Syllabus 

Unit - I

Human Resource Management

Functions - Managerial and Operative, Job Analysis: Concept, Process of job analysis, Techniques of data collection for job analysis. Job Description - Contents, Steps in writing job description. Job Specification - Meaning, Contents

Unit - II

Human Resource Planning & Recruitment

HR Planning - Meaning, Objectives, Factors affecting/influencing HRP - internal & external. HRP Process - Analyzing corporate and unit level strategies, Demand forecasting, Supply forecasting, Estimating net human resources requirements, action plan for redeployment, redundancy/retrenchment or action plan for outsourcing

Recruitment - Meaning, Factors affecting recruitment - internal & external factors, Sources of recruitment - traditional sources & modern sources

Unit - III

Selection of Human Resource

Selection - Meaning, Selection procedure, Types of Interviews - Preliminary, Core and decision-making interviews. Principles of Interviewing - Do`s and Don`ts, Closing the interview. 

Placement - Process, Problems in placement.

Induction Programme - Objectives, Benefits, Contents of Induction Programme.

Unit - IV

Employee Separation

Meaning, cost of employee separations - Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Separation cost, Benefits of employee separation, Types of Employee Separation - Voluntary- Quits, Retirements. Involuntary Separation - Discharges, Layoffs, Retrenchment, VRS, Rightsizing