BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY

Date: 10/08/2017
(Course outlines& Lecture plan / Lesson plan)
Name of the Department: Business Administration
Name of the Course with Code: Human Resource Management, CC-207
Name of the Faculty Member: Mansura Nusrat
Semester: Summer 2017
Total Credit: 03
i) Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the various functions of human resource
management, including compensation and benefits, staffing, recruitment and selection, research, labor
relations, training and development, health and safety, planning, mediation and arbitration, the influence of
government legislation on industry, and human rights legislation and employment equity.
ii) Objective of the Course: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have reliably
demonstrated the ability to:
1. Explain the various functions of human resource management and identify their relationship to the
workplace from the perspective of both employee and employer.
2. Apply the principles of human resource management to the automotive industry in the areas of hiring,
compensation and benefits, and government legislation.
3. Identify social issues relating to human resource management such as systemic discrimination and develop
approaches to resolving these problems in the workplace through various methods learned in class.
4. Identify and predict human resource management trends in the automotive industry and develop proactive
solutions and techniques of adaptation to changing industry demands.
5. Synthesize the depth and breadth of knowledge, knowledge of methodologies, application of knowledge,
and communication skills according to the degree level competencies established by authorizing bodies for
degree programs in Bangladesh.

Reference Books:
1. Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler and Bijuvarkkey
2. Human Resource management and Industrial Relation by Abdul Awal and Abu Taher.

Lecture plan / Lesson plan:

Sl. Lectures
No.
1. Lecture 01:
i)Name of the Chapter: Introduction to Human Resource Management
ii) Name of the topics: Human resource management at work, the changing environment of
human resource management.
iii) Sub-points: Definition of HRM, Importance of HRM, Line and Staff aspects of HRM,
Globalization Trends, Technological trends, Trends in the nature of work, workforce demographic
trends.

2. Lecture 02:

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 i)Name of the Chapter: Introduction to Human Resource Management
ii) Name of the topics: the changing role of human resource management, the human resource
managers proficiencies.
iii) Sub-points: Strategic HRM, HR Score card, four proficiencies, HR qualifications, managing
ethics.

3. Lecture 03:
i)Name of the Chapter: Job Analysis
ii) Name of the topics: The basics of job analysis, Methods for collecting job analysis
information
iii) Sub-points: uses of job analysis information, steps in job analysis, job analysis guidelines,
quantitative job analysis techniques, Internet based job analysis.

4. Lecture 04:
i)Name of the Chapter: Job Analysis
ii) Name of the topics: Writing job description, writing job specification, Job analysis in the
jobless world.
iii) Sub-points: Job identification, Job summary, Specification for trained versus untrained personnels,
A brief history: from specialized to enlarged jobs.

5. Lecture 05:
i)Name of the Chapter: Human resource planning and recruitment
ii) Name of the topics: The recruitment and selection process, Planning and forecasting,
Effective recruitment
iii) Sub-points: Forecasting personnel needs, why recruiting is important, recruitings complexities.

6. Lecture 06:
i)Name of the Chapter: Human resource planning and recruitment
ii) Name of the topics: Internal sources of candidates, outside sources of candidates, recruiting a
more diverse workforce, Developing and using application forms
iii) Sub-points: internal sources: pros and cons, recruiting via different sources, off shoring, recruiting
minorities and women.

7. Lecture 07:
i)Name of the Chapter: Training and Developing Employees
ii) Name of the topics: Orientating employees, The training process, Training methods,
Management Development
iii) Sub-points: process and purpose of orientation, training and development process, training,
learning, motivation, training methods.

8. Lecture 08:
i)Name of the Chapter: Training and Developing Employees
ii) Name of the topics: Managing Organizational Change and development, evaluating the
training effort.
iii) Sub-points: managerial on the job and off the job training, overcoming resistance to change,
evaluating training efforts.

9. Lecture 09:
i)Name of the Chapter: Performance Management and appraisal
ii) Name of the topics: Basic concepts in performance Management and appraisal, An
introduction to appraising performance, appraising performance: problems and solutions
iii) Sub-points: comparing performance appraisal and performance management, why appraise
performance, steps in appraising performance.

10. Lecture 10:

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 i)Name of the Chapter: Performance Management and appraisal
ii) Name of the topics: the appraisal interview, creating the total performance management
process
iii) Sub-points: how to avoid appraisal problems, how to conduct the appraisal interview.

11. Lecture 11: Tutorial/Presentation

12. Lecture 12: Problem solution for the midterm exam.

13. Lecture 13:

i)Name of the Chapter: Managing Career
ii) Name of the topics: The basics of career Management, Roles in Career planning and
development, Managing Promotions and transfers
iii) Sub-points: careers today, making promotion decisions, handling transfers.

14. Lecture 14:

i)Name of the Chapter: Managing Career
ii) Name of the topics: Enhancing diversity through career management, career management
and employee commitment, retirement.
iii) Sub-points: sources of bias and discrimination in promotion decisions, commitment oriented career
development effort.

15. Lecture 15:

i)Name of the Chapter: Establishing Strategic Pay plans
ii) Name of the topics: Basic factors in determining pay rates, Establishing pay rates, pricing
managerial and professional jobs
iii) Sub-points: legal considerations in compensation, steps in establishing pay rates, compensating
executives and managers

16. Lecture 16:

i)Name of the Chapter: Establishing Strategic Pay plans
ii) Name of the topics: competency based pay, other compensation trends.
iii) Sub-points: competency based pay: pros, cons and results.

17. Lecture 17:

i)Name of the Chapter: Employee safety and health
ii) Name of the topics: Importance of safety, Occupational safety law, Top Managements role
in safety, what causes accidents?
iii) Sub-points: why safety is important, responsibilities and rights of employers and employees.

18. Lecture 18:

i)Name of the Chapter: Employee safety and health
ii) Name of the topics: How to prevent accidents, workforce health hazards: problems and
remedies, occupational security and safety.
iii) Sub-points: reducing unsafe condition, the basic industrial hygiene program, basic prerequisite for
a security plan.

19. Lecture 19:

i)Name of the Chapter: Managing global human resource management
ii) Name of the topics: HR and the internationalization of business, global differences and
similarities in human resource practices, how to implement a global HR system
iii) Sub-points: the global challenges, personnel selection procedure, implementing the global HR
system.

20. Lecture 20:

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 i)Name of the Chapter: Managing global human resource management
ii) Name of the topics: Staffing the global organization, Training and maintaining expatriate
employees
iii) Sub-points: international staffing, offshoring, selecting expatriate managers.

21. Lecture 21: Tutorial/Presentation

22. Lecture 22: Problem solution for the Final term exam

Grading Scheme:
Class attendance and participation..10

Assignment, Presentation/ Class test/ Quiz/ Surprise test...10

Mid-Term Examination...30

Final Examination50

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` Total: 100

Grade Assignment:

Letter grades will be assigned based on performance in the course. General rules are as follows:

Marks Letter Grades Grade point

80 and above A+ 4.00

75 79 A 3.75
70 74 A- 3.50
65 69 B+ 3.25
60 54 B 3.00

55 59 B- 2.75
50 54 C+ 2.50
45 49 C 2.25
40 44 D 2.00

Below 40 Fail 0.00

Remarks: Course teacher holds the right to bring any kind of changes in the course policy and outline if it
is necessary

Thank you.

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Signature with date: 10/08/2017