ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN CAPITAL

Paper Code: 
PSY 325 C
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):   

This course will enable the students to –

 

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

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 325 (C)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essentials of Human Capital

The students will be able to –

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

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Human Resource Management
  • Definition
  • Important 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: 
  • Dessler, G. and Varkkey, B. (2016). Human Resource Management (12th Ed.). Pearson India Education : Noida

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2020-21
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