HRM 1302: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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Course Description
Principles and functions of human resource management; Concepts of Human Resource
Management, personnel management, human resource forecasting and planning, staff recruitment
and selection, compensation and reward; motivation, discipline and grievance, Job Design,,
employee training and development, designing and development of training programmes, career
management, performance management and appraisal; Health and safety; employee relations
Expected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1.
Explain the importance of human resource management for organizational performance
2.
Explain the concepts of Human Resource management
3.
Describe the core functions of human resource management.
4.
Provide sound advice on human resource management issues.
COURSE CONTENT
Week
Topic/Sub-topic
Week 1
1) Introduction to HRM
 Definition,
 Historical perspectives,
Week 2
Functions of HRM
Human Resource Planning
 Recruitment & Selection,
 Motivation
 performance management
 Employees relations
 Reward
and
compensation
management
 Maintenance of safety and health
 Separation of employees from
organization.
Week 3
Human Resource Planning
 forecasting and planning for labour
 Job analysis and methods
 Jod design
 steps in HR planning
Week 4
Recruitment and selection
 Sources of recruitment
 External sources
 Internal source
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Week 5
Human Resource Development
 Training and development.
 Assessment of training needs
 designing and development
programmes,
Week 6
Week 7
of
COMPREHENSIVE CAT
performance management
 Types of performance criteria
 Performance appraisals
 Performance appraisal methods.
Compensation and Reward Management
 The organization reward system
 Employee compensation
 Compensation policies
Compensation and Reward Management
 Importance of fair pay.
 Equity theory of motivation
 Pay structure
Job evaluation
training
Week 8
Industrial relations
management
/
Employee
Relations
 Nature, scope and role of employee relations
 Grievance and disputes management

Industrial relations / Employee Relations
management
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Collective bargaining agreement
Trade unions and their roles
Emerging issues and trends
Week 9
Managing health and safety
 Need for managing Health and safety
 Objectives of health and safety management
 Workplace hazards
 HRM and health and safety issues
Week 10
Managing health and safety
 The health and safety legislation; OSHA ,
Factories Act, WIBA
 Emerging issues in Health and safety
Week 11
Separating employees from organization.
 Reasons for separation
 Methods of separation
 Exit interviews
 Managing redundancy
Week 12
MOTIVATION
Week 13
 Definition and concept of motivation
 Theories of motivation
 Content and Process theories
 Herzberg two factor Theory
 Maslows Hierarhy of needs theory
 Factors which cause motivation
TRIMESTER EXAMS
Week 14 -15
PLAGIARISM AND INTEGRITY
1. You are advised to acquaint yourself with the University examination regulations.
2. Plagiarism means presenting other people’s work as your own. Plagiarism is a serious
offence. You should not copy and paste other people’s work without due and appropriate
acknowledgement, which is done through citations and references. All reports and
assignments submitted will be checked for similarity using the URKUND or TURNITIN.
The University has zero-tolerance for plagiarism and such a violation will lead to stiff
penalties including but not limited to, cancellation of your results, as well as suspension
from the University
3. Any student involved in cheating during tests, coursework or examinations will be
suspended pending investigations, and may be expelled from the University.
REFERENCES
1.
Beardwell, Ian & Holden, Len (editors) : Human Resource Management: A
contemporary perspective - 2nd edition – London; Pitman Publishing, 1997.
2.
Armstrong, Michael: Handbooks of Human Resource Management Practice – 8th
edition – London: Kogan Page, 2001.
3.
Legge, Karen: Human Resource Management – London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1995
Additional Readings
1.
Castwright, Roger I: Mastering Team Leadership – London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
2.
Bratton, J. & Gold, J.: Human Resource Management – 3rd ed. – London: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2004.