Human Resource notes

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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT



COURSE CODE: BBM 311




COURSE TITLE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT




Instructional Material for BBM- Distance Learning

,COURSE OUTLINE


BBM 311: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Contact hours: 42
Pre-requisites: None


Purpose: To introduce learners to the field of human resource management by exposing them to
the key areas


Expected Learning Outcomes of the Course:
By the end of the course, students should be able to:-
i) Describe the organizational human recourse process
ii) Discuss the methods and process of performance appraisal and compensation
iii) Discuss the importance of training and development
iv) Describe the procedures involved in job design and evaluation


Course Content:
Lesson 1: Organizational assessment and human resource planning;
 Definition of Human Resource Management
 Management functions of Human Resource Management
 Operative functions of Human Resource Management
 Challenges of Modern Human Resource Management


Lesson 2: Employee recruitment and selection;
 Forecasting the supply of inside candidates
 Forecasting the supply of outside candidates
 Effective recruiting
 Internal sources of candidates
 Hiring employees- the second time around
 Succession planning


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,  Outside sources of candidates


Lesson 3: Job Analysis
 Uses of job Analysis Information
 Steps in Job Analysis
 Methods of Collecting Job Analysis Information
 Interview Guidelines
 Writing Job Descriptions


Lesson 4: Performance appraisal and compensation;
 Performance management
 The performance appraisal review process
 Performance Appraisal methods
 Implementing performance management
 The appraisal interview
 Improving perfomance


Lesson 5: Job evaluation;
 Purpose of Job Evaluation
 Job Evaluation Methods
 Non-analytical methods
 Analytical methods


Lesson 6: Employee Testing and Selection
 Negligent hiring
 Basic testing concepts
 Types of interviews
 Interviewing and the law: Employment Discrimination “ Testers“
 Guidelines for Conducting an Interview




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, Lesson 7: Training and development;
 Training
 Development
 The training process
 Training methods


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Lesson 8: Job design;
 Approaches to Job Design
 Changing Technology in Office Systems


Lesson 9: Labor relation;
 The elements of employee relations
 Industrial relations as a system of rules
 Collective bargaining
 The human resource management approach to employee relations
 The parties to industrial relations
 Role of the human resource function in employee relations
 Employee relations policies
 Third party dispute resolution


Lesson 10: Diversity and gender issues in the workplace;
 The issue of equal pay or comparable worth
 Two tier pay
 Fair and square
 Variable pay


Lesson 11: Government involvement in human resource issues;
 Human Resource Development Policy



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