PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL

RELATIONS
(PMIR)
UTKAL UNIVERSITY

OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMES

MASTER IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

MPMIR Course objectives

 To provide theoretical and practical knowledge about business organizations and

its management in general.
 To equip students specifically with regard to people management at workplace
and its various dimensions.

MPMIR Course Outcomes

  The students develop understanding about the nature and scope of business
organizations & their relevance in today's society.
 The course enables students to conceptualise the role of people/ human
resource in making a business successful and sustainable.
 The students gain knowledge of the factors influencing the people behavior, the
different aspects of behavior & their motives.
 The course delivers tools and techniques, which help the students to address the
issues associated with people management in the best possible way, maintaining
a balance between the interest of business and the society at large.

Courses Offered: M. P.M.I.R. (Semester System) The Courses will cover the following
subjects in general:

SEMESTER-I

Sl. Course Name Marks

No.
101.1 Principles & Practices of Management 100
101.2 Industrial Relations-I (Employment Relations & 100
Unionism)
101.3 Human Resource Management 100
101.4 Labour Legislations & Case Laws-I 100
101.5 Social Research & Statistics ( SRS- I) 100
101.6 General, Labour & Industrial Economics 100
101.7 Organizational Behaviour –I 100
101.8 Industrial Psychology 100

SEMESTER-II
Sl. Course Name Marks
No.
201.1 Organizational Behaviour -II 100
201.2 Industrial Relations-II (Contemporary Issues in IR) 100
201.3 Labour Legislations & Case Laws-II 100
201.4 Performance Management 100
201.5 Learning and Development 100
201.6 Social Security & Unorganized Sector 100
201.7 Quantitative Methods & Statistics (SRS-II) 100
201.8 Field Work –Report preparation + presentation(in 75+25=100
presence of an External Examiner from
academics/Industry & all faculty Members)
SEMESTER-III
Sl. Course Name Marks
No.
301.1. Human Resource Development 100
301.2 Productivity Management & TQM 100
301.3 Organization Change & Development 100
301.4 Financial & Marketing Management 100
301.5 MIS & HRIS 100
301.6 Corporate Social Responsibility 100
301.7 Elective Paper-1 (GR-A-HRP & D/ GR-B-CER & TU) 100
301.8 Elective Paper-2(GR-A-HRP & D/GR-B- CER & TU) 100

*A student has to choose any one group for Papers 301.7 & 301.8

SEMESTER-IV
Sl. Course Name Marks
No.
401.1. Compensation Management 100
401.2 Strategic HRM 100
401.3 International HRM 100
401.4 Labour Administration 100
401.5 Talent & Knowledge Management 100

401.6 Ethics & Management 100

401.7 Comprehensive viva voce(all faculty members & an 50+50
external from industry) & Group Presentation (All
faculty members & an external from academics)
401.8 Dissertation & Viva voce 75+25=100
The viva voce shall be conducted by an external from
academics and all faculty members.

C- Core Papers EC – Elective Core Papers AC – Allied Courses AU – Audit Course

Sl. No AUDIT COURSE (ANY TWO)*This is of 2 credits each and

will not be calculated for division or grade.
1 Communicative English
2 Indian Polity
3 Environmental Law
4 Disaster Management
5 Entrepreneur Development

*Open to all students.

The Department offers courses for students of other Departments:

 1) Leadership and Contemporary Issues
2) Human Behaviour at Work

Detail Courses:

SEMESTER-I
101.1 PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES OF MANAGEMENT

Objectives: To understand the concept and relevance of Management .It will provide input on
inception and development of management theories and practices by highlighting the
importance of Management as a Profession.

Learning Outcomes:

 Develop understanding of management and its importance in the context of a

business organization.
 Gain knowledge about different forms of organization and their specific
requirement for proper management.
 Generate awareness regarding the management theories from classical to
latest and its importance in day today day management of organisations.
 Understand management as a profession, the role played by managers and the
responsibilities executed by a manager.
 Get to know about the basic managerial functions viz., planning, organising,
directing, leading, control and their interlinkages.

