This course aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge to enable them to effectively introduce a performance management system. Special emphasis will be placed on how to prepare for and conduct performance discussions that are objective, complete, and defensible. Students will share experiences and participate in various exercises to ensure that they fully understand ways to get the best possible performance from employees. Students will therefore obtain a basic understanding about the critical aspects, when developing a performance management & measurement system.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: HRM 604
Course Name:
Performance Management
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: HRM 605
Course Name:
Industrial & Employee Relations
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course deals with worker-employer conflicts, origin of the development of trade union, trade unionism in the subcontinent, theories of union, process of collective bargaining, industrial dispute, grievance handling, strike and lockout, arbitration and labor laws. These are discussed in the context of socio-political and economic situation of Bangladesh. Labor laws of Bangladesh are to be studied in the course.
Course Code: HRM 606
Course Name:
Strategic HRM
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The basis of any success of an organization depends on the corporate outlook and the long-term human resource planning. This course is exclusively designed to address the issues related to strategic decisions in human resource planning. Credits: 3; Prerequisite: Relevant core courses.
Course Code: HRM 607
Course Name:
Negotiation and Conflict Management
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course draws from the experiential workshops on Negotiation conducted at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School & Mediation programs by Leader in Australia and also the work on “difficult conversations” by the Harvard Negotiations Project. The theory of negotiation and conflict resolution will be introduced through short lecture, discussions and papers. Participants are then expected to apply and demonstrate the acquired knowledge through practice negotiations, meditations and one-on-one difficult conversations.
Course Code: HRM 608
Course Name:
Industrial Psychology
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course aims to develop the students’ understanding of basic psychological concepts that influence people in the workplace.
Course Code: HRM 609
Course Name:
Power & Influence
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course addresses the following topics: the basic dynamics of power in organizations, with particular attention to sources of power, causes of political instability and the effective management of conflict; the effective use of influence tactics in the context of situational and personal factors; an understanding of the range of behaviors that comprise people’s influence styles as well as identifying one’s own influence style profile; and the effective development of competencies, influence skills, and sources of power in early and mid-career
Course Code: HRM 610
Course Name:
Leadership
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course deals with theoretical concepts and practical issues of leadership and management. It examines the complementary qualities of leadership and management factors and their impact on organizational effectiveness and corporate success through case studies.
Course Code: HRM 611
Course Name:
Human Resource Information System
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
With the growth in the information technology the dependence on information technology in all spheres of management including human resources has increased substantially. This course aims at modernizing and increasing the efficiency of human resources managers through proper use of computer-based information.
Course Code: HRM 612
Course Name:
Management of Innovation and Change
Prerequisite:
All major core courses
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will examine the paradox of stability and change for which all organizations appear to strive. Implications of this paradox for decision-making and risk-taking will be examined. In addition, principles and procedures which have proven to be effective methods for innovation in organizations will be explored.