Semester-4
Personnel Management
1] FOUNDATION COURSE :
Emergence of personnel function - importance - definition and scope of personnel management - Qualities of personnel manager organisation of personnel department. Evolution - Growth and future of PM in India.
2] ROLL OF PERSONNEL POLICIES IN AN ORGANISATION :
Meaning - Aims - Objectives & Scope - Characteristics and Need principles. Steps in policy formulation
3] HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING :
Concept - Need-Responsibility for HRP - Process of HRP - Job analysis. Job description - Job specifications - Manpower audit- Manpower inventory.
4] RECRUITMENT AND HIRING :
Recruitment-Source of manpower-Selection-Steps in selection process-application blank-testing-interview and induction.
5] TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT :
Need and importance - Objectives - Responsibility for training - identifying training method for operatives - training method for executives - evaluation for training - training practice in India.
6] PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL :
Meaning and terminology - objectives - factors affecting performance appraisal - essentials of good appraisal system - performance appraisal method - limitations of appraisal method.
7] PROMOTION AND TRANSFER :
Purpose of promotion-promotion policy - criteria for promotion: merit vs. seniority, Demotion. Transfer : purpose - transfer policy - types and objections.
8] WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION :
Meaning - nature - purpose - factors affecting wages and salary structure - minimum fair and living wage - types of wage - job evaluation: meaning - definition - importance - steps in job evaluation - limitation.
9] INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS :
Importance - objectives - participants in IR-IR Environment in India - Trade Unionism: Concepts - functions. Brief history in India - problems of TUs.