HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Crdt Hrs: 3

Course Code: PSYC-7208

Course Objective:

• Develop the knowledge, skills and concepts needed to resolve actual human resource management problems or issues.
• Manage the employment relationship, which is a shared responsibility between employers, management, human resources specialists, and employees. Investigate how HRM is responding to current business trends, opportunities, and challenges.
• To engender the students equipped with contemporary human resource management skills for ensuring the organizational productivity in applied settings.

Introduction to HRM

Historical perspective and HRM in changing environment, History of HRM, Management functions, Strategic human resource management, The legal environment (HRM legal perspective in the context of Pakistan

Job Analysis & Design

Sources of information for job analysis, Methods of job analysis, Job Description and job specifications, Job design, Job rotation, Job enlargement, Job enrichment, Job characteristic model

ACQUIRING HUMAN RESOURCES

Human resource planning: Process and techniques, Recruitment and retention (Sources of recruitment), Selection and placement (Nature and methods of employee selection, Psychometric properties of selection devices/approaches, Problems/issues associated with recruitment/selection)

Training and Development

Career development, Employee training (Nature and scope of training, Training need assessment, Evaluating training and developmental programs). Talent Management.

Performance Appraisal

Nature and purpose of performance appraisal, Sources of information for evaluating performance, Techniques of performance appraisal, Problems/issues related to performance appraisal.

Occupational Health and Safety Issues

Organizational Stress: A model, Work stressors, Stress outcomes, Stress moderators, Work-life balance, Occupational burnout, Stress prevention and management, Designing a safe work environment. Enhancing the productive outputs of individuals.

Recommended Texts:

Anthony W. P., Kacmar, K.M. & Perrewe, P.R. (2002). Humane resource management. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers.

Tyson, S. (2015). Essentials of human resource management (6th ed.). Elsevier. New York.

Bolander; G., Snell, C. & Sherman, A. (2001). Managing humane resources. Cincinnati, OH: South- Western.

 Byars, L. L. & Rue, L. W. (2006). Humane resource management. Boston, MA; Irwin McGraws- Hill.

Cascio, W. (2003). Managing humane resources. New York: McGraw-Hill.

 DeCenzo, D.A., & Robbins, S.P. (2002). Human resource management. New York: Wiley.

 Jyothi, P., & Venkatesh D. (2006). Human resource management. Oxford University Press.