraisal

 

Part 4

DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES

9. Training and development

Objective of training

Identifying training needs

Training methods

Training administration

Training evolution

Human resources development

Training function in India state of art survey

 

10. Perception and communication

Perception

Communication

 

 

 

Part 5

REWARDING HUMAN RESOURCES

11. Internal mobility

Promotion

Transfer

Demotion

 

 

 

12. Compensation management

Some definitions

Compensation package

Determining compensation

Methods for determining compensation

 

 

 

 

Part 6

MAINTAINING HUMAN RESOURCES

13. Industrial relations in India

Government’s concerns

Union’s concerns

Management ‘concerns

Dispute resolution machinery

Industrial dispute act, 1947

Settlements authorities under the act

Review question

14. Quality if working life

Workers participation

Organization development

Workers welfare

Quality circles

Review question

15. Working conditions and work behavior

Working conditions

Working hours and shift

Work behavior

 

 

 

16. Ethics and Human Resource Management

Introduction

Why ethics

Ethics conceptual framework

Reasons for unethical behavior

Systems driven

Ethics and human resource management

Managing ethics

 

 

 

Part 7

INTERPRETATION HUMAN RESOURCES BEHAVIOUR

17. Statistical analysis

Data analysis

Functions of statistics

Statistical techniques

Level of significance and degree of freedom