Strategic Human Resource Management

Course Code: HRM 424

Credit Hour: 3

Course Group: Specialization Courses: Human Resource Management

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Changing environment and strategic responses: introduction - changing environment - business complexities – portfolio - process and structure related strategic responses.

Strategic perspective: significance of HRD - HRD and complexities advantage - business strategy and HRD - business policy and HRD - life cycle of organizations and HRD - organizational performance and HRD.

Strategic HRD system practices: SHRD fundaments - SHRD initiatives - working conditions & family welfare - HR dept / function - training PA - job enrichment - career planning – communication - empowerment facilitators: concerns of management - concerns of trade unions - concerns of frontier officers / supervisors - concerns of workers - IR scenario - trainability - outsourcing.

Alignment of HRD system and responses: Portfolio related strategic responses and strategic HRD system - process related strategic responses and strategic HRD system - and structure related strategic responses and strategic HRD system.

Strategic responses of Bangladeshi most valuable companies: Profiles of study organization - strategic responses of study organizations - strategic HRD system in study organizations - relationship between practices and facilitator alignment between responses and strategic HRD systems - blocks of alignment and their solutions.

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Recommended Books:

Srinivas R Kaudula, 2001. Strategic Human Resource Development, Prentice Hall, India.

Rothevell & Kazauas, 1989. Strategic Human Resource Development, Prentice Hall, India.

Wagen F Cascio, TMH, 2003. Managing Human Resource, 6 th Edition.