Human Resource Management - Essay Type Questions
Anna University Coimbatore
This set of essay type questions are useful for Anna University Students for the course
BA1654 Human
Resources Management
Human Resources
Management
Unit 1
- Elucidate
the transition of personnel management into human resources management and
explain the key functions of human resources management.
- Briefly
explain the job of the human resources manager. What are the new trends in
HRM?
- Explain
how computers can help in the human resource management function. What are
the practical evidences from industry?
- Trace
the evolution of human resource management. What changes do you foresee in
the future?
- Narrate
the evolution of Human Resources Management.
- Discuss
the objectives and the role of Human Resources Management.
- “HRD
has grown importance in globalization”- Explain.
- What
are the HR operational functions? Explain in detail.
- Explain
the scope of the human resources function.
- Explain
the significant environmental influences on managing people.
- What
are the challenges of the field HRM?
- Explain
Human Resource Management Model.
Unit II
Explain Manpower Planning Process
How is manpower planning done?
What are some peculiarities in forecasting
manpower requirements in industries with high attrition?
What is job analysis? What are
the methods used in job analysis? How it done?
Discuss the objectives and the process
of HRP. Illustrate with examples.
How HR forecast is made? What are
the techniques involved?
Explain the purpose, contents and the steps
in job analysis.
Explain the following terms
Job analysis
Job
description
Job
specification
Job rotation
Job enlargement
Job
enrichment
Unit III
Write on
various recruiting sources available to the human resources department
Write an essay on Recruitment
Practices followed in Indian Industries.
What are the internal and external sources of
human resource recruitment?
Explain the process of
recruitment and write its importance
Describe the steps in the
selection process.
How are tests validated? What are the uses and kinds of interviews in
making a right selection?
What are the steps in the selection process?
Explain with a typical example Discuss the important sources of recruitment.
What are the different kinds of
Aptitude Tests? Describe each one of them.
What is an interview? Explain its
validity and reliability. What are the different types of employment interviews?
Explain the following terms
Medical evaluation
Background
verification
Job offer
Reference
check
Placement
What is induction? Explain the
need contents and importance of induction.
Unit IV
Discuss the important principles or
characteristics of a good wage incentive plans.
Discuss Taylor’s Differential piece Rate System and its advantages and limitations.
“No single form of compensation
in any case is best suited to the needs of all interested parties”-Explain.
Explain the concepts in wage and
salary administration
Explain the importance of
effective reward system
What are the components of a compensation
plan? What are the new trends in compensation?
What are the various Financial
and Non financial incentives? Discuss.
What are the determinate of Reward? Explain
the different types of rewards.
Unit V
Elucidate the different factors/
errors that can distort performance appraisals.
What purpose does performance
evaluation serve? What are the methods of
performance evaluation?
How can performance management be
made more effective? What are the trends in
this context?
Discuss the different methods of performance
appraisal.
What are the causes for distortion of
appraisals? Discuss in detail.
What are the career stages? What
decisions are made in each stage of career?
What are the methods of performance
evaluation? What is the use of 360 degree feedback?
Explain appraisal interview and feedback
interview.
Unit VI
Explain different off-the-job training
methods adopted by organizations.
What are the different ways of
evaluating training effectiveness? Explain.
Explain the common forms of
training using examples. How is training used to reward good performance?
Explain the steps in training programmes.
Why does training fail? How will you improve
the effectiveness of training? Discuss.
List out the popular theories of learning and
explain them briefly.
What are the different types of training
imparted to the workers? Explain them briefly.
Explain the steps to a successful
employee development process and describe each one.
What is training need assessment?
What are the steps in the process of training need identification?
Unit VII
What is HR outsourcing? What are
the activities in HR which can be outsourced? Explain with suitable examples.
What are the steps in making HR
outsourcing decision?
What is attrition?
Explain the grievances handling
procedure in India.
What are the causes of grievances? How can
grievances be addressed?
What are the sources of grievances? Explain
grievance redressal machinery.
What are the major causes of grievances and
how will you overcome?
What is collective bargaining?
Why is it considered as the best way of determining employer-employee
relations?
