Name of the Course: Human Resource Management

Course Code: HRM 501

Name(s) of Academic Staff: Dr. Nasser Ahmed Habtoor
Rationale for the inclusion of the course in the programme:
This course is designed to provide student an understanding of contemporary HRM and the various
functions of human resource management, including compensation and benefits, staffing, recruitment and
selection, research, labour relations, training and development, health and safety, planning, mediation and
arbitration, the influence of government legislation on industry, and human rights legislation and
employment equity.
Semester and Year Offered: Year 1 Semester 2
Student Learning Time (SLT)

Face to Face Independent Learning Total

Reading module/materials - 50 50
Tutorial (3h/session) 15 15 30
5 times
Test 2 6 8
Online discussion forum - 10 10
Assignment - 10 10
Final Examination 3 9 12
20 100 120
Credit Value: 3
Prerequisite: Nil
Course Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:
CLO1 Explain the knowledge of human resource management in relation to management process.
(C6, A4, PLO1)
CLO2 Describe Human Resource Management strategies in planning and recruiting that can benefit
the society. (C3, A5, PLO3)
CLO3 Analyze the connections between global differences and similarities in HR practices through.
(C4, PLO7)
Transferable Skills:
 Information management and lifelong learning

Teaching Learning Assessment Strategy:

PLO Teaching and Learning Activities Type of Assessment

Knowledge Tutorial Test/Final examination
Social skills and responsibility Tutorial Assignment
Information management and Online discussion
forum/Assignment Assignment/Online participation
lifelong learning skills
Synopsis:
This course will cover the main topics of human resource management (HRM). The topics includes
strategic role of HRM, assessing the environment, plan and setting objectives, external staffing, employee
development, compensation and labour relations.
Mode of Delivery:
Tutorial /Online discussion forum
Assessment Methods and Types:
Type of Assessment Assessment Method Percentage
Final Exam 30
 Written test Class test 20
Assignment Tutorial 50
Mapping of course to Programme Educational Objectives:
PEO
PEO 1 PEO 2 PEO 3 PEO 4
CLO
CLO 1 √
CLO 2 √
CLO 3 √

Mapping of course to Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO):

PLO
PLO 1 PLO 2 PLO 3 PLO 4 PLO 5 PLO 6 PLO 7
CLO
CLO 1 √
CLO 2 √
CLO 3 √

Content

The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management

 Explain what HRM is and how it relates to the management process;

 Give at least examples of how managers can use HR concepts and techniques; and
illustrate the HR management responsibilities of line and staff (HR) managers;
 Provide a good example that illustrates HR’s role in formulating and executing company
strategy
Strategic Human Resource Management and the HR Scorecards

 Outline the steps in the strategic management process;

 Explain and give examples of each type of companywide
 competitive strategy
 Explain what a strategy-oriented HR system is and why it is important
 Illustrate and explain each of the seven steps in the HR Scorecard approach to creating
HR systems.
Recruitment and Placement

 Job Analysis
 Discuss the nature of job analysis, including what it is and how it is used.
 Use at least three methods of collecting job analysis information, including interviews,
questionnaires and observations.
 Write job descriptions including summaries and job functions, using the Internet and
traditional methods
 Write job specifications using the internet as well as your judgment.
 Explain job analysis in a jobless world including what it means and how it is done in
practice.
Personal Planning and Recruiting

 Explain the main techniques used in employment planning and forecasting

 List and discuss the main outside sources of candidates
 Effectively recruit job candidates
 Name and describe the main internal sources of candidates
 Explain how to recruit a more diverse workforce
Employee Testing and Selection

 Explain what is meant by reliability and validity

 Explain how you would go about validating a test
 Cite and illustrate our testing guidelines
 Give examples of some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing
 List eight tests you could use for employee selection and how you would use them
 Explain the key points to remember in conducting background investigations
Interviewing Candidates

 List the main types of selection interviews

 Explain and illustrate at least six factors that affect the usefulness of interviews
 Explain and illustrate each guideline for being a more effective interviewer
 Effectively interview a job candidate
Training and Development

 Training and Developing Employees

 Describe the basic training process
 Describe and illustrate how you would go about identifying training requirements
 Explain how to distinguish between problems you can fix with training and those you can’t
 Explain how to use five training techniques
Managing Careers

 Compare employers’ traditional and career

 Explain the employee’s, manager’s and employer’s career development roles
 Describe the issues to consider when making promotion decisions
 Describe the methods for enhancing diversity through career management.
Compensation

 Establishing Strategic Pay Plans

 List the basic factors in determining pay rates.
 Explain to detail how to establish pay rates.
 Explain how to price managerial and professional jobs.
 Discuss competency-based pay and current-trends in compensation
Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives

 Discuss the main incentives for individual employees

 Discuss the pros and cons of incentives for salesperson
 Name and define the most popular organization-wide variable pay plans.
 Describe the main incentives for managers and executives.
 Outline the steps in developing effective incentive plans
Benefits and Services

 Name and define each of the main pay for time not worked benefits.
 Describe each of the main insurance benefits.
 Discuss the main retirement benefits.
 Outline the main employees’ services benefits.
 Explain the main flexible benefit programmes
Ethics, Justice and Fair Treatment in HR Management

 Explain what is meant by ethical behaviour at work.

 Discuss important factors that shape ethical behaviour at work.
  Describe at least four specific ways in which HR management can influence ethical
behaviour at work.
 Employ fair disciplinary practices
 List at least four important factors in managing dismissals effectively.
Employee Safety and Health

 Explain the supervisor’s role in safety

 Minimize unsafe acts by employees.
 Explain how to deal with important occupational health problems
Managing Global Human Resources

 List the HR challenges of international business.

 Illustrate how inter-country differences affect HRM
 Discuss the global differences and similarities in HR practices.
 Explain five ways to improve international assignments through selection.
 Discuss how to train and maintain international employees
Main Reference Supporting the Course:
a. Snell, S. A. and Bohlander, G. W., 2015, Managing Human Resources,17th Edition, South-Western
College Publishing, USA.
b Dessler G, 2015, Human Resource Management, 14th Edition, Pearson Education, New York,
USA.
c. Itika, Stephen J. 2012, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, University of Groningen,
Netherland.
d. Machado, C. Davim& Paulo J. 2014, Human Resource Management and Technological Challenges,
Springer International publishing, Switzerland.
Additional References supporting the course:
a. Chris, R. 2012 Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region: Convergence, Frank
Cass, UK.
b. Tarique, I. and Briscoe, D. R., 2015, International Human Resource Management: Policies and
Practices for Multinational Enterprises (Global HRM), 5th edition,Routledge. USA.
c. Collings,G.D.&Wood,T. G. &Caligiuri, M.P.2015,The Routledge Companion to International Human
Resource Management, Routledge, USA.
Other additional information: Nil