MS-2

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT
SECOND SEMESTER
(July to December)
2019

MS – 2: Management of Human Resources

School of Management Studies

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
 ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MS - 2
Course Title : Management of Human Resources
Assignement Code : MS-2 /TMA/SEM - II/2019
Coverage : All Blocks

Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment to the coordinator of your study
center on or before 31st October, 2019.

Q1. Explain the evolution of Human resource management in your own words. What are the
recent challenges that HR managers face in the present business scenario?

Q2. Explain the importance of job analysis, job design, socialization and mobility in Human
resource planning citing relevant examples

Q3. How competency mapping, potential appraisal, and succession planning augment the
performance management system of an organization? Discuss with the help of examples.

Q4. Explain the relevance of industrial democracy in handling the grievances of employees. How
unions and associations establish congenial employer-employee relations?

Q5. Why training, mentoring, compensation and reward management of an organization ensures
effective human resource development? Explain with the help of recent trends in the corporate
world.