Human Resource Management and Organisation Development

Course Name: Human Resource Management and Organisation Development

Code (Credit): CUTM1934 (2-0-2)

Course Objectives

This course aims to develop employment relations and knowledge to resolve the issues and to Manage the manpower to motivate and attract them to retain in the organization. To develop the responsibility of employer and legal system to manage the employment relations. To understand the basic theories upon which the field of organizational development is based,

Course Syllabus

Module - I

Introduction to HRM: Introduction to HRM, Nature, Scope and Functions of HRM, Role of HR Managers in organizations; Job Analysis: Job Analysis: Concept, Process & Methods, Competency based job analysis, Job Description & Job Specification, Human Resource Planning: HRP: Concept, Process & Significance, HRP issues, Forecasting Labor demand: Quantitative & qualitative methods, Forecasting Labor supply: Internal & External.

Module - II

Recruitment and Selection Recruitment: Conceptual framework and important issues, Types & methods: Internal & external, Employee referrals, Evaluating recruitment effectiveness, Dejobbing, Recruiting Diverse Workforce; Selection: Concept and important issues, Role of HR and line managers in selection, Selection Process, Selection Methods & testing, Assessment centers, Interview: Process & Types, Interviewing flaws, Conducting effective interviews; Organizational Exit: Reasons and strategic issues, Layoffs and strategies to avoid layoffs, Exit interview, Retention: Importance & strategies for retention.

Module - III

Performance Appraisal and Training Performance Appraisal: Steps in appraising performance, Approaches and Methods of performance appraisal, 360 Degree Appraisal, Obstacles in appraisal, Result oriented appraisal, Performance Appraisal interview, Potential Appraisal; Training and Development: Orientation, Training : Concept and process, Methods of training, Training delivery systems, Evaluation of training, Training in various Indian Companies, Development : Concept and approaches.

Modules - IV

Introduction to Organisation Development: Concepts, Nature and Scope of O.D, Historical Perspective of O.D, Underlying Assumptions & Values Theory and Practice on change and changing, The Nature of Planned Change, The Nature of Client Systems : Group Dynamics, Intergroup, Dynamics and Organisations as Systems.  

Module - V

 O.D. Interventions: Team Interventions, Inter-group Interventions, Personal, Interpersonal and group process interventions, Comprehensive interventions, Structural Interventions.  

Module - VI

 Implementation and assessment of O.D: 

Implementation conditions for failure and success in O.D efforts, Assessment of O.D. and change in organisational performance, The impact of O.D. Some key considerations and Issues in O.D: Issues in consultant, Client relationship, Mechanistic & Organic systems and contingency approach, The future of O.D, Some Indian experiences in O.D.

Practical

Projecting the HR requirements of any firm.

Developing the recruitment policy for organisations. 

Develop the appraisal tool for different organisations. 

Suggested Readings

1.  K Ashwathappa, Human Resource and Personnel Management, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 8thedition.

2. Gary Dessler, Human Resource Management, Pearson Education, 15th Edition.

3. Jyothi&Venkatesh, Human Resource Management, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition.

4. Robert L. Mathis &  John H. Jackson Human Resource Management, Thompson South Western, 12th Edition.

5. Wayne F. Cascio, Managing Human Resources, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 11th Edition.