Essentials of Human Capital

Paper Code: 
PSY 325 C
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives :

  • To understand the concepts, nature and principles of industrial psychology.

 

Course Outcomes:

 

  • CO120: Understanding and applying the individual, team and organizational mechanisms within the formal system.
  • CO121: Differentiate theoretical and empirical frameworks that have defined and   shaped these fields through software and systems used in planning, selection, training and evaluation of employees in various work settings

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Human Resource Management:

  Definition, Importance, Trends in HRM, Employment laws in India, Diversity management & affirmative action plans.

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Strategic Human Resource Management:

 Strategic management process, Strategies and policies, adjusting HR policies to challenging times, HRD scorecard, Building high performance work system.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Job Analysis

Basics of job analysis, methods of collecting job analysis information, writing job descriptions, writing job specifications.

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Human Resource Planning and Recruiting

 Process, Planning & Forecasting, Need for Effective Recruiting, Sources, Developing and Using Application Forms.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Employee Testing and Selection

 Basic concepts, types, work samples & simulations, background investigations & other selection methods.

Essential Readings: 

Ø    Dessler, G. and Varkkey, B. (2016). Human Resource Management (12th Ed.). Pearson India Education : Noida

 

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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