COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus

COURSE HANDBOOK

1 Course Title Seminars in Human Resource Management

2 Course Code MGT 559

3 Credit Hours 3(3,0)

4 Semester Spring 2023

5 Resource Person Dr. Nargis Akhtar

nargisakhtar@cuivehari.edu.pk
6 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week

7 Contact Hours (Lab) Not Applicable

8 Office Hours 08:30 am to 04:30 pm

9 Course Introduction
This course is designed to examine the empirical and theoretical research on the work
environment, compensation and workers performance. Emphasize on recent trends
affecting employee selection, training, rewards, and the quality of work life and retention
of employees in turbulent times.
10 Learning Outcomes
To provide a broad coverage of advance topics in the field of human resources. The course
will be research-focused and discussions will involve critical review and evaluation of
existing work and potential avenues for future research. Through reading assignments and
research papers, students should gain an appreciation for the existing state of research and
begin to articulate major issues and challenges facing this field.
Course Learning Outcomes(CLO) Program Learning Course Assessment
Outcomes Item

Demonstrate an awareness of and PLO 1: Business Mid/End of term

knowledge about HRM, including: knowledge examination
 the role of HRM in modern
workplaces,
 Recent trends for implementing
HRM functions,
 advantages and disadvantages of
different HRM options

Engage in group discussions and conduct PLO 1: Business Participation (Peer

group work based on human resource knowledge assessed)
management activities. PLO 2: Problem
solving
PLO 3: Business
communication
PLO 4: Teamwork
PLO 5: Leadership
development

Access, evaluate and apply findings from PLO 1: Business End of term examination
the evidence-based literature to address knowledge
problems arising in human resource PLO 2: Problem
management. solving
PLO 3: Business
communication
11 Course Contents
The course aims to develop knowledge of students about management process and functions
through constructive teaching to meet challenges of today’s competitive global business
environment. Course contentswill include but not limited to;

12 Lectures
Weeks Topic of Lecture Reading Assignment
Week 1 Changing Face of Human Resource CH #1
Management: An Overview Human Resource Management:
 Justice at work place Challenges and Issues in 21st
 Concept of organizational justice Century by Peter Holland
 Three forms of justice
Week 2 Psychological Contracts
 Formation, Maintenance and Evaluation CH#3
of the Psychological Contract Psychological Contracts
 Types of Psychological Contracts BY Ross Donohue and Tse
Leng Tham
 Psychological Contract Violation Khilji, E. (2002). Modes of
 Psychological Contract Fulfilment convergence and divergence:
An integrative view of
multinational practices in
Pakistan. International
Journal of Human Resource
Management, 13(2), 232-
253.
Week 3
Career Management in the 21st Century Career Management in the
Traditional Perspectives of Career 21st Century by
Development Ross Donohue and Tse
 Environmental and Individual Changes Leng Tham
 Contemporary Career Perspectives
 Kaleidoscope Career Model (KCM)
Perspective
 Other Structural and Cultural Changes
Week 4 Types of Employment
 Recruiting a more diverse workforce
 Developing and using application form
Week 5
The Decline of Manufacturing and Rise of
Service Work HRM and the Service
 What is Service Work? Sector by Cathy Sheehan
 HR Challenges and Opportunities in the
Services Sector
Week 6 Career Success and Mentoring Case study of Agency co
 Hiring managers obligation
 Recruiting via internet
 Recent trends in recruitment
 Global talent search
Week 7 Employer and Employee Vetting: Reputation
Management Challenges in the Information
Age
 Cyber-vetting Practices and the Link to
Reputation Management
 Employer Reputation Management in the
Context of Recruitment and Selection
 Good Practice for HR Professionals
Week 8 MID TERM EXAM

Week 9 Sustainable HRM

 Rhetoric vs. reality
 From strategic to sustainable HRM
 Key debates for HRM
 Can Sustainable HRM make a difference

WEEK Deviant Workplace behavior Böhm, S. A., Kunze, F., &

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 Workplace violence
 Types of Workplace violence
 Exploring the dark workplace
 The Organization as a ‘Dark Satanic Mill’
 Leadership and Corporate Psychopaths
Bruch, H. (2014). Spotlight
on age‐diversity climate: The
impact of age‐inclusive HR
practices on firm‐level
outcomes. Personnel
Psychology, 67(3), 667-704.

Ch#8 The Dark Side of

Work by Peter Holland
and Ross Donohue

Week HR Mobility
11 Embeddedness, Absenteeism, Withdrawal,
Turnover
Expatriate compensation

Week Split pay

12 Expat salary
Week Work-family and well-being Case Study: The Shifting
13 Contemporary Theory of Job and Work Design: Terrain of Commercial
The Human Relations School Aviation

Week Codes of Conduct

14  Content of the Code
 Implementation Process
 Analysis of the content of codes
Week Work Design in the 21st Century: A Case of
15 Back to the Future or Forward to the Past?

Week Presentations and Discussion

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13. Text Book

1. Trends in Human Resource Management in 21st Century by Peter Holland

2. Human Resource Management: Contemporary Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
(Contemporary Human Resource Management Issues Challenges and Opportunities)
by Ronald r. Smith

14. Additional Readings

Students will be assigned various articles and case studies during the semester to broaden
their understanding and see the real life application of the concepts learnt.
15. Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves the unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in
coursework, and passing it off as if it were one’s own. Many students who submit
apparently plagiarized work probably do so inadvertently without realizing it because of
poorly developed study skills, including note taking, referencing and citations; this is poor
academic practice rather than malpractice. Study skills education within programs of study
should minimize the number of students submitting poorly referenced work. However,
some students plagiarize deliberately, with the intent to deceive. This intentional
malpractice is a conscious, pre-mediated form of cheating and is regarded as a particularly
serious breach of the core values of academic integrity. CUI has zero tolerance for all
kinds of plagiarism.