Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CHECKLIST
1) Text book
2) Assignments # 1 & 2
3) Course outlines
4) Assignment 6 forms (2 sets)
5) Assignment submission schedule
Note: In this packet, if you find anything missing out of the above-mentioned material,
please contact at the address given below: -
WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Q. 2 (a) What is meant by job analysis? Explain how you would conduct a job
analysis? And how can you make use of the information it provides? (10)
(b) Describe the types of information typically found in job specifications. (10)
Q. 3 Do you think job rotation is a good method to use for developing management
trainees? Why or why not? (20)
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 1–9)
This assignment is a research-oriented activity. You are required to obtain information
from a business/commercial organization and prepare a report of about 1000 words on
the topic allotted to you to be submitted to your teacher for evaluation.
You are required to select one of the following topics according to the last digit of your
roll number. For example, if your roll number is P-3427180 then you will select topic # 0
(the last digit): -
Topics:
1) Collective bargaining in an organization
2) Career planning
3) Performance management
4) Job evaluation
5) Labor market conditions
6) Training needs analysis
7) Designing training programs
8) Compensation strategy
9) Issues in labor management relations
10) Employee recruitment and selection process
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GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT # 2:
1.5 line spacing
Use headers and subheads throughout all sections
Organization of ideas
Writing skills (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
Professionalism (readability and general appearance)
Do more than repeat the text
Express a point of view and defend it.
WORKSHOPS:
The workshop presentations provide students an opportunity to express their
communication skills, knowledge & understanding of concepts learned during practical
study assigned in assignment # 2.
You should use transparencies and any other material for effective presentation. The
transparencies are not the presentation, but only a tool; the presentation is the
combination of the transparencies and your speech. Workshop presentation
transparencies should only be in typed format.
The transparencies should follow the following format:
1) Title page
2) An abstract (one page summary of the paper)
3) Introduction to the topic (brief history & significance of topic assigned)
4) Practical study of the organization (with respect to the topic)
5) Data collection methods
6) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to the
topic assigned
7) Conclusion (one page brief covering important aspects of your report)
8) Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to topic assigned)
GUIDELINES FOR WORKSHOP PRESENTATION:
Make eye contact and react to the audience. Don't read from the transparencies or
from report, and don't look too much at the transparencies (occasional glances are
acceptable to help in recalling the topic to cover).
A 15-minute presentation can be practiced several times in advance, so do that until
you are confident enough. Some people also use a mirror when rehearsing as a
substitute for an audience.
WEIGHTAGE OF THEORY & PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN ASSIGNMENT # 2 &
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
Assignment # 2 & workshop presentations are evaluated on the basis of theory & its
applicability. The weightage of each aspect would be:
Theory: 60%
Applicability (practical study of the organization): 40%
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PREPARE ASSIGNMENTS AS PER THESE GUIDELINES AND IT MAY BE
RE-EVALUATED BY THE QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL, DEPARTMENT OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AIOU, ISLAMABAD AT ANY TIME.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Course Outlines (Code No. 527)
COURSE COORDINATOR:
Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram, Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration, AIOU, Islamabad. Tel: 051-9057406
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course covers the current issues within human
resource management, and provides a complete, comprehensive review of essential
human resource management concepts and techniques. Considering the intensely
competitive nature of business today, this course focuses on both the theoretical and
practical aspects of the broad human resource functions that all managers can use to deal
with their HR-related responsibilities, while being able to defend their plans and
contributions in measurable terms.
The theoretical discipline is based primarily on the assumption that employees are
individuals with varying goals and needs, and as such should not be thought of as basic
business resources, such as trucks and filing cabinets whereas HRM is seen by
practitioners as a more innovative view of workplace management than the traditional
approach. HRM is also seen by many to have a key role in risk reduction within
organizations.
This course starts with introduction to the role of human resource management, and then
covers recruitment and placement, training and development, performance management
and appraisal, managing careers, compensation, labor relations and collective bargaining,
ethics, justice, and fair treatment in HR management and employee safety and health, and
managing global human resources.
UNIT-6 COMPENSATION
Establishing Strategic Pay Plans:
- Steps in establishing pay rates
- Pricing managerial and professional jobs
- Competency-based pay
Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives:
- Money and motivation
- Employee incentives and recognition programs
- Incentives for managers and executives
- Team/group variable pay incentive plans
- Organization-wide variable pay plans
Benefits and Services:
- The benefits picture today
- Pay for time not worked
- Insurance benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Flexible benefits programs
Grievances:
- Sources of grievances
- The grievance procedure
- Guidelines for handling grievances
The union movement – today and tomorrow