Human resources management

Understanding the nature, scope and objectives of human resource management.
 Design an organisation chart for HR manager function in a typical industrial
establishment.
 Describe the image and qualities of a human resource manager.
 Understand the personnel principles and policies.
 Trace the evolution of human resource management.
 To understand the role of computer applications in human resource management.

Understanding the nature and importance of human resource planning.
 Identify and describe the factors affecting personnel planning.
 Identify the employee planning process, delineate different stages in the process and
describe each step.
 Identify pre requisites for successful planning and list the various barriers which render
planning ineffective.
 Understand the nature of job analysis.
 Understand the nature, objectives and importance of recruitment.
 Understand the nature of selection and appreciate its role in organisational effectiveness.
 Identify the selection process, demarcate the stages and describe each step.
 Understand the nature and purpose of orientation and appreciate its role in HRM.
 Understand the problem faced in placement of new hires and find solutions to solve
the issues.

Understand the nature and importance of training and development and identify the
various inputs that should go into any programme.
Delineate the different stages in a training and development programme and describe
each step.
Understand the need for and the ways of training for international assignments.
To understand the knowledge management process and its benefits.

Understand the nature of trade unions and describe the reasons for employee’s joining
unions.
Trace the evolution of the trade union movement in India.
 Describe the recent trends in the trade union movement in India.
 Suggest the strategies which help plants remain union free.
 Bring out the main provisions of union legislation.
 Describe the wage policy of the Government of India.
 Define the different concepts of wages.
 To understand the workers’ participation in the management.

Understand the nature of performance appraisal and compare and contrast it with job
evaluation.
 Delineate different methods in the appraisal process.
 To understand the job evaluation process.
 State the purposes, principles and types of promotion.
 Identify the reasons, principles and types of transfers.
 Describe the types of employee separations.

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