Paper: GEN 207: Human Resource Management

COURSE OUTLINE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Text Book Human Resource Management, Text & Cases by K

Aswathappa (2017

Reference and Supplementary Books

 Human Resource Management (2017) - Gary Dessler and and Biju Varrkey Pearson Education

 Human Resource Management (2013) - Snell and Bohlander ,G, Thompson South –Western

 Human Resource Management - (2016) V.S.P.Rao, Excel Books

• Journals
International Journal of Human Resource Management
HRM Review
HR Focus
Human Capital
Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

• E-references
www.hrps.org
www.hireright.com
www.performance-appraisal.com
www.shrm.org
Course Objective

This course is an introduction to Human Resource Management. HRM involves all management decisions
and actions that affect the nature of the relationship between the organization and its employees.

Outline Syllabus

1. Module – I Role and Importance of HRM

 Introduction to HRM
 Strategic HRM

2. Module – II Understanding Job and its context

 Job Design
 Job Analysis
 Competency Mapping
 HR Planning

3. Module – III Aligning HR requirement and availability

 HR Planning
 Career and Succession Planning

4. Module- IV Identifying the Right Employees and managing performance

 Recruitment, Selection and Orientation
 Career planning

5. Module – V Building Employee Capacity

 Training
 Management Development

6. Module – VI
 Industrial Relations
 Labour Laws
7. Module -VII
a. HR Analytics
b. HR Information Systems
 Session Plan

NO. Learning Topics Case/Exercise Supplementary Readings

Objectives

1-3 Develop an Introduction to HRM Case : -A Hero for the Underdogs: A

understanding  Evolution of 21st -Why this HR department does Review of Dave Ulrich’s
of HRM Century HR not get any respect (HBR, July Human
concepts &  Business Challenges 1999) Resource Champions by
their evolution and Changing Role of -HP case study (Business William
HR Today) Pasmore-Déjà vu: HRM’s
Specify the  Role of New Age HR -Role Play (Discussing HR at Courtship of Strategic
emerging roles Manager Board Room) Management
of HRM in the -Contemporary debates and new
new millenium directions in HRM in MNCs:
introduction by Michael J.
Morley and
David G. Collings
Add. Reading 1

4-6 Understanding Job Analysis -Evaluating levels of strategic

process of Job  Strategic Linkage -Carter Cleaning Company (By integration
design and with Business Nageshwar Rao and RP Das) and devolvement of human
analysis in Goals, Job Design resource
contemporary  Job Analysis management in India byPawan
context  Competency S. Budhwar
mapping and Paul R. Sparrow

7-9 Understand the  Demand and HR planning at IBM Chapter 1, 2,3 from Parth
importance Supply -Bhadrachalam Paper Limited Sarathi
and guidelines Forecasting, (By Nageshwar Rao and RP
for effective  Flexibility Das)
HR planning arrangements SAP demonstration
 Role of
Information
Systems in HRP

10- Understand the  Career Planning Career Mapping exercise

11 process and and Management Succession Planning at ASR
importance of  Succession
effective Planning
career
planning
12- Identify the Recruitment, Selection Vindhya steel Limited, (by Recruitment and Selection, e-
16 sources and and Orientation Pattanayak. B 2001) book by Eric Garner
methods of  Resourcing Winger foods limited (HBR,
recruitment Strategies June 1998)
and selection  Methodology SAP demonstration
 Techniques and
Develop Outcomes TED talk by Daniel Pink
understanding  Selection Tools
of  Induction and
Performance Orientation
Management  Role of
 Systems Information
systems in
Discuss and Recruitment and
evaluate Selection
Compensation Performance
Management Management
Practices  Performance
Management tools
 Performance
Appraisal
Compensation
Management
 Job Evaluation
 Psychological
aspects of reward
management
17- Identify the Training and -Misplaced Priorities-Employee -Training function at crossroads
19 need for Development Development at BGR (By -Training methods
training and  Importance and David Spicer)
various contemporary
training Issues and Need
methods analysis
employed  Processes and
Techniques
Evaluate the  Evaluation of
importance Training
and Effectiveness
effectiveness  Role of
of training Information
program Systems in
Training and
Development
20- Understand  Trade Union - Unrest at HMS Gurgaon
22 History of Movement
Trade Union  Industrial
movement in Relations
India  Industrial
Disputes Act
Developing  Factories Act
understanding
of Labour
Laws

23- Become aware  HR analytics - Simulation Activity

24 of uses of  HR Information - SAP demonstration
technology in System
HR functions