Name of the Programme: M.A.

in Human Resource Management

Course Title: Human Resource Management-Theory and Design
Semester: I, Credit: 2, Instructor: Dr. Ashutosh Murti

Required Text:
Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice - Michael Armstrong
Human Resource Management-B.B. Mahapatra

Supplementary Text:
Human Resource Management- Derek Torrington, Laura Hall, Stephen Taylor
Introduction to Human Resource Management- John Stredwick

Brief Description:
This course is to explore the theory, practice, and key considerations involved in human resource
management. The course will cover HR strategy, recruiting, compensation, performance
management, training and development, employee relations, and international human resource
management. The main focus is on contemporary human resource management theory and its
application in workplaces. Each week throughout the module there will be tutor-led lecture input
to introduce and provide an overview of the topic under study. The input will link theory input
with practical skill development, both in academic analysis and interpretation, and in the
application of HR tools and techniques. The module themes and their duration are outlined
below.
Overall Learning Objectives:
After successful completion of the course students are able to:
Provide a strategic framework for understanding human resource management and its
organizational context
Identify and explain the key theories and issues in managing human resources
Understand key principles underlying effective management of human capital
Develop problem-solving skills relevant to main processes of human resource
management
Understand the contingencies that need to be considered in the design of human
resource systems

Learning Aids
Interactive questions within the multimedia lecture streams. Self-help quiz, tools and research,
simulation and case study will be used.

Session 1

Session 2

Unit 1: Introduction
to Human Resource
Management
Unit 2: Organisation
Structure and HRM

Session 3

Unit 3: Human
Resource Planning

Session 4

Unit 4: Job Analysis

and Design

Session 5

Unit 5: Recruitment

Session 6

Unit 6: Selection

Session 7
Session 8

Case Study
Unit 7: Managing
Career

Session 9

Unit 8: Performance
Appraisal

Session 10

Employee Training
and Management
Development

Session 11

Compensation
Management

Introduction, Evolution of HRM, Nature, Scope, Objectives,

Functions, and Role of HRM, HRM in the New Millennium, HRM
Environment in India
Organizational Structure and Human Resource Management,
Formal and Informal Organisations, Tall and Flat Organizational
Structure, Responsibility, Authority and Accountability, Line and
Staff Functions, Human Resource Management and other
organizational Functions
Definition of Human Resource Planning, Objectives of Human
Resource Planning, The Process of Human Resource Planning,
Managing the Forecasted Demand/Surplus
Concept of Job Analysis, Process of Job Analysis, Job Analysis
Methods, Job Description, Job Specification, Uses of job Analysis,
Issues in Job Analysis, Concept of Job Design, Modern
Management Techniques
Concept of Recruitment, Factors Affecting Recruitment,
Recruitment Policy, Sources of Recruitment, Need for Flexible and
Proactive Recruitment Policy.
Concept of Selection, The selection Process, Selection Method
Standards, Application Forms, Selection Tests, Interview, The
Interview Process, Placement
Case Study
Concept of Career, Career Anchors, Elements of a Career Planning
Program, The Benefits of career Planning to an Organisation and an
Individual, Issues in Career Planning, Career Development Cycle,
Career Objective and the Career Path, Model for Planned SelfDevelopment, Succession Planning
Concept of Performance Appraisal, Objectives of Performance
Appraisal, The Appraisal Process, The Appraisers, Performance
Appraisal Methods, The Appraisal Interview, Pitfalls in Performance
Appraisal, Uses of Performance Appraisal, Uses of Performance
Appraisal
Definition and Purpose of Training, Assessing Training Needs,
Areas of Training, Employee Training Methods, Evaluation of the
Training Program, Training and Development, Concepts of
Management Development, Management Development Methods,
Evaluating a Management Development Program.
Definition and Objectives of Job Evaluation, Process of Job
Evaluation, Techniques of Job Evaluation, Advantages of Job
Evaluation, Concept of Wage and Salary Administration, Concepts
of Minimum Wage, Fair Wage and Living Wage, Basic Wage Plans,
Variable Compensation, Executive Compensation, National Wage
Policy, Concept of Rewards, Types of Incentive Plans, NonMonetary Incentives, Guidelines for Effective Incentive Plans,
Employee Benefits, Objective of employee Benefits, History and
Evolution of Benefit Programs.
Recurrence
Recurrence
Case Study
Case Study

Session 12
Recurrence
Session 13
Recurrence
Session 14
Case Study
Session 15
Case Study

Assessment
Type
Assessment 1
Assignment
Assessment 2
Semester End Examination

Weightage
50%
50%

Dates
To be announced
To be announced