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CASE STUDY : 1
Manpower planning is important aspect. Macro issues concerning factors like national population trends,
educational plans, economic growth rate, overall supply and demand for various categories of manpower
will certainly have an impact on the manpower plans of the enterprise.
These factors impinge on the enterprises plans the manpower planner needs to be aware of their impact.
One of the assumptions made in a less developed country like India, with surplus labour, is that there are
large number of trained manpower available for any specific skill requirement. It is generally not so.
Q2) Discuss “Manpower Planning makes for different purposes at different level”?
Q3) Explain some other pay-offs from Manpower Planning to the enterprise?
CASE STUDY : 2
The process of selection involves three stages – Recruitment, Selection and Placement. Recruitment refers
to making the vacancies known to potential applicants and thereby generating applications for position. This
is generally done through advertisement in mass media, employment exchange, private employment
agencies, deputation, word of mouth and campus recruitment.
Once these applications are generated, the actual selection begins. The number of methods can be used to
select. These may include application form, selection tests, interviews, business games, physical
examination. Finally the employee’s are placed in the appropriate positions.
Q1) Define the term “Word of Mouth”.
Q2) Define the objective and importance of advertisement in the process of Recruitment?
CASE STUDY : 3
Open and two way communication ensures survival of the organization. It is means to make members
work together. Formal communication can be downward and upward. Despite its significance
communication can suffer from distortions both intended as well as unconscious. Some of the reasons for
distortions are tendency to evaluate pre-existing attitudes, sterotypes, values and perceptions. Feedback can
help improve the quality of communication. Feedback however should be prompt both positive and
negative, focus an action and behavior instead of individual.
Q3) Explain the most common channels available for downward communication in an organization?
CASE STUDY : 4
The quality of work life (QWL) research programme, which has been in progress for sometimes now,
has tried to understand human behavior in the work situation in order to enhance productivity job
satisfaction and employee involvement. QWL takes a holistic view of the employee at the work place.
The focus has shifted from time to time. QWL related activities are several but revolve around work
restructuring, job design, participative problem solving, reward systems and work environment.
3. If you have to hire an HR Manager for your firm,what competencies would you
look for?
Please answer in terms of your understanding of the HR function. (15 Marks)