SINDH MADRESSATUL ISLAM (SMI) UNIVERSITY

Department of Business Administration

COURSE SYLLABUS BBA Program

1. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title
Course Code
Credit Hours
Pre-requisite
Type of Course
Academic Year

HRM
Course ID
3 Total Credit Hours(Theory )
None
Core
Spring 2015-16

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is basically designed to provide students the basic understanding of key
HRM functions, which include HR planning, recruitment & selection, compensation,
performance evaluation, and training & development. Since human resource provides
a competitive advantage that ultimately has a vital role in success and effectiveness of
any organization, this course emphasizes on the understanding of the basic concepts
of managing human resource and their applications in todays organizations. The
course is designed to help the students understand if western human resource
management theories and practices have any relevance to the 51 local settings. The
course will also discuss the Islamic perspective of managing human resource. It will
shed light on the basic tenets of human resource management given by Quran and
Sunnah. The students will also be encouraged to compare and contrast the human
resource practices suggested in their text books and the practices critical for
achieving success from indigenous perspective.
3. COURSE SUPERVISOR
Coordinator Name
Contact Details

Dr. Mubashir Ali khan, Ph.D.

Office Extension: 307
Phone: +92(21)99217501-3
Email: makhan@smiu.edu.pk
Office Hours: Tue/Thu: 12:30 15:30

4. COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To introduce students to the basic activities and functions of human resource
management to include the processes, concepts and issues involved in recruiting,
selecting, training, appraising performance, compensating and retaining people for
an organization.

2. To promote an appreciation for the role of human resource management in

establishing the competitive advantage of an organization and executing its strategy.
3. To promote the use of evidence-based decisions and practices in human resource
management.
5. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the activities and decisions that
inform the employment relationship and management including
recruitment, selection, training, health and safety, employment laws,
motivation, and productivity of employees.
2. 2. Understand the relevance of the HRM theories and practices,
developed in Western settings, in indigenous cultures.
3. 3. Develop and design different forms and memos for recruitment,
selection, TNA and performance appraisal of employees.
4. 4. Understand the Islamic perspective of managing human resource.
5. 5. Demonstrate and assess leadership in a professional context, by
selecting and appraising appropriate styles for situations, and
contributing and discussing relevant expertise, liasing with and
assessing professional colleagues, and managing and evaluating a
supporting team.
6. Identify and discuss ethical implications of situations and decisions, and
develop appropriate professional stances.
7. 7. Participate in selection of personnel using psychometric assessment
techniques.
8. 8. Conduct internal research on HR-related problems at work, and
communicate results effectively to colleagues and peers.
9. 9. Understand the difference between HRM theories, their relevance and
application from indigenous context.
6. COURSE CONTENTS AND TOPICS ( Week by Week )
Week
1
2
3
4

Topic Covered
Introduction to Human Resource Management
Equal Opportunity and the Law
Human Resource Management Strategy and Analysis

Test/Quiz
5
6
7
8

Job Analysis and the Talent Management Process

Personnel Planning and Recruiting
Employee Testing and Selection

Mid Term
9
10

Training and Developing Employees

Performance Management and Appraisal

Lab Work
(if any)

11
12

Managing Employee Retention, Engagement, and Careers

Test/Quiz
13
14
15
16

Establishing Strategic Pay Plans

Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives
Benefits and Services

Final Examination

7. OUT-OF-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS ( Book Review, Project, Term Paper etc ):

Submission Date:
Week-3

Assignment

Week-6

Assignment

Week-9

Assignment

Week-12

Project

8. COURSE TEXTBOOK, RECOMMENDED READINGS AND RESOURSES :

Textbook

1.

Dessler, Gary, Nita Chhinzer and Nina D. Cole. Human Resources

Management in Canada, Canadian 12th Edition. Pearson Education
Canada, 2014. [Dessler/Cole in the outline].

Reference Book(s)

1. Belcourt, Singh, Bohlander, and Snell. Managing Human Resources,

Seventh Canadian Edition. Nelson, 2014. [Belcourt in the outline].
2. Schwind, Das, Wager, Fassina and Bulnash. Canadian Human Resource
Management : A Strategic Approach, 10th edition. McGraw-Hill
Ryerson, 2013. [Schwind in the oultine].
3. Steen, Noe, Hollenback, Gerhart, and Wright. hrm, 3rd Canadian edition,
McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2013. [Steen in the outline].

9. LEARNING STRATEGIES
Active learning strategies are employed in this course to encourage students'
participation in class and to foster their abilities to gather information and data from
its sources and analyze it.
Active learning strategies will focus on Theory, Problem Analysis, Design and/or

Solution and Social Ethical Issues related to Computer Science in general and course
in particular.
Active learning strategies include assignments/projects where students work in
individual and in teams to solve certain problems and do projects on their own.
Readings may include many Internet sites.
10. STUDENT EVALUATION
Following is a distribution of 100 score across assessment tools:
Course Work Evaluation
(Tests / Quizzes / Assignments / Project)
Midterm
Final

40
20
40

11. ATTENDANCE POLICY

Students are expected to attend their classes. Absence never exempts a student from the
work required for satisfactory completion of the courses. Excessive absences of any
course will result in:
1.
First warning for absence of 10% of the class hours
2.
Second warning for absence of 20% of the class hours
3.
A failing grade in the course for an absence of 25% of the class hours (as
per HEC guidlines)
4.
Exception to (3) may be made in the case of serious illness or death to an
immediate family member if approved by the dean of the college. In such
case, the student will receive a W grade in the course
12. PLAGIARISM
It is use of someone elses idea, words, projects, artwork, phrasing, sentence structure, or
other work without properly acknowledging the ownership (source) of the property.
Plagiarism is dishonest because it misrepresents the work of someone else as ones own.
Students who are suspected of plagiarism will answer to an investigation. Those found
guilty will face a disciplinary action as per the university rules.