Hamdard University Bangladesh
Recruitment and Staffing the Organization
Course Code: HRM 328
Credit Hour: 3
Course Group: Specialization Course: Human Resource Management
Introduction: What is recruitment? Constrains of recruitment afford by organizations, Types of recruitment, recruiting sources, understanding about employee reference, what is internal and external search? Advantages of Internal and External search for organizations, Disadvantages of Internal and External Search. Importance of Internal and External Search.
Selection: Definition of Selection, Steps involve in selection process.
Organization staffing: What is Staffing of organization? Strategies for Staffing Decisions(Staffing levels and staffing quality),Acquire or Develop talent, Hire yourself or outsource, External and Internal hiring, Core or Flexible workforce, Hire or Retain, National or Global, Overstaff or Under staff, Short or Long term focus, Person/ organization match, specific or general KSAO, Exceptional or Acceptable workforce quality, Active or Passive Diversity.
Planning: Staffing Planning, staffing alternatives to deal with Employee Shortage or Employee Surplus, Flexible workforce, Concept of Staffing firm, Factors to Consider when Choosing a Staffing Firm.
Job Analysis: Definition of Job Analysis, Difference between Job description and Job Specification, Terminology Commonly Used in Describing Jobs, Job Context (physical work conditions), Job rewards, Types of rewards.
Staffing: Staffing activities, External recruitment activities by organization, searching approaches, Communication Message, Types of Messages (Realistic Recruitment Message, Employment Brand Message, Targeted Message, Choice of Message), Comparing Types of message, Closed, Open and Hybrid recruitment, process of closed internal recruitment system, open internal recruitment system.
External recruitment: External recruitment, External recruitment, forms of external recruitment, personality traits, Implications of big personality Traits at work, how to develop a job advertisement?
Interview: Interview and types of job interview, Characteristics of various types of Interview.
Job offer: Job offer, Job offer process, Job offer acceptance and Rejection criteria, New Employee orientation and Socialization guidelines. Employee retention, Retention strategies.
Recommended Books:
Fundamentals of HRM (8th edition), David A. Decenzo and Stephen P. Robbins. (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.;
Staffing Organizations (7th edition), D. Kammeyer –mueller, Timothy A. Judge. (Mc Graw Hill Publications).