101.2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS- I (EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS & UNIONISM):

Objectives: To give insights into the complex and diverse concepts of industrial relations with
multi stakeholder perspectives. The focus will be on industrial relations in its widest sense,
includes relations in all aspects of work and employment between the parties to an
employment contract.

Learning Outcomes:

 Understand the historical perspective of industrial relations.

 Get an overview of Concept, scope approaches and models of industrial
relations.
 Expose to various positive and negative aspects of industrial relations.
 Identify issues and challenges confronting IR in India.
 Understand the management of trade union and the role of trade unions in
changing environment.
 Familiarize the approaches and emerging issues in collective bargaining.
 Understand the nature, scope and acts of misconduct and the process of
disciplinary action.

101.3 HUMAN RESOSURCE MANAGEMENT

Objectives: To sensitize students to the various facets of managing people and to create an
understanding of the various policies and practices of human resource management. The focus
will be on systems, methods and procedures, and tools and techniques utilized in attracting,
retaining, developing and utilizing human resources.
Learning Outcomes:
 Develop a basic understanding of the importance of human resources and
their effective management in organisations.
 Understand the various key terms, theories and concept and practices within
the field of HRM
 Have a clarity on the integrated perspective on role of HRM in modern
business

101.4 LABOUR LEGISLATIONS & CASE LAWS-I:

Objectives: To acquaint the students with various aspects of labour legislations and their
application in industrial establishments.
Learning Outcomes:
 Have a basic understanding of objectives and importance of labour laws
 Understanding of various factors responsible for growth and development of
labour laws.
 Familiarize with various types labour legislations and their impact on
employee, employer and industries.

101.5 SOCIAL RESEARCH AND STATISTICS- I:

Objectives: To acquaint the students with the basics of statistical tools and techniques.

Learning Outcomes:
 Enable to understand the concept of data and measurement of central
tendency
 Familiarize with various qualitative and quantitative statistical techniques to
facilitate managerial decisions

101.6 GENERAL, LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS:

Objectives: To acquaint the students with various aspects of economics particularly in the
context of industrial and labour economics. The course intends to familiarize the students with
various macro-economic concepts, theories and issues concerning labour market and its
components. This involves understanding the determinants of wages and employment.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enables the students to understand the basic facts of macro-economics specifically in
the context of developmental economics.
 Provide them a brief idea about industrial economics dealing with the basic concepts
of industry, its size and location and the policies governing the establishment and
functioning of industry.
 Familiarize the students with the concept of labour economics, labour market, wage
and employment theories and determination of it in different market conditions.
101.7 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR-I:

Objectives: To help the students to understand the Human dimensions of behaviour. The
course focuses on individual, group and intergroup behaviour.
Learning Outcomes:
 Develop understanding the human dimensions of Behaviour
 Enable understanding of the group dynamics in work organisatons.
 Appreciate the concept, process and theories of motivation.
 Familiarize with various theories and styles of leadership by creating an awareness
that leadership is a process of shared influence on the work group.

PAPER:- 101.8 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Objectives: To understand the concept of Psychology and Industrial psychology. It will focus on
history, scope, importance and application of Industrial Psychology.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable understanding the application of Psychology in industrial establishment.
 Understand the various concept and scope of industrial psychology.
 Be able to understand about the concept of emotional intelligence and how emotion
matters for the managers.
 Able to learn about accident and accident proneness and causes of accidents.
Concept of fatigue, causes of fatigue, elimination of fatigue. Boredom and monotony
in the industry.
 Able to learn about Safety management, health and hazards associated with
introduction of new technology and legal aspect of safety management.

SEMESTER-II

201.1 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR-II

Objectives: To acquaint the students with the concept of communication, interpersonal

relations, conflict management, power & Politics