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Elective: Human Resources Management (Part - 1)
Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks
(Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words)
1.The effective management of performance is probably one of the biggest problems now facing
organizations. Describe.
Answer : Here are the five biggest challenges today. They are;
·Corporate culture. Corporate, organization and department culture all flows from the top down.
The written and unwritten rules, policies and philosophy of a manager or the organization all
eventually find their way into the attitudes and performance of almost everyone in the organization.
One of the critical things to remember when dealing with people is: you get the behavior you
reward. If the culture directly or indirectly rewards a certain type of attitude or behavior, you are, by
your actions or inactions, probably reaffirming that these are acceptable. If you want to change
behaviour, you must first evaluate the culture that is
2.How is an effective Performance Appraisal ensured? Explain.
Answer : Effective Performance Management: Doing What Comes Naturally
There is a famous story about a naive student in his first English literature course who was worried
because he didn't know what prose was. When he found out that prose was ordinary speech, he
exclaimed, " Wow! I've been speaking prose all my life!" Managing performance well is like speaking
prose. Many managers have been "speaking" and practicing effective performance management
naturally all their supervisory lives, but don't know it!
Some people mistakenly assume that
3.Explain the main on the job training techniques.
Answer : On the job training may include apprenticeship, team training, action learning etc. we have
explained some on the job training types below:
1. Apprenticeship training
Theoretical instruction and practical learning are provided to trainees in training institutes. In India
government has established industrial training institutes(ITI) for this purpose. Under Apprenticeship
2. act, 1962 employers in specified industries are required to train the prescribed number of persons in
“designated trades”. Its aim is to develop
4.Explain the finer points on developing a strategy for Human Resource.
Answer : The strategic HR planning process
The strategic HR planning process has four steps:
Assessing the current HR capacity
Forecasting HR requirements
Gap analysis
Developing HR strategies to
5.Describe the open socio-technical systems model for bringing changes in an organization.
6.Write an essay on International Human Resource Management.
25 x 4=100 marks
