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    ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

    (Department of Business Administration)

    STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (9510)

    CHECKLIST

    SEMESTER: AUTUMN 2020

    This packet comprises the following material:

    1. Textbook
    2.Course Outline
    3.Assignment No. 1 and 2
    4.Assignment Forms (2 sets)

    In this packet, if you find anything missing out of the above-mentioned material,
    please contact at the address given below:

    The Mailing Officer


    Mailing Section, Block-28
    Allama Iqbal Open University
    H-8, ISLAMABAD
    Phone: 051-9057611-12

    Dr. M. Majid Mahmood Bagram


    Course Coordinator
    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 ASSIGNMENT(S) BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
    OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
    “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.

    Course: Strategic Human Resource Management (9510) Semester: Autumn 2020


    Level: PGD (Human Resource Management)

    GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT No. 1 & 2:


    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. You 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. 1
    Total Marks: 100
    Pass Marks: 50

    Q. 1 Discuss the contemporary issues of human resource management. (20)

    Q. 2 Describe the various types of plans with appropriate examples. (20)

    2
    Q. 3 What are the major challenges of high-performance work systems? (20)

    Q. 4 What are key strategies to enhance organizational performance? (20)

    Q. 5 Compare and contrast national and international human resource strategies with
    examples. (20)

    ASSIGNMENT No. 2
    Total Marks: 100
    Pass Marks: 50

    This assignment is a research-oriented activity. You are required to obtain


    information from a business/commercial organization and prepare a report of
    about 1000 words on the topic allotted to you to be submitted to your teacher for
    evaluation.

    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) Strategy Implementation; Special Implementation Challenges
    1) Strategic Impact of HR Legal Environment
    2) Employee Development
    3) Strategically Oriented Compensation Systems
    4) Approaches to Human Resource Evaluation
    5) Strategic Salary Planning
    6) Efficient Utilization of HR
    7) Selecting Forecasting Techniques for HR Planning
    8) Evolution of High-Performance HR Practices
    9) Strategically Oriented Performance Management Systems

    The report should follow the following format:


    1) Title page
    2) Acknowledgements
    3) An abstract (one-page summary of the paper)

    3
    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)

    GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT # 2:


     1.5 line spacing
     Use headers and subheads throughout all sections
     Organization of ideas
     Writing skills (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
     Professionalism (readability and general appearance)
     Do more than repeat the text
     Express a point of view and defend it.

    WORKSHOPS
    The workshop presentations provide you opportunity to express your
    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.

    The transparencies should follow the following format:


    1) Title page
    2) An abstract (one-page summary of the paper)
    3) Introduction to the topic (brief history & significance of topic assigned)
    4) Practical study of the organization (with respect to the topic)
    5) Data collection methods
    6) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats) relevant to
    the topic assigned
    7) Conclusion (one-page brief covering important aspects of your report)
    8) Recommendations (specific recommendations relevant to topic assigned)

    4
    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.

    WEIGHTAGE OF THEORY & PRACTICAL ASPECTS IN ASSIGNMENT # 2


    & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
    Assignment # 2 & workshop presentations are evaluated on the basis of theory &
    its applicability. The weightage of each aspect would be:

    Theory: 60%
    Applicability (practical study of the organization): 40%

    PREPARE ASSIGNMENTS AS PER THESE GUIDELINES AND IT MAY


    BE RE-EVALUATED BY THE QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL,
    DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ALLAMA IQBAL
    OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD AT ANY TIME

    5
    DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE (9510)

    Unit–1: Investment Perspective of Human Resources


    1.1 HR Investment Considerations
    1.2 Investments in Training and Development
    1.3 Investments Practices for Improved Retention
    1.4 Investments in Job-Secure Workforces
    1.5 Non-Traditional Investment Approaches

    Unit–2: Human Resource Environment


    2.1 Technology and Organization Structure
    2.2 Worker Values and Attitudinal Trends
    2.3 Management Trends
    2.4 Trends in Utilization of HR
    2.5 International Developments

    Unit–3: HR Legal Environment


    3.1 Equal Employment Opportunity
    3.2 Compensation
    3.3 Employee Relations
    3.4 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
    3.5 Strategic Impact of Legal Environment

    Unit–4: Strategy Formulation


    4.1 Importance of HR to Strategy
    4.2 International Strategy
    4.3 HR Contributions to Strategy
    4.4 Strategy Driven Roles Behaviors and Practices
    4.5 Strategic HR Activity Topology
    4.6 Integration of Strategy and HR Planning
    4.7 HR Manger and Strategic Planning

    Unit–5: Strategic Role of HR Planning


    5.1 Developmental Planning For Strategic Leadership
    5.2 Assessment of Strategic Alternatives
    5.3 Contribution to Strategic HRM
    5.4 Strategic Salary Planning
    5.5 Selecting Forecasting Techniques

    6
    Unit–6: Strategy Implementation: Workforce Utilization and Employment
    Practices
    6.1 Efficient Utilization of HR
    6.2 Dealing with Employee Shortages
    6.3 Selection of Employees
    6.4 Dealing with Employee Surplus
    6.5 Special Implementation Challenges
    6.5.1 Career Path for Technical professionals
    6.5.2 Dual Career Couples

    Unit–7: Strategy Implementation: Reward and Development Systems


    7.1 Strategically Oriented Performance Management Systems
    7.2 Strategically Oriented Compensation Systems
    7.3 Employee Development

    Unit–8: Performance Impact of HR Practices


    8.1 Individual High Performance Practices
    8.2 Limitations of Individual Practices
    8.3 Evolution of Practices
    8.4 Systems of High Performance HR Practices
    8.5 Universal Practices Vs. Contingency Perspectives

    Unit–9: Human Resource Evaluation


    9.1 Overview of Evaluation
    9.2 Approaches to Evaluation
    9.3 Prevalence of Evaluation
    9.4 Evaluating Strategic Contributions of Traditional Areas

    Recommended Books:
    Armstrong M., & Baron A. (2002). Strategic Human Resource Management, The
    Key to Improve Business Performance. London: CIPD

    Armstrong M., & Baron A. (2008). Strategic Human Resource Management, a


    Guide to Action (8th ed.). USA: Kogan Page Ltd.

    Greer C. R. (2008). Strategic Human Resource Management, a General


    Managerial Approach (2nd ed.). Delhi: Dowling Kindersley.
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