SYLLABUS OF DSC-2.
3; Semester: 2; B Com Hons
Unit 1: Introduction to Human Resource Management: Concept and functions; Role, status
and competencies of HR manager; HR policies; Evolution of HRM; Emerging challenges of
HRM- Workplace diversity, empowerment, downsizing, VRS, work life balance.
Unit 2: Procurement of Human Resource
Human resource planning- Quantitative and qualitative dimensions; Job analysis – Job
description and job specification; Recruitment – concept and sources; Selection – concept
and process; Test and interview; Placement, induction and socialization; Retention of
employees.
Unit 3: Upgrading Employees: Training and Development
Concept and significance; Role specific and competency-based training; Training and
development methods – Apprenticeship, understudy, job rotation, vestibule training, case
study, role playing, hands on, shadowing, e-learning, sensitivity training, In-basket,
management games, conferences and seminars, coaching and mentoring, management
development programs; Training process outsourcing.
Scope of training; On board, soft skills, technical skills, product & service, quality,
antiharassment, legal.
Unit 4: Performance Appraisal and Compensation Management
Performance appraisal- Nature, objectives and process; Performance management; Methods
of performance appraisal; Potential appraisal; Employee counselling; Job Transfer and
promotion.
Compensation - Concept and policies, Base and supplementary compensation; Individual,
group and organisation incentive plans; Fringe benefits; Performance linked compensation;
Employee stock option; Pay band compensation system; Job evaluation.
Unit 5: Employee Maintenance, Engagement and Emerging Horizons
Employee health and safety; Employee welfare; Social security (excluding legal provisions).
Employer-employee relations; Grievance handling and redressal; Industrial disputes: Causes
and settlement machinery, Stress-free environment, Rejuvenation breaks and leisure
activities.
Emerging Horizons; Redundant manpower, e-HRM; Human Resource Information System
(HRIS); HR Audit, Emerging job opportunities, Talent management, Employee burnout, Work
life balance, Work from HomeLearning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
After the completion of the course, the learners will be able to:
1. Evaluate the importance of contemporary and emerging HR issues.
2. Analyse the concept and sources of the recruitment and selection process.
3. Devise employee training and development programs.
4. Design HR policies for employee engagement and experience; grievance redressal,
employee health, safety, welfare, social security, and stress-free work-life balance.
Practical Exercises
The learners are required to:
1. Design a human resource plan with a focus on contemporary and emerging HR issues.
2. Perform a role play and conduct an orientation cum induction programme for new
recruits.
3. Design a training and development plan for a hypothetical organisation.
4. Design performance appraisal techniques and compensation schemes for a hypothetical
organisation.
5. Design employee welfare scheme for a hypothetical organisation.
Suggested Readings
● Aswathappa, K. & Dash, S. (2021). Human Resource Management-Text and cases (9th Ed.),
Tata McGraw-Hill.
● Chhabra, T. N. & Chhabra, M. (2020). Human Resource Management. New Delhi: Sun India
Publications.
● Decenzo, D. A., & Robbins, S. P. (2009). Fundamental of Human Resource Management,
New Jersey: Wiley.
● Dessler G. & Varrkey B. (2020). Human Resource Management, Sixteenth Edition, Pearson
Paperback.
● French, W. L. (2006). Human Resource Management. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
● Gupta, C. B. (2018). Human Resource Management. New Delhi: Sultan Chand & Sons.
● Pattanayak, B. (2019). Human Resource Management (6th ed.). PHI learning
● Prasad, L. M. (2018). Human Resource Management. New Delhi: Sultan Chand & Sons
● Rao, V. S. P. (2020). Human Resource Management (2nd Ed.). New Delhi: Taxmann Pvt. Ltd.
● Sengupta, A. (2018). Human Resource Management, Sage Textbook.
