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Unique Paper Code : 22411301
Name of the Paper : Human Resource Management
Name of the Course : B. Com. (Hons.)
Semester : III
Duration: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 75
(Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of this question paper)
Attempt all questions.
All questions carry equal marks
1 (a). Explain the statement: “Staffing and Personnel Management represent important
phases in the evolution of Human Resource Management.” (8)
1 (b). Describe briefly the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of human resource
planning. (7)
Or
1 ©. Explain the statement: “Job description and job specification are two distinct aspects
of job analysis. (8)
1 (d). Describe briefly the competencies of HR manager. (7)
2 (a). Elaborate on the statement: “Sound employee induction is key to effective
employee performance and employee retention.” (8)
2 (b). Discuss the organisation-centric and employee-centric payoffs of training. (7)
Or
2 ©. Elaborate on the statement: “Employee selection is analogous to a multiple hurdle
race.” (8)
2 (d). Discuss the salient aspects of role-specific and competency-based training. (7)
3 (a). “Whereas performance appraisal tends to be historical, the potential appraisal is
futuristic.” Comment upon this statement emphasising the role of employee
counselling in career planning. (8)
3 (b). Describe briefly the meaning and use of Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales in
performance appraisal. (7)
Or
3 ©. State giving reasons if you agree with the statement: “objective of performance
appraisal is limited to ascertaining employee compensation.” (8)
3 (d). Describe briefly the role of job changes- transfers and promotions- from the
perspectives of the organisation and the employees. (7)
4 (a). Distinguish between Job Analysis and Job Evaluation and discuss the role of job
evaluation in compensation management. (8)
4 (b). Evaluate the statement: work-life balance can lead to several pro-employee and pro-
organisational consequences.
Or
4 ©. Elaborate on the concept of performance-linked compensation. (8)
4 (d). State the mechanisms of resolution of industrial disputes. Elaborate on any one of
these. (7)
5 (a). Read the following case and answer the questions given below it.
Three Musketeers is a small-sized ICT Troubleshooting and Transformation Service
Firm promoted by Jigyasu, a commerce graduate. ICT competent personnel comprise
the backbone of the business. In such an industry poaching of employees trained in
small businesses by large, deep pocket firms is common place. Jigyasu remembered
well the lessons on employee empowerment in the HRM sessions and is actively
contemplating the design and implementation of an organisation wide
empowerment programme. He is an adherent to the idea of ‘partners in thick and
thin’ rather than employer-employee contract management. He plans to discuss all this
with his ‘partners in thick and thin.’
Questions
(i). Is employee poaching ethical? Discuss (2)
(ii). Describe, in your view what should be the salient features of an organisation-
employee empowerment programme for Three Musketeers (5)
5 (b). Write short notes on any two (2X4= 8)
(i). Areas of formulation of HR policies
(ii). Meaning of HR audit
(iii). Examples of supplementary compensation
(iv). E-HRM
(v). An example of grievance redressal mechanism
