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Recruitment and Selection
Recruitment and Selection
Course Rationale:
A strong recruitment and selection process is key to the success of any organization. This course
provides an insight into the concepts, practices and strategies for the effective selection of human
capital to meet growing business demands. Emphasis will be on recruiting employees based on the
strategic needs of the organization. This course covers the concepts on HR planning, Recruitment,
Selection, Job descriptions, interviewing techniques, assessment, testing, background investigations,
compliance requirements, reporting and analytics and diversity issues, etc.
Course Objectives:
1. To bring out the challenges of recruitment manager in various business situations
2. To familiarize the recruitment functions of human resources planning, recruitment and selection
3. To apply human resource planning tools and /frameworks to reflect critically on business specific
contexts
4. To familiarize the challenges faced by the recruiter in Indian and global contexts.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Comprehend and appreciate the steps involved in recruitment and selection function.
2. Analyze job requirements, (job analysis), prepare job descriptions and job specifications.
3. Develop recruitment plans after taking care of necessary requirements.
4. Develop plan for selection of right candidates with necessary checks required.
5. Develop requisite knowledge on Human resource planning and staffing strategies based on the
organizational diagnosis
Prerequisite(s):
Pedagogy:
Case based analysis, group exercises, experiential learning activities, quizzes, role plays,
presentations and lecture method.
Textbook:
Staffing Organizations, 6e, Herbert G. Heneman III and Timothy A. Judge, McGraw Hill
Publication.
Reference Books:
Human Resource Selection, Robert D. Gatewood, Hubert S. Feild and Murray Barrick, Cengage
Learning (Indian Edition – 2008)
Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting & Orienting new employees, 4e, Diane Arthur, Prentice Hall of
India.
Hiring the Best, 5e, Martin Yate, Adams media, F + W Publishing Company.
Smart hiring at the next level, Robert Wendover, Sourcebooks Inc.
Human resources planning, 3e, Dipak Kumar Bhattacharya, Excel Books.
Principles of Human Resources Management, 16e, Snell and Bolhander.
Journals:
People matters
HRM review
Links to websites:
Evaluation Scheme:
Assignment 25%
Presentation 15%
Quiz 10%
Term End Examination 50%
Total 100%
Session Plan:
Employee
Value
Proposition –
Ebsco research
starters
document
Smell of
success by
Jenny Keefe
www.employee
benefits.co.uk
Make a deal by
Andrienne Fox,
HR Magazine,
January 2012.
Pp. 36-42
5 Job analysis Analyze jobs for Case discussion: Human
General Methods: various roles in the Job description: Resource
Job analysis interviews organization (Source: Staffing Selection by
Job analysis Organizations: Robert D.
questionnaires Herbert G. Heneman Gatewood,
Subject matter experts III and Timothy A. Hubert S. Feild
Specific techniques: Judge and Murray
Critical Incident Pages: 194-195) Barrick
technique Chapters 7, 7A
Fleishman Job analysis and 8
survey (F-JAS)
Job Element Method
(JEM)
Identification of
employee specifications
Determining KSA
6-7 Recruitment – External Analyse and Case discussion: Staffing
Planning: examine the plan Improving a college Organizations:
Organizational issues, and strategy for recruitment program Herbert G.
administrative issues and external recruitment (Source: Staffing Heneman III
Identifying Recruiters from the perspective Organizations: and Timothy A.
Recruitment strategy: of the organization Herbert G. Heneman Judge
Sources Job portals, job III and Timothy A. Chapter 5
fairs, Social media, Judge
referrals, etc. Screening Pages: 256-258)
process and short-listing Case:
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