Syllabus Human Resource Management (HRMA 340-Section Department of Human Resource Management Faculty of Economics & Administration King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah ) First Semester 2014/2015 Instructor Ms. Abeer Khodari Class Hours Sun, Tues & Thurs 12:00-13:00pm Office Building Two Office next to the copy room (Second Floor) nice_3bora@hotmail.com Location Building No: 420 Room: 111 Office Hrs. Available on Lecturers’ Web Page E-mail akhodari@kau.edu.sa Required Text Human Resource Management (12th Edition) (2012). Mondy, R. W. Prentice Hall. ISBN-10: 0132553007, ISBN-13: 9780132553001 Suggested Reading Saini, Debi S. and Khan, Sami A.(2000) (eds.) Human Resource Management, Sage Publications. Course Description A study of the concepts, processes and interventions of Human Resource Management function. Topics include aspects of human resource management function and its various tools. It will include topics related to the strategic HR planning, job designing and job enrichment, recruitment and selection of employees, managing employees’ performances, managing compensation, and developing training & development strategy beside developing a healthy employment relationship. Course Objectives To understand the dynamics of HRM to make an organization more effective and to enhance the opportunity for the individual to develop his or her potential. The course aims at exposing the participants to the basic and strategic aspect of HRM function. The course will enable the participants to acquire, develop and sharpen their people management skills for better HR outcomes. To develop HR strategies for enhancing organizational effectiveness and systematically bringing about high-performing organization. Learning Outcomes Students who successfully completed the course will 1. Have developed the awareness about the importance of human resource management function and the centrality of the role of the HR managers in achieving organizational goals and objectives. 2. Have basic awareness and skill to plan the manpower requirement, select, appraise, develop and compensate employees for better organizational outcome. 3. Have assessed how the strategic role of people management function is to be pursued in the organization for developing a high performance work system (HPWS). 4. Correctly use conceptual frameworks from management research and practice to diagnose and improve employee performance and healthy workplace relationship. Coursework and Weighing Mid-Term Exam Group Project/Cases/Assignments Attendance and Participation Final Exam 30 % 20 % 10 % 40% Attendance Attendance for the classes is a critical component to secure good grade in the course. Students are expected to attend every class. Any student who absents more than 7 classes will be denied from completing the course (i.e., DN). Students are expected and advised to come on time for the classes. They are supposed to adhere to the norms of the class for maintaining discipline and decorum of the class. NO MOBLIE PHONE PLEASE. Switch off or put on silent your mobile. Participation Mere physical presence is not enough and students are supposed to actively participate in the classroom learning. They will be judged on the basis of their concern for the learning, their organization and preparation for the classes, actively participating in class discussion and helping other in their learning process. The class will be divided into learning groups and they are supposed to help each other and share their learning in a group. Please avoid talking, using GSMs or any distracting behavior in the class. Individual and Group Assignments Students will be given individual/Group assignments during the semester from time to time. It might be a case preparation, understanding and commenting upon any material given in the class or any other assignment pertaining to the course. Mid Terms & Final Exams There will be 2 Mid Term Exams and each exam will carry 15 % of the total grade. Final Exam will carry 40% weightage and will be held as per university schedule. These exams may consist of objective type questions (multiple choices, true-false, fill in the blank questions), short essays, and 2 questions based on a case. There is no make-up for these exams. Academic Integrity Student’s conduct for examinations and other assignments is very important and critical part for their success in the course. Please adhere to the norms of the academic integrity as per the university rules. Academic misconduct is defined as the use of any dishonest or deceitful means to gain some academic advantage or benefit. In examination, following actions constitute misconduct: copying, or attempting to copy, from another student's work, or permitting another student to copy from your work, or using notes of whatever kind in the formation of answers in a closed book examination, or impersonation of another student in an examination. Other important misconducts are: plagiarism, copying and collusion. Plagiarism is using the words, thoughts, ideas, results, etc., of another person in your written assignment, without acknowledging the source, as if it were the student's own work. Copying: copying another person's answers in an assignment, paper, project report, etc. and presenting it, either wholly or with only minor changes, as if it were the student's own work. Collusion: Working with others on an assignment which is intended to be an individual assignment, and incorporating their material into your work. Weekly Course Teaching Schedule for Human Resource Management (HRMA-340 ) Week Date Start. Topic Readings 1 What is HRM? 2 Strategic HRM: An Overview Chapter 1 3 Job analysis, Strategic planning and HR Planning (HRP) Chapter 4 4 Chapter 4 5 Job analysis, Strategic planning and HR Planning (HRP) Recruitment 6 Selection Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Exam I 8 Training & Development Chapter 7 Break 9 Performance Management & Appraisal Exam II 3 Chapter 8 10 Compensation Chapter 9 Final Exam Important: This is a tentative timeline. Students are expected to read the assigned chapter(s)/readings/cases before the corresponding class period. Students are responsible for knowing the assigned material. The exact date of the Exams and other assignments and its deadlines will be announced in the classroom, stick to the deadlines as announced in the class to avoid any penalized marking. 4