Instructor Name: Semester: Course Title: Course Code: Credit Hours: Instructor Office: Email ID: Description of courses & course coding: Note: Instructors are requested to attach a copy of course outline as approved by the academic council of the University in this section. **Specimen attached **Specimen HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM-301) The real assets of an organization are its people. If organizations and their managers can enthuse and motivate their human resources appropriately, the achievement of organizational objectives becomes easy. The aim of this course is to give students a comprehensive exposure to Human Resource Management (HRM). It introduces the core concepts and issues of HRM, and evaluates the challenges and difficulties confronted in managing human resources in organizations especially in the environment of a developing country. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Concept of Human Resource Management 1.2. Human Resource Challenges 1.3. Human Resource Functions 1.4. Philosophical approaches to Human Resource Management 2. JOB DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 2.1. An overview of job design 2.2. Techniques of job design 2.3. Job analysis 2.4. Collection of job information 2.5. Applications of job analysis information 3. HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING & RECRUITMENT 3.1. Significance of Human Resource Planning 3.2. The planning process 3.3. The implementation of program 3.4. Recruitment: Evolution-Significance 3.5. Constraints and challenges 3.6. Recruitment & selection policy issues 3.7. Source of recruitment 3.8. Selection process & procedure 3.9. Evaluation of Human Resource Planning & Recruitment 4. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 4.1. Significance of training & development 4.2. Principles of training & development 4.3. Training & development methods 4.4. Evaluation of training & development 5. MOTIVATION AND REWARD SYSTEM 5.1. Concept of motivation 5.2. Reward systems 5.3. Motivation through job design 5.4. Motivation through employee participation 5.5. Other motivation techniques 6. PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 6.1. Appraisal: Definition and applications 6.2 Basic consideration in appraisal 6.3 Appraisal methods 6.4 Legal issues for appraisal 6.5 Appraisal challenges 7. COMPENSATION AND SERVICES 7.1. Objectives/Rationale of Financial compensation 7.2. Challenges affecting compensation 7.3. Wage criteria 7.4. Policy and principles 7.5. Job evaluation and its system 7.6. Compensation for administrators & professionals 7.7. Financial benefits and other services 8. WORK TEAM AND TEAM BUILDING 8.1 Work team: Definition, types & effectiveness 8.2 Potential team problems 8.3 Effective teamwork through cooperation, trust and cohesiveness 8.4 Quality circles & self-management 8.5 Team building: Concept, purpose & cycle 9. DISCIPLINE 9.1. Concept of discipline 9.2. Preventive & corrective discipline 9.3. Negative & positive approach 9.4. Administration of disciplinary action 9.5. Grievance handling. TEXT BOOKS 1. William B.Werther & Keith Davis Human Resource & Personnel, McGraw Hill. 2. Bernardin & Russell, Human Resource Management 2nd Edition. McGraw Hill. REFERENCE BOOKS. 1. Fred Luthans, Organizational Behavior. 8th Edition, McGraw Hill. 2. Robert Kreitner & Angelokinicki, Organizational Behavior 2nd Edition, IRWIN. Weekly teaching schedule: Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering & Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta Session Day Date Topics Covered Readings/Chapters/Other Supplements Remakes Week-1 1st 2nd • 3rd • Week-2 4th 5th • 6th • Week-3 7th 8th • 9th • ASSIGNMENT – I Week-4 10th 11th • 12th • Week-5 13th 14th • 15th • Week-6 16th 17th • 18th • ASSIGNMENT – II Week-7 19th 20th • 21st • Week-8 22nd 23rd • 24th • MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION Session Lectures Topics Covered Readings/Chapters/Other Supplements Week-9 25th 26th • 27th • ASSIGNMENT – III Week-10 28th 29th • 30th • Week-11 31st 32nd • 33rd • ASSIGNMENT – IV Week-12 34th 35th • 36th • Week-13 37th 38th • 39th • Week-14 40th 41st • 42nd • Week-15 43rd 44th • 45th • Week-16 46th 47th • 48th • FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATION **Specimen Attached **Specimen History of Economic Thought Session Lectures Topics Covered Readings/Chapters/Other Supplements Week-1 1st Introduction of Course The companion of the history of Economic Thought 2nd Introduction to the Pre Classical 3rd The Greek Era Week-2 4th Aristotle, Plato and others The companion of the history of Economic Thought 5th The Roman Philosophy 6th The Roman Down fall and economic Unrest Week-3 7th Medieval Economics From Book page 1-7 8th Mercantilism 9th Physiocracy and French Pre-Classical Assignment -I The Muslim Economic Revolution Week-4 10th John locke and Richard Cantillon From Book page 7-31 11th Francois Quesnay 12th David Hume Week-5 13th Adam Smith From Book page 32-58 14th Robert Malthus 15th David Ricardo Week-6 16th A.A cournot & J.S Mill From Book page 59-77 And additional material from the Paper “critique of Das capital” 17th Non Marxian Socialism 18th Karl Marx Socialism and Dissent Assignment -II Is Communism a Saviour or Destroyer of Modern Society Week-7 19th Karl Marx & Communism From Book page 78-101 20th Leon Walras 21st Alferd Marshall Week-8 22nd Edgeworth From Book page 102-142 23rd Vilfredo Pareto 24th Irvin Fisher Mid-Semester Examination Week-9 25th Cecli Pigou From Book page 143-157 additional Reading from the book of Macroeconomics 26th John Maynard Keynes 27th Continued Assignment III Classical Dichotomy a causes of Great Depression Week-10 28th John Schumpeter From Book page 158-186 29th Gunnar Myfdal 30th Simon Kuznet Week-11 31st Joan Robinson From Book page 187-208 32nd Jan Tinbergen 33rd John Hicks Assignment-IV The Fall of Keynesian Economics Week-12 34th Kaldor Nicholas From Book page 223-249 35th Milton Friedman 36th Paul Samuelson Week-13 37th Kenneth Arrow From Book page 267-272 38th Presentations 39th Lucas Critique Week-14 40th Micro economic Foundations and Rationality Reading: Micro Economic Foundations And Rationality by Lucas 41st Presentations 42nd Amerta Sen Week-15 43rd Joseph Stiglitz From Book page 306-313 Modern Macroeconomics 44th Presentation 45th Mankiw, Froyen, Romer Week-16 46th The Concept of Utility in Islam Reading: Banking & Insurance: What Islam Says? 47th Presentation 48th Insurance, Banking in Islamic Perspective Final Semester Examination Note: Sessional marks include four surprise quizzes, four Assignments and a Group presentation. Students are directed to submit assignment on due date in office timings, assignments submitted after due date will be graded as “F” Dates of mid-semester examination: Specimen Commencement of the Semester: November 15, 2010 Date of Mid-Semester Examination: January 15, 2010 Date of Final Semester Examination: April 15, 2010 Grading policy identifying each activity, such as home work, quizzes, mid-semester examination, final semester examination, term paper Grading Policy For this course, students are required to take 4 random quizzes and solve 4 research assignments throughout the semester. In addition, students are required to prepare and deliver a presentation at the end of semester. All these activities will be evaluated by the instructor. The following table summarizes the division of marks for the course: The Grading Policy for the courses in BUITEMS: Particulars Grading Mid Semester Examination 25% Final Semester Examination 50% Quizzes, Assignments, Reports, Project, Term Papers, Case Study, Class Presentation, Group Work, Lab work etc. 25% Total Grade: 100 % Record of each home work assignment evaluation Copy of each quiz given Copy of mid-semester examination Grading sheets of the course detailing statistical data on the grade obtained by the students. Difficulties/problems faced during classroom/course delivery
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