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Human Resource Management

1. Introduction. i) Definition and scope of Human Resource Management. ii) Personnel Functions. iii) Challenges of modern HRM. 2. Job design and Analysis. i) Job information and Personnel Management. ii) Analyzing jobs---Obtaining job information. iii) Administration of job analysis program. 3. Human Resource Planning. i) Reasons for Human Resource Planning. ii) The Planning Process. 4. Recruitment and Selection. i) Sources of People. ii) The Selection Process/Procedure. 5. Testing & Interviewing i) Selection Testing. ii) Developing a Testing Program. iii) Types of Tests. iv) The Selection Interview. v) Types of Interviews. 6. Performance Appraisal. i) Basic considerations in appraisal. ii) Appraisal methods. iii) Problems in rating. iv) Appraisal and personal development. v) Management by Objectives. 7. Training. i) Training in the organization. ii) The learning process. iii) Training methods. iv) Training program. v) Evaluation of the training efforts. 8. Promotion, Transfer, Layoff and Discharge. i) Promotion: Description and Types. ii) Description and Reasons for: a) Transfer. b) Layoff and Recall. c) Demotion. d) Termination and Discharge. 9. Discipline. i) Meaning. ii) Approaches to discipline. iii) Administering the disciplinary Program. iv) Rules and Penalties.

Recommended Text: 1. Beach Dale S. Personnel: The Management of People at Work. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York. Additional Readings: 1. De Cenzo, David. A. & Robbins Stephen P. Personnel/Human Resource Management: 2. Flippo, Edwin B. Principles of Personnel Management: McGraw Hill Book Company.