Human Resource Development

Paper Code: 
HRG 144
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

• The course emphasizes on the value of HRD in business performance with focus on Organization Design, Change and Development • It provides insight on how to develop Strategies, Initiatives & Programs to introduce & sustain competitive HR advantage in Organization. • The course addresses the human capital development as a critical role in firm’s viability in the knowledge economy

12.00
Unit I: 
Concept and boundaries of Human Resource Development

Concept of HRD, Development as the underlying concept of HRS, Structuring the system of HRD, Principles of Designing HRD System, Analyzing the role for Development

12.00
Unit II: 
Matching the role and the person

Selection procedure and techniques, Assessment Center Approach, Role Set as a strategy of selection and Appraisal System, Induction and Placement: The Beginning of Socialization

12.00
Unit III: 
Developing the person in and beyond the personal Role

Objectives of Performance Appraisal, Conditions for use of Open Appraisal System, linkages with other system, steps to be followed in a good potential appraisal system; Current Status and Experiences, Developing Dyadic Relationship: Performance Review, Counseling

12.00
Unit IV: 
Preparing for Advancement

Assessing Human Development Needs, Planned training interventions, the costs and benefits of training interventions, Designing Effective Human Development Programs, Implementing and evaluating Human Resource Development Program. Competency Mapping & Assessment, Designing and Implementation of Competency Model.

12.00
Unit V: 
Recent Trends in HRD

Management Development, Organizational Development and Change, Marketing and positioning HRD Programs within the organization, benefits and cost associated with HRD, HR diversity in the global economy - The rise of transnational corporations, their influence on the employment relationship

Essential Readings: 

1. Human Resource Development- P.C.Tripathi, 5th Edition, Sultan Chand and Sons, 2007 2. Training Instruments in HRD and OD- Dr. Udai Pareek, Dr. Surbhi Purohit, Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2009 3. Human Resource Development- Uday Kumar Haldar, Udai Pareek, Oxford University Press, 2009 4. Human Resource Development- Wernee JM, De Simone RL, 4th Edition, Thomson Learning, 2007 5. Designing and Managing Human Resource System- Udai Pareek and T.V. Rao, Oxford and IBH, 3rd Edition, 2003

References: 

• Human Resource Development: Theory & Practices-T. Deb, 1st Edition, Ane, 2009 • The HRD Missionary by T.V.Rao, Oxford and IBH, 2008 • Human Resource Development- Uday Kumar Haldar, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1st Edition, 2009 • Transforming HR: Creating Value Through People, Martin Reddington & Mark Williomson, Elsevier,2005 • HRD: Beyond Training Intervention- Reid M.A., Barrington H, Brown, 7TH Edition, Pinnacle- New Delhi, 2007

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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