Emerson University Multan
Department of Business Administration
Course Human resource Management Class: BBA Evening
Course Instructor Natasha Zafar Department: Business administration
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to understand:
The basic principles behind major HR functions
HR Practices; their planning, execution, and control.
Trends and challenges facing managers in Pakistan
How HRM is related to the success of the business
week Topics Assignment
&Quizzes
1 INTRODUCTION TO HRM Assignment 1
Basic Concepts:
Why Is Human Resource Management
Important to All Managers?
Line and Staff Aspects of HRM
The trends shaping HRM
Workforce Demographics and diversity trends
Human resource manager competencies.
2 Equal opportunity and the law Assignment 2
The law enacted from 1991 till present
Diversity management
Potential threats to diversity
HRM Strategy and analysis
Strategic management process
Types of strategy
Strategic HRM tools
3 Job analysis and talent management process Assignment
Talent management process 3/Quiz1
The basics of job analysis
Methods of collecting job analysis
Writing job descriptions
Writing job specifications
4 Personnel planning and recruiting Quiz2
What is human resource planning process
Strategic planning process
Strategic human resource management
Types of strategies
Major steps of human resource planning
Purposes of human resource planning
Workforce planning and forecasting
Why effective planning is important
Why effective selection is important
Internal and external source of candidates
Basics of testing and selecting employees
Work samples and simulations
5 Interviewing the candidate Quiz
Basics of interview
Types of interview
How to design effective interview
Employee engagement guide for mangers
Avoiding errors that can undermine the effectiveness of
interview
6 Career planning and development Assignment 4/
Career management presentations
Managing employee turnover and retention
Employee life cycle career management
Managing dismissal
Know your employment law
7 MID TERM EXAMINATION
8 Training and development
Orienting and on boarding new employees
Know your employee law
Improving performance: the strategic context
Trends shaping the HR: Digital and social media
Implementing the training program
Implementing management development program
Managing organizational change program
Evaluating the training effort
10 Performance appraisal Quiz3/presentation
Basics of Performance appraisals
Traditional tools for appraising performance
Dealing with rater error and appraisal problem
Managing the appraisals interviews
Performance management
11 Compensation management Assignment
Establishing strategic pay plan 5/presentation
Basic factors in strategic pay plan
Job evaluation methods
How to create a market competitive pay plan
Pricing managerial and professional jobs
Contemporary topics in compensation
12 Employee relation Quiz4/presentation
What is employee relation
Employee relation program for building and managing positive
employee relation
The ethical organization
Managing employee discipline
Union labor and labor law
The collective bargaining process
Dealing with disputes and grievances
The union movement today and tomorrow
13 Employee health and safety Assignment 6
Managers and safety
Manager’s briefing on safety laws
What causes accident?
How to prevent accidents?
Workplace health hazards: problems and remedies
Occupational security and risk management
14 Ethical issues in HRM Grand Quiz
Patients' Rights
Equity of resources
Confidentiality of the patients
Patient Safety
Conflict of Interests
Ethics of privatization
Informed Consent
15 FINAL TERM Examination
Recommended Books/Reading Material
1. Garry Dessler (2012). Human Resource Management (17th edition). Prentice Hall.
2. Dale S. Beach (1991). Personnel: The Management of people at work (5th edition). Macmillan
Publishing
3. William B. Werther & Keith Davis Human Resource & Personnel, (latest edition).
Course Evaluation/ Distribution of Marks
Midterm exam: 30 marks
Final exam: 50 marks
Sessionals: 20 marks (Quizzes: 5 marks, Assignments: 5 marks, Presentation: 7 marks, Class
Participation: 3 marks)
Total: 100 marks