Complete Syllabus of Foundations of Human Resource Management | MGT 216 | BBS 2nd year

Course No.: MGT 216 

Full Mark: 100 

Pass Mark: 35 

Lecture hour: 150 

Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course are: 

• To introduce the basic concepts of Human Resource Management. 
• To enhance the knowledge and approaches of Human Resource Management. 
• To develop students' skills to handle tactfully emerging human resources challenges and issues. 

Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction to Human Resource Management: LH 12 

• Concept, characteristics, objectives and functions of Human Resource Management. 
• Human Resource Management System, Personnel and Human Resource Management. 
• Human Resource outcomes-Quality of work life, productivity and readiness to change. 
• Challenges of Human Resource Management. 

Unit 2: Human Resource Planning: LH 17 

• Concept, characteristics and importance for Human Resource Planning. 
• Concept of Human Resource Strategy, Relationship between human resource planning and Strategic Planning. 
• Approaches to Human Resource Planning. 
• Human Resource Planning process - Assessing current human resources, Demand and Supply Forecasting, Human Resource Inventory, Human Resource Information System, Succession Planning, Human Resource Planning in Nepalese Organizations. 

Unit 3: Job Design and Analysis: LH 18 

• Meanings of Job, task, position and occupation 
• Concept, benefits and methods of job Design. 
• Concept, and purposes of Job Analysis, collecting job analysis information, Job Analysis techniques – Job-focused and person / behavior-focused. Job description, job specification and job evaluation. 

Unit 4: Recruitment, Selection and Socialization: LH 18 

• Meaning, sources and methods of recruitment. 
• Concept of selection, Difference between selection and recruitment. 
• The selection process, selection tests, interviews and their types. 
• Reliability and Validity in selection test. 
• Concept and process of socialization. 
• Recruitment and Selection Practices in Nepalese Organization. 

Unit 5: Training and Development: LH 18 

• Concept and process of learning 
• Human Resource Development: Concept and importance. 
• Concept, objectives and benefits of training, determining training needs. 
• Training methods: on - the - job and off - the - job. 
• Concept and techniques of management development. 
• Evaluating training effectiveness. 
• Training and development practices in Nepalese organizations. 

Unit 6: Motivation: LH 18 

• Concept, types and importance of motivation. 
• Motivation Theories: Achievement, Equity, ERG and Vroom's Expectancy Theory. 
• Motivation and Performance. 
• Frustration - concept and causes. 
• Job satisfaction - concept and factors related to job satisfaction. 

Unit 7: Performance Appraisal and Reward Management: LH 12 

• Concept and uses of performance appraisal. 
• Methods of Performance appraisal - Graphic rating scale, alternative ranking, paired comparison, forced distribution, critical incident, essay and Checklist methods. 
• Concept of reward management, types and qualities of effective rewards. 
• Performance appraisal practices in Nepalese Organization. 

Unit 8: Compensation Management: LH 12 

• Concept and determinants of compensation. 
• Methods of establishing employee’s compensation; current trends in compensation; Incentives plans; Different forms of incentives; Union influence in compensation programs. 
• Compensation practices in Nepalese Organization. 

Unit 9: Employees Discipline: LH 7 

• Concept and types of disciplinary problems. General guidelines in administrating discipline, Disciplinary actions. 

Unit 10: Labor Relations: Grievances and Dispute Settlement LH 18 

• Concept and purposes of labor relations. The actors of industrial relations system. 
• Employee’s grievances, causes and handling of employees grievances.  
• Labor disputes. Prevention and settlement of disputes. Disputes settlement process in Nepal. 
• Features of Labour Act and Trade Union Act. 

Suggested Books:

Adhikari, Dev Raj - Human Resource Management, Buddha Academics, Kathmandu, 2002.

Agrawal, G. R. - Human Resource Management in Nepal, M.K. Publishers, Kathmandu, 2001.

Aswathappa K. Human Resource and Personnel Management: Text and Cases, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi - 2002. 

Decenzo and Robbins, Human Resource Management, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi. 

Dessler, Gary - A Framework of Human Resource Management, Pearson Education, Delhi - 2003. 

Jyothi, P. and Venkatesu, D.N., Human Resource Management, Oxford University Press Delhi. 

K.C., Fatta Bahadur – Human Resource Management, Sukunda Books, Kathmandu, 2003 Labour Act and Labour Rules of Nepal. 

Shrestha, Amuda, - Human Resource Management, Educational Publishers, Kathmandu, 2004 Shrestha, Kul Narsingha, Human Resource Management, Nabin Prakashan, Kathmandu, 2004