HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – BASIC PRACTICES

Objectives

The principal objective of this course is to prepare students to gain knowledge and expertise in human resource management skills enabling them to help professionalize the human resource functions and practices in the organization for improved performance and creating a transparent organizational culture. The Course provides a strong understanding of human resource concepts and applications relating to areas such as; job analysis and design, human resource planning, most scientific methods of recruitment & selection, latest techniques on training and development, realistic performance evaluation system, pragmatic compensation management policy, employee relations challenges etc. The course is so designed that the managers, whose jobs inevitably involve responsibility for managing different types of people, will be able to make decisions based on accurate diagnosis of situations involving HRM issues.

Curriculum

Part I -  Frameworks and Challenges

1.         Human Resource Management Challenges

2.         Environmental Challenges

3.         International Challenges

4.         Equal Employment Challenges

Part II -  Preparation and Selection

5.         Job Analysis and Design

6.         Human Resource Planning

7.         Recruitment

8.         Selection

Part III -  Development and Evaluation

9.         Orientation and Placement

10.       Training and Development

11.       Performance Appraisal

12.       Career Planning

Part IV -  Compensation and Protection

13.       Compensation Management

14.       Incentives and Gainsharing

15.       Benefits and Services

Part V -  Employees Relations and Assessment

16.       Employee Relations Challenges

17.       Union-Management Relations

18.       Assessing Performance and Prospects

Operational Areas

Part I -  Frameworks and Challenges

Human Resource Management Challenges

• The Central Challenge  
• The Organization of a Human Resource Department
• The Human Resource Management Model

Part II -  Preparation and Selection

Job Analysis And Design

Job Analysis Information: An Overview

• Collection of Job Analysis Information
• Applications of Job Analysis Information
• Overview of Job Design
• Behavioral and Efficiency Tradeoffs
• Techniques of Job Redesign

Human Resource Planning

• The Demand for Human Resources
• The Supply of Human Resources
• Implementation of Human Resource Plans

Recruitment

Constraints on and Challenges of Recruitment

• Channels of Recruitment
• Job Applications Blanks

Selection

Inputs and Challenges to Selection

• Selection: An Overview
• Preliminary Reception: Step 1
• Employment Tests: Step 2
• Selection Interview: Step 3
• References and Background Checks: Step 4
• Medical Evaluation: Step 5
• Supervisory Interview: Step 6
• Realistic Job Preview: Step 7
• Hiring Decision: Step 8
• Outcomes, Process, and Feedback

Part III – Development and Evaluation

Orientation and Placement

• Placement Obstacles to Productivity
• Orientation Programs
• Employee Placement
• Separations
• Issues in Placement

Training and Development

• Steps to Training and Development
• Training and Development Approaches
• Evaluation of Training and Development

Performance Appraisal

• Elements of the Performance Appraisal System
• Performance Appraisal Challenges
• Past-Oriented Appraisal Methods
• Future-Oriented Appraisals
• Implications of the Appraisal Process
• Feedback for the Human Resource Function

Career Planning

• Career Planning and Employee Needs
• Human Resource Departments and Career Planning
• Career Development

Part IV – Compensation and Protection.

Compensation Management

• Objectives of Compensation Management
• Job Analysis
• Job Evaluations
• Wage and Salary Surveys
• Pricing Jobs
• Challenges Affecting Compensation

Incentives and Gainsharing  

• Incentives and Gainsharing Issues
• Incentive Systems
• Gainsharing Approaches

Core Readings

1.         Pakistan, Institute of Bankers                Human Resource Management – Lesson Notes

2.         Neo, Hollenbech                                  Human Resource Management (3^rd edition)

            Gerhart and Wright                               McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Supplementary Readings

1.         Attner, Plyun Kett                                 Introduction to Management

2.         Wayne F. Cascio                                  Managing Human Resources

                                                                        Productivity, Quality of Work Life,

                                                                        Profits

                                                                        3^rd edition. McGraw-Hill.

3.         William B. Werther                               Human Resources & Personnel Management.

            Jr. and Keith Davis                               5^th edition, McGraw-Hill.

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