Write notes on
Distributive
bargaining
Cooperative
bargaining
Productivity
bargaining
Composite
bargaining
Explain the process of collective
bargaining. Outline the prerequisites for the success of collective bargaining
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Human Resources Management
Part B
Unit 1
Elucidate the transition of personnel
management into human resources management and explain the key functions of
human resources management.
Write on
various recruiting sources available to the human resources department
Briefly explain the job of the
human resources manager. What are the new trends in HRM?
Explain how computers can help in
the human resource management function. What are the practical evidences from
industry?
Trace the evolution of human
resource management. What changes do you foresee in the future?
What are the issues in developing
a HRIS? Illustrate the contents of a typical HRIS.
Discuss the functional areas of
personnel management.
State the need for personnel policy and
discuss the characteristics of a sound personnel policy.
Discuss the need and importance of HR
policies.
Narrate the evolution of Human Resources
Management.
Discuss the objectives and the role of Human
Resources Management.
“HRD has grown importance in globalization”-
Explain.
Discuss the characteristics of a sound HR
policy.
What are the HR operational functions? Explain
in detail.
Explain the scope of the human resources
function.
Explain the significant environmental
influences on managing people.
Unit 2
How is manpower planning done? What are some
peculiarities in forecasting manpower requirements in industries with high
attrition?
Discuss the objectives and the
process of HRP.Illustrate with examples.
How HR forecast is made? What are
the techniques involved?
What is job analysis? What are
the methods used in job analysis? How it done?
Explain the purpose, contents and
the steps in job analysis.
Discuss the important sources of recruitment.
What are the internal and external sources of
human resources?
Explain selection process.
Describe the steps in the
selection process.
What are the steps in the
selection process? Explain with a typical example.
How are tests validated? What are the uses and kinds of interviews in making a right selection
State
and explain the selection process with suitable flow diagram.
Write an essay on Recruitment
Practices followed in Indian Industries.
What are the different kinds of
Aptitude Tests? Describe each one of them.
Unit
3
Explain different off-the-job training methods adopted by organizations.
What are the different ways of evaluating training effectiveness
?Explain.
Explain the common forms of training using examples. How is training
used to
reward good performance?
Explain the steps in training programmes.
Why
does training fail? How will you improve the effectiveness of training?
Discuss.
List
out the popular theories of learning and explain them briefly.
What
are the different types of training imparted to the workers? Explain them
briefly.
Explain the steps to a successful
employee development process and describe each
one.
Unit
4
Explain the 4 broad personality type motivational challenges and their
implications
for HRM.
Explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and McGregor’s theory X and theory Y
of
assumptions. Explain their use in
understanding motivation in work life.
Explain X and Y theory and Herzberg’s theory of motivation. How can jobs
be
designed to increase the motivation.
What are the career stages? What decisions are made in each stage of
career?
Explain Maslow’s and Herzberg’s theory of motivation.
What
are the components of a compensation plan? What are the new trends in
compensation
Discuss the various management techniques designed to increase
motivation.
Discuss the important principles or characteristics of a good wage
incentive plans.
Discuss Taylor
“No single form of compensation
in any case is best suited to the needs of all
interested parties”-Explain.
How does job redesign assist
intrinsic motivation? What are the technique involved in
it?
What are the various Financial
and Non financial incentives? Discuss.
What are the mentoring functions?
Explain.
Explain Vroom’s theory of
motivation.
What are the benefits of
knowledge creation? Highlight any four with suitable
examples.
Unit
5
Elucidate the different factors/ errors that can distort performance
appraisals.
Explain the grievances handling procedure in India
What purpose does performance evaluation serve? What are the methods
of
performance evaluation.
What are the causes of grievances? How can grievances be addressed?
How can performance management be made more effective? What are the
trends in
this context?
6.
Explain the process of control. What are the essentials of an effective control
system?
7.
What are the methods of performance evaluation? What is the use of 360
degree
feedback?
8.
What are the determinate of Reward? Explain the different types of rewards.
9.
Discuss the different methods of performance appraisal.
10. What are the sources of grievances?
Explain grievance redressal machinery.
11. State and explain the principles of
promotion policy and demotion policies.
12. What are the major causes of grievances
and how will you overcome?
13.
Should we consider seniority or merit for promotion?
14.
What do you mean by Transfer? Explain the objectives and the types of Transfers.
15.
What are the causes for distortion of appraisals? Discuss in detail.
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