In the later part of 1980s very many innovative practices emerged on the corporate scene. Human Resources Development (HRD) is one discipline which was assumed as a vital activity to develop the business in an organisation. Since then all most all business houses considered HRD as a big factor for their success and established HRD wings in their organisations, formulated HRD policies and appointed HR personnel to implement these policies.
During this period, to give a clear picture of HRD, volumeneous literature was rolled out by publishers and written by great scholars. They tried and analysed the distinction between traditional practices which were called “Personnel Management” and “Human Resources Management (HRM)” as it is called today.
The literature available on HRM is extensive. The learners at the entry level may feel it difficult to understand various dimensions HRM. As this subject is introduced at degree level in various universities of Karnataka including Bangalore University, an attempt is made in this title to give an overview of HRM to be easily understood by these entry level students. The content covers the syllabus of Human Resource Management of second semester B.Com and BBA of Bengaluru City University.
The title is subdivided into chapters throwing light on the main theme of HRM. Each chapter contains, learning objective, text, graded review questions for better understanding of the subject and skill exercises. It is written in a direct style and is easy to understand.
Contents –
Unit-1: Introduction to Human Resource Management
1. Human Resource Management – An Overview
Unit-2: Human Resource Planning, Recruitment & Selection
2. Human Resource Planning
3. Recruitment
4. Selection and Placement
Unit-3: On-boarding, Training, Development and Career Planning
5. On-boarding
6. Training and Induction
7. Career Planning and Development
Unit-4: Performance Appraisal
8. Performance Appraisal
Unit-5: Compensation Management
9. Compensation Management
