Jaypee Business School

A Constituent of Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Deemed University) A-10, Sector 62, NOIDA, 201 307 India MBA 2011-13 Batch; Trimester III Course Code: 12MCHR03 Course Title: Human Resource Management Course Credit: 3 Session Duration: 90 Minutes Name of the Faculty: Shubhangini Rathore Email ID: Shubhangini.rathore@jiit.ac.in

1. Course Introduction: This intensive and highly interactive course focuses on providing a measurable knowledge of human resource management that helps management students to learn about the utilization of people resources to the best advantage. HRM involves the most effective methods available to managers for engaging their workforce to achieve goals that benefit the organization as well as the individuals. The focus of the course is on the various basic human resource practices like understanding the nature of HRM, Human Resource Planning, Recruitment, Selection, Training and Development and Career Management. Students will get insight into the crucial challenges, approaches and tools within these fields.

2. Course Objectives: The objectives of the course will be to develop an understanding an application of advanced Human resource management techniques and practices. Most specifically: Understand the analysis of employees through performance management systems. Understand the concepts of job evaluation and compensation analysis, synthesis and evaluation of various IR techniques and practices. Understand the role of HRIS in achieving a competitive advantage in maintaining the Human Resource. Understand the concepts of HR accounting and auditing the human capital.

3. Learning Outcome of the Course : Develop an understanding of the role of HRM in accomplishing an organizations strategic plan.

Understand the significance of human resource planning, recruiting and selection processes. Understanding HRM Application of various techniques of Performance Management systems. Practical application of salary and wage administration means. Understand the importance of training and development and how it can be done in an organization.

4. Text Book: Human Resource Management, John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill. Additional Readings and References: 1. Human Resource Management- Snell/ Bohlander, Cengage Learning, India Edition 2. Human Resource Management - Dessler and Varkkey, Eleventh Edition, Pearson Education 3. Human Resource Management D.Pravin, Pearson Education. 4. Human Resource Management - V.S.P.Rao, Excel Books 5. Human Resource Management-David.A.De Cenzo & Stephen P Robbins, WileyIndia 5. Evaluation Details a. Teachers Assessment b. Mid-Term Test c. End-Term Test 6. Session Plan 30% (Case Evaluation, Quiz ,Projects) 30% 40%

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UNIT 1- Introduction to Human Resource Management 1-3 Organization Strategy and Human Resource Management HRM in the context of Organizations & their effectiveness Fundamentals of strategic HRM Employee Life Cycle management.

-Why this HR department does not get any respect(HBR, July 1999) -HP case study (Business Today)

Strategic Management approach to Human Resource Management Diagnostic approach to HRM Strategy and environmental influences Strategic challenges and alignment of HRM activities. People and diagnostic HR frameworks UNIT-2 Human Resource Planning, Recruitment & Selection 4-5 Acquiring Human Resources: Planning Strategic Human Resource Planning Situational assessment of Demand and supply Techniques of forecasting Aligning the Human resource information system to strategic planning Job Analysis and Design Methods of job analysis :Qualitative and quantities techniques Job descriptions and specifications Designing for work life balance Job enrichment and growth 6-7 Acquiring Human Resources: Recruitment & Selection Fundamentals of employee recruitment Internal and external influences on recruitment strategies Cost benefit analysis of methods of recruitment Analysing the selection process Establishing reliable Criterias of selection Reviewing the selection decision UNIT-3 Performance Evaluation and Management

John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.1,2

Analyzing the ARDM model and its application

Bhattacharyya ch.3,4,5& 7 Human Resource planning and virtual human resource management John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.5,6

Gully.M.,Phillips,M. Ch-11 Arthur,D.ch-2,3 Gully.M.,Phillips,M. Ch-6 Gully.M.,Phillips,M. Ch-6,8-10

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Maintaining High Performance Fundamentals of performance Need and importance of a performance management system Methods of performance Appraisal Biases and failures of established evaluation systems Creating more effective Performance Management Systems.

John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.9 Human resource Management and Performance by Stephen Wood Beyond performance management: four principles of performance leadership by Richard Greenberg. Performance Appraisal at Ace Catering Services(David Spicer)

UNIT-4: Compensation and Benefits 12-15 Compensation Employee benefits & services Objectives of Compensation Systems. External & internal influences on compensation structures. Compensation and Motivation. Decisions in compensation practices Importance of Employee benefit programmes Types of voluntary benefits , retrials & services Emerging concept of flexi-benefit plans John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.10, 11. Human Resource Management - Dessler and Varkkey, Eleventh Edition, Pearson Education.Ch.10 John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.12 Case- R Kumars and Limited(By Nageshwar Rao and RP Das), -Salary Review exercise -variable pay hike The dimensionality and determinants of pay satisfaction: a cross-cultural investigation of a group incentive plan

UNIT 5: Developing Human Resources 16-18 Orientation and Training of human resources Managing the training programs T&D instructional methods Management development Development : Individual techniques, Team Building and Organization wide John M. Ivancevich, Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.13

John M. Ivancevich,

technique Evaluation of T&D Career Planning Management The concept of career The importance of career development for recent hires Career planning and pathing in the employee life cycle Problems and issues in career development programmes UNIT 6: Labour Management Relations 19-20 Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining Early collective action and Union formation Structure & Management of Trade Unions Union Security Public Employee Associations Strategic management of IR Steps in Collective Bargaining

Tenth Edition Tata McGraw Hill.Ch.14

Case Study: Misplaced Priorities

Human Resource Management David.A.De Cenzo & Stephen P Robbins,WileyIndia.Ch14.

Human resource management, trade unions and empowerment: two cases from India by E.A. Ramaswamy and F.B. Schiphorst

*Cases/Exercises are applicable to change if required.