Tis Abay College

Course Title Project Human Resource Management

Course Description
For all types of organizations (project based or non- project based) to succeed in today’s
competitive environment they need to have sound human resources strategies that are
inextricably linked to their business goals and strategies. Therefore, organizations
should properly acquire, develop and manage this vital but highly dynamic and
complex resource. So this module provides students with a comprehensive
understanding of the strategic role that HR plays for effective project management. This
module covers the processes used to determine project human resource needs and to
acquire, develop, and manage a project team. Topics included in the course are: the
major human resource management functions such as job analysis and design, human
resource planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, performance
appraisal, compensation, diversity management, and labor relations in line with the
unique features and characteristics of projects.
Course Objective
After completing this module students will be able to:
 Discuss the meaning and philosophies of human resource management.
 Explain how project organizations identify their human resource requirements
and the various approaches used to recruit and select the best employees for
their projects.
 Identifying the amount and types of staff necessary to manage the project, and
apply strategies of training & development, performance appraisal,
compensation and reward, safety mechanisms necessary for the staff to be
effective and successful in their jobs.
 Apply proper separation strategies existed during the termination of projects.
 Apply strategies how to manage project team members and define their roles
and responsibilities.
 Explain the concept of employee relations, the union management framework
and the role that managers and HR play to ensure a positive work environment.

COURSE OUTLINE
CHAPTER I- OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1.1. Introduction and definition of HRM
1.2. Objectives of Human Resource Management
1.3. Characteristics of Human Resource Management
1.4. Roles and Functions of Human Resource Manager
1.5. Evolution of Human Resource Management
CHAPTER II- HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTS
2.1. The external environment
2.2. The internal environment
2.3. Human resource management model
 CHAPTER III- JOB ANALYSIS AND HR PLANNING
3.1. Meaning and definition of job analysis
3.2. Steps in job analysis
3.3. Methods of collecting job analysis information
3.4. Importance of job analysis information
3.5. Meaning and definition of Human resource planning
3.6. Purpose of human resource planning
3.7. steps[procedures] in human resource planning
3.8. factors affecting human resource planning
CHAPTER IV- RECRUITMENT & SELECTION AND ORIENTATION
4.1. Employee Recruiting
4.1.1. Features of recruitment
4.1.2. Purpose of recruitment
4.1.3. Factors governing recruitment
4.1.4. Sources and methods of recruitment
4.2. Employee Selection
4.2.1. Selection criteria
4.2.2. The selection process
4.2.3. Factors governing selection
4.3. Orientation [induction]
4.3.1. Issues of orientation
4.3.2. Levels of orientation
CHAPTER V- MANAGEMENT OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, TRAINING
AND DEVELOPMENT
5.1. Distinction between Performance Management and Performance Appraisal
5.2. Nature of Performance Management
5.3. Purpose of performance appraisal
5.4. Performance appraisal steps
5.5. Performance appraisals methods
5.6. Objectives of training and development
5.7. Process of training and development
5.8. Training and Development methods
CHAPTER VI – COMPENSATION, PROMOTION, TRANSFER AND
SEPARATION
6.1. Importance of compensation
6.2. Types of compensation
6.3. Approaches to employees benefit
6.4. Types of promotion
6.5. Purpose of transfer
6.6. Types of transfer
6.7. Types of separation
CHAPTER VII - INTEGRATION AND MAINTAINACE
7.1. Employee discipline
7.2. Labor relation
 7.3. Collective bargaining
7.4. Grievance handling

Evaluation
Final Exam 50%
Article Review (Individual Work) 20%
Term paper or Case Analysis (Group work) 30%
References:
 Ivancevich and Konopaske (2013), Human Resource Management, 12th edition
 John. M. Ivancevich, Human Resource Management, 7th ed., 1998
 Dessler : Human Resource Management , 9th ed.1998
 Edwin B. Personnel Management,1998
 Lioyd.L.Bayers and Leslie W.Rue: Human Resource Management,1997
 Margaret Attwood and Stuart Dim Mock : Personnel management ,1999
 Margaret Foot Caroline Hook : Introducing Human Resource Management
1998
 Wendell L. French: Human Resource Management,1996
 Shaun Tyson and Alford york, An introduction to Human resource
Management 1st ed, 2001