4th semester syllabus

Strategic Human Resource Management
Module I Strategic Management: nature and significance of strategic management, dimensions of
Strategic Decisions; Formality in Strategic Management, value of Strategic Management.
Strategic Management Model and its components, Limitations of Strategic Management.
Module II Strategy Formulation: Formulating a company vision, mission, objectives and goals; analyzing
the Environment; Forces influencing strategy Formulation: SWOT, Portfolio Models, Porter's
Model, Generic strategies, Environment forecasting, analyzing the company profiles,
formulating long-term Objectives and Grand strategies. Strategy Analysis and choice. Evaluating
Multinational Environments
Module III III Strategy implementation: Operationalizing the Strategy, annual objective, Functional
strategies and Business Policy, Institutionalizing the strategy: structure, leadership and culture;
Guiding and Evaluating the strategy corporate strategy and global strategy
Module IV Human Resource Strategy: Concept, Approaches, HRS and Business Strategy; Role of HRM in
formulating Corporate Strategy, HR strategy and Functional Strategy. Change management,
Assumption: Intentions, Implementation and interpretation, Change management strategies:
training and Development Strategies; Performance Management; Industrial and work place
relations, culture, organizational performance and Human Resource Strategy; International
Human Resource Strategy; HRM Strategy and difficulties in its implementation
Module V New Economic Policy and HRM strategy; Co-operative Human Resource Strategy; Role of Human
Resource in Strategy Formulation; integrating Human Resources in strategic Decisions; Human
Resource Sorting, HRS and HRIS; Human Resource Strategy - some key issues; HRM Strategy for
Future.

Software Project Management
Module I Project Management: Introduction, Project ideas; screening project ideas; project feasibility;
market opportunity analysis; technical feasibility, financial feasibility; project scheduling, use of
network techniques.
Module II Software Development Overview: Software engineering - impact of software engineering on
software development Software Life Cycle - Life cycle models - implementation of life cycle
model - application of the cycle models
Module III Planning the software project: Structure of plan components - Technical plan - Resources plan -
quality considerations - levels of planning - project plans - State plans - Detailed plans -
individual work plans - Execution Plan - planning guidelines
Module IV Project Monitoring and Control: Prject initiation - end-stage assessment mid-stage assessment -
checkpoints - project closure - project measurement & review - quality review - Technical
exceptions - configuration management - quality assurance - quality concepts - quality planning
- quality review - quality characteristics.
Module V Productivity guidelines: Software packages - productivity attributes - productivity tools & their
selection - establishing a productivity improvement program - motivation factors for software
development.

Employee Counseling
Module I Industry and its impact on the employee: approaches to deal with human problems of workplace,
conceptual understanding and tackling problems arising out of work situation - maladjustment, ill-
health, occupational diseases, mental health disorders, relationship in work-setting indiscipline,
chronic absenteeism, alcoholism, drug addiction, indebtedness, housing and family problems -
problems of specific groups such as the backward, the handicapped, the older, younger and women
employees - sexual harassment at work place.
Module II Concept, objectives and scope of occupational social work, functions and tasks of social worker;
Employee Assistance Programmes; initiating services including educational, recreational, family and
community welfare within and outside the workplace, special community projects (NEED)
undertaken
by the organization.
Module III Employee Counseling - meaning, need and goals of counseling at workplace; emergence and growth
of counseling services; approaches to counseling; Types of counseling - existing, facilitative,
preventive and developmental, directive and non-directive (CHARACTERISTICS)
Module IV Counseling process-beginning, developing and terminating a counseling relationship, and follow up;
assessing client's problems, selecting counseling strategies and interventions; changing behavior
through counseling; counselor’s attitude and skills of counseling; counselor - counselee relationship
and counseling environment; special problems in counseling
Module V Application of counseling to organizational situations with a focus on performance - counseling -
post appraisal counseling and counseling for career advancement, counseling for retirement and
VRS; role of HR executives in employee counseling and development of their counseling skills.

Global Human Resource Management
Module I International Human Resource Management (IHRM): Concept, Scope and Significance,
Multinational Corporations and Cultural Dimension, Strategic Planning in Multinational
Corporation, Organizational structure of Multinational Corporations: Theories and Models.
Module II International Human Resource; Selection, Cross National Differences in Personnel and
Organization Policies, Sources of Human Resources, Home-country Nationals, Host-Country
Nationals, Third-Country nationals; Selection Criteria for International Assignments:
Adaptability to Cultural change, Physical and Emotional health, Motivation for a Foreign
Assignment, Leadership Ability, Language Training and International Human Resource
Selection Procedures
Module III Compensation and Appraisal an International Perspective; Multinational Corporations and
Compensation Systems. Common Elements of Compensation Packages: Pay, Bonus, Stock
Option, Incentives and Performance Appraisal Systems
Module IV Training and Development of Internal Staff; Objects and Considerations; Areas and Types of
Training programmes; Cultural assimilators; The technicalities of training; OD in
International Settings; Global Leadership Development
Module V Module V Transnational Industrial Relations; Labor Relations in the Internal Perspective;
Conflict Resolution in Multinational Corporations; Common forms of Industrial Democracy
to Multinational Corporations; Union Organization and Labor Relations at the enterprise
level in MNCs - Future Directions of IHRM.

Human Resource Information Systems
Module I Introduction to Human Resource Information Systems(Advantages)
: Role played by HRIS in the
operation of human resources management function - Management decision making for HR -
Strategic advantage - challenge of business process reengineering and globalization(Challenges)
of HR function Busines imperative for HR Transformation - HR as business partner - focus on
real business value - formulation of success factors for allocation of priorities(Process)
and
resources.
Module II Application Software Development(Process)
: Deriving technical design specs - user involvement
in development process - identifying business needs - translation of business needs into
functional requirements for HRIS - role of (Any two)
application systems software (IMPORTANCE)
-
review of HR software for operational & administrative roles of HR function.
Module III Collaborative Systems (Functions)
: Use of intranet (Effectiveness)
and extranets to support
communication & collaboration - specific enterprise collaboration system as tools for
communication of ideas(Any two)
, sharing resources & co-operative work efforts associated with
HR business processes and projects. Consultative Role(HRIS)
: basic concepts(any two)
and
components of management information, decision support and executive information
systems - application systems software for consultative role of HR.
Module IV Application software for Strategic Role of HR: Fundamental concepts of strategic advantage
through information technology Organizing of HRIS implementation/Managing Change(Process)
- functional and process alignments - core competencies of HRIS team.
Module V BPR of HR function: Process of work-flow analysis Assessing Business Value - Cost
justification methodologies
 Role of communication in HR , Information System
 Role of internet to support office communication and HR Functions
 Procedure for selecting a good information system
 Essentials of a good HRIS; Requirements; Advantages

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