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1) Text book
2) Assignments # 1 & 2
3) Course outline
4) Assignment 6 forms (2 sets)
5) Assignment submission schedule
In this packet, if you find anything missing out of the above-mentioned material,
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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
(Department of Business Administration)
WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Q. 2 (a) How are the various factors of production affected by global competition?
Do we manage people differently in a globally competitive environment? (10)
(b) From a strategic perspective, how can senior management make the best
use of the human resource function? (10)
Q. 3 (a) What should be the components of a fair policy with regard to collecting,
maintaining, and disseminating information about employees? (10)
(b) What control mechanisms might be the most appropriate to ensure that
action plans match targeted needs? (10)
Q. 4 (a) How can we communicate a realistic picture as possible of a job and of the
organization to prospective employees? What kinds of issues are most
crucial to them? (10)
(b) What screening and selection methods are available and which ones are
most accurate? Explain. (10)
Q. 5 (a) As jobs become more team-oriented, assessment centers will be used more
often for non-management jobs. Do you agree or disagree? (10)
(b) What are the key issues that should be addressed in the design, conduct
and evaluation of training programs? (10)
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GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT # 1
You should look upon the assignments as a test of knowledge, management skills, and
communication skills. When you write an assignment answer, you are indicating your
knowledge to the teacher:
Your level of understanding of the subject;
How clearly you think;
How well you can reflect on your knowledge & experience;
How well you can use your knowledge in solving problems, explaining
situations, and describing organizations and management;
How professional you are, and how much care and attention you give to what
you do.
To answer a question effectively, address the question directly, bring important related
issues into the discussion, refer to sources, and indicate how principles from the course
materials apply. The student must also be able to identify important problems and
implications arising from the answer.
For citing references, writing bibliographies, and formatting the assignment, APA format
should be followed.
ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 1–9) Total Marks: 100
You are required to select one of the following topics according to the last digit of your
roll number. For example, if your roll number is P-3427180 then you will select topic # 0
(the last digit): -
Topics:
0) Issues in labor management relations
1) Career planning
2) Labor market conditions
3) Training needs analysis
4) Collective bargaining in an organization
5) Designing training programs
6) Job evaluation
7) Compensation strategy
8) Performance management
9) Employee recruitment and selection process
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1) Title page
2) Acknowledgements
3) An abstract (one page summary of the paper)
4) Table of contents
5) Introduction to the topic (brief history & significance of topic assigned)
6) Practical study of the organization (with respect to the topic)
7) Data collection methods
8) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to the
topic assigned
9) Conclusion (one page brief covering important aspects of your report)
10) Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to topic assigned)
11) References (as per APA format)
12) Annexes (if any)
WORKSHOPS:
The workshop presentations provide students opportunity to express their communication
skills, knowledge & understanding of concepts learned during practical study assigned in
assignment # 2.
You should use transparencies and any other material for effective presentation. The
transparencies are not the presentation, but only a tool; the presentation is the
combination of the transparencies and your speech. Workshop presentation
transparencies should only be in typed format.
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GUIDELINES FOR WORKSHOP PRESENTATION:
Make eye contact and react to the audience. Don't read from the transparencies or
from report, and don't look too much at the transparencies (occasional glances are
acceptable to help in recalling the topic to cover).
A 15-minute presentation can be practiced several times in advance, so do that until
you are confident enough. Some people also use a mirror when rehearsing as a
substitute for an audience.
The theoretical discipline is based primarily on the assumption that employees are
individuals with varying goals and needs, and as such should not be thought of as basic
business resources, such as trucks and filing cabinets, whereas HRM is seen by
practitioners as a more innovative view of workplace management than the traditional
approach. HRM is also seen by many to have a key role in risk reduction within
organizations.
This course starts with introduction to the role of human resource management, and then
covers recruitment and placement, training and development, performance management
and appraisal, managing careers, compensation, labor relations and collective bargaining,
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ethics, justice, and fair treatment in HR management and employee safety and health, and
managing global human resources.
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Need to know your employment law
Internal and external sources of candidates
Recruiting a more diverse workforce
Employee Testing and Selection:
Basic testing concepts
Types of tests
Interviewing Candidates:
Types of interviews
Designing and conducting the effective interview
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- Career development
Roles in Career Development
Managing Promotions and Transfers:
- Making promotion decisions
- Handling transfers
Career management and Employee Commitment:
- The new psychological contract
- Commitment-oriented career development efforts
UNIT-6 COMPENSATION
Establishing Strategic Pay Plans:
- Steps in establishing pay rates
- Pricing managerial and professional jobs
- Competency-based pay
Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives:
- Money and motivation
- Employee incentives and recognition programs
- Incentives for managers and executives
- Team/group variable pay incentive plans
- Organization-wide variable pay plans
Benefits and Services:
- The benefits picture today
- Pay for time not worked
- Insurance benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Flexible benefits programs
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- Impasses, mediation, and strikes
- The contract agreement
Grievances:
- Sources of grievances
- The grievance procedure
- Guidelines for handling grievances
The Union Movement – Today and Tomorrow
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Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler; Pearson/Prentice-Hall Pub.
ISBN: 0-13-144097-7.
Legge, Karen. Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realities,
Anniversary Edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-403-93600-5.
A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, Armstrong, Michael,
London: Kogan Page. ISBN 0-7494-4631-5.
Managing Human Resources by Wayne F. Cascio (International Edition).
Organizational Success through Effective Human Resources Management by
Ronald R. Sims, Publisher: Quorum Books, Westport, London
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