Masters of Business Administration Course plans of HRM

Week 1 unit Unit 1: Introduction topics Concepts and objectives of HRM, Evolution of HRM, The functions of HRM , Activities L&D Suggested books/topics Chapter 1 of Dessler & Varkkey; and Ivancevich; Chapter 1 of Snell Assignments Ivancevich, Case: HR manager and multiple responsibilities ; Discussion questions from Snell Chapter 6 and Project work and chapter 10 of presentation Ivancevich: Discussion Part 2 from Dessler; questions from Snell Chapter 4 of Snell

2&3

Unit 2: Job analysis and job design

Job analysis: job description and job specification Job evaluation: meaning and methods of job evaluation, Job Design: job enlargement, Job rotation, Job enrichment, job characteristics model Importance and the methods of manpower planning. Recruitment, sources of recruitment; Selection, steps and process of selection; placement Employee orientation Appraisal: concept and methods Reward: concept and methods Training and development: concept and methods

L & D; practical activities and presentation

4, 5& 6

Unit 3: Employment

L & D; Simulation exercises on interview and testing

Chapter 5, 7, 8 of Ivancevich; Part 2 from Dessler; chapter 2 of Snell

Ivancevich, Case: HR planning and virtual HR management Discussion questions from Snell Ivancevich, Case: Dual career couple Discussion questions from Snell

7, 8, and 9

Unit 4: Performance management

L&D Practical activities

Chapter 9, 13, 10, 11, 12 of Ivancevich; Part 3 and 4 from Dessler; Chapter 7 and 8

from Snell 10, 11 & 12 Unit 5: Employee relation Prevailing labor laws and rules Grievance handling; concepts and procedures Collective bargaining : meaning and development Disputes settlement; meaning and methods L&D Chapter 15 of Ivancevich; Presentation Part 5 from Dessler; Chapter 12 of Snell Nepal labor laws Ivancevich, Case: Business world case studies; Case preparation for presentation Discussion questions from Snell Workshop report

13 14, & 15

Workshop Case study

Issues of HR practices of Nepalese Organizations and their solutions Selected Nepalese Organization

Case study of Nepalese Organization Note; Submission date of assignment is within 7 days of the units complete. While submitting the assignments students should ensure that there is no plagiarism, by applying any standard citation rules as discussed in the classroom. Assessment Scheme Assignments Case studies group assignment 30% Focus group discussion at tutorial Individual assignment Mid-term exam Written exam 20% Final Exam Written exam 50% The written exams will comprise objective-multiple tests, short answer, long answer and short case type questions. Reference Books Dessler, G and Varkkey, B. (2009). Human resource management. Pearson Labor acts and regulations of Nepal. Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits: Wayne Cascio, Ranjeet Nambudiri Human resource management(2007): Snell, S and Bohlander, G. Thompson Human Resource Management (2008)John M Ivanchevich Human resource management: H. John Bernardin

Group Research from exercises Nepalese presentation Organizations Presentation