Karnataka State Open University
Sharada Vikas Trust
Jayanagar, Bangalore
Subject Name: HRM (Human Resource Management)
Subject Code: MBIS-21
Semester: MBA II
Syllabus
Module 1
Unit 1
Basics Of Human Resource Management
Objectives, Introduction, Objectives and Scope of HRM, History of Development of
HRM, Personnel Management vs Human Resource Management, Importance of HRM,
Challenges of HRM, Human Resource in Strategic Management, Exercise.
Unit 2
Organizational Excellence
Objectives, Introduction, Emotional Intelligence, Domain of Emotional Intelligence,
Emotional Intelligence for Organizational Excellence, Phase 1: Assessment Phase, Phase
2: Doing the work of change, Encouraging Transfer and Maintenance of Change,
Evaluating Change, Human Capital, Conclusion, Exercise.
Unit 3
HR Planning and economic perspecvies of HR Planning
Objectives, Introduction, HR Planning, HR Planning Process, Managing Surplus or
Shortage of HR, Approach to HR Planning, HR Performance and Benchmarking Return
On Investment and Economic Value Addition, HR Information System, Conclusion, and
Exercise.
Unit 4
Leadership
Introduction, leadership styles, theories of leadership, leadership for organizational
excellence, conclusion, exercise
Module 2
Unit 1
Job Analysis
Objectives, Introduction, Focus of Job, Workflow Analysis, Characteristics of Jobs,
Consequences of Job Design, Job Analysis, Stages in Job Analysis,
Unit 2
Job Design
Introduction, Job design and description, Job Description Components, factors affecting
job description, Conclusion.
Unit 3
Human Resource Recruitment
Objectives, Introduction, Recruitment and Selection, Recruitment Planning Progress,
Steps in Recruitment Planning Process.
Unit 4
HR Selection
Objectives, Introduction, HR Selection, Effective Selection Process, HRM Skills for
Managers in Building the Human Capital/Asset, Evaluation of Recruit ion Process,
Conclusion.
Module 3
Unit 1
Compensation Management
Objectives, Introduction, Objectives of Compensation Management, Types of
Compensation, Compensation Philosophy and Approach, Factors Influencing
Compensation Management, Compensation and Policies, Job Grading, Pricing Job,
Executive Compensation, Conclusion.
Unit 2
Rewards and Incentives Management
Objectives, Introduction, Features of a Reward System, Team Rewarding, incentives,
types of incentives, designing incentive system,Conclusion.
Unit 3
Performance Appraisal Management
Objectives, Introduction, Performance Appraisal and Management, Objectives of
Performance Appraisal, advantages and disadvantages of appraisal system, Types of
Employee Appraisal Systems, conclusion, exercise
Unit 4
Designing performance appraisal system
Introduction, Developing a Performance Appraisal System, Process of Performance
Appraisal, Problems in Implementing the Performance Appraisal System, Conclusion.
Module 4
Unit 1
Training and Development
Objectives, Introduction, Training and Development, Goals of Training, types of training
and development
Unit 2
Developing and evaluating training program
Introduction, Levels of Training, Developing an Effective Training Program, Evaluation
of Training Program, importance of evaluation of training program, tools and techniques
of evaluation, Conclusion.
Unit 3
Motivation
Objectives, Introduction, Theories of Motivation, Managerial Applications of motivation
theories, Conclusion.
Unit 4
Career Planning and Development
Objectives, Introduction, Career, Career Choice, Organization Centered Career Planning,
Career Planning and Development Process, Career Development and Development
Process, Problem and Issues in Career Planning and Development, Self Development
Plan, Conclusion.
Module 5
Unit 1
Industrial relation
Introduction, significance of IR, IR Act, functions of IR, Approaches to IR, Scope of HR
and its impact on organization, Conclusion, exercise
Unit 2
Collective Bargaining
Introduction, negotiation and collective bargaining, conditions for successful bargaining,
issues of concern for employees, preparation for negotiation and bargaining, conclusion,
exercise
Unit 3
HR in Knowledge era
Introduction, importance of knowledge asset in organization, knowledge creation
management, benefits of knowledge creation, virtual organization, characteristics of
virtual organization, quality concept in HRM, conclusion, exercise
Unit 4
Strategic HR management
Introduction, conceptual frame work for SHRM, sequence of strategic formulation,
linking people to the organization, HR’s strategic architecture, conclusion, exercise
References
1. Ronald R Sims. Organizational Success through Effective Human Resources
Management. London, Westport, 2000
2. Pattnayak B. HRM. Delhi: PHI.2008
3. Ashwathappa: HRM. Himalaya. 1999
4. Sharma VK, HRM. Delhi: Viva Books. 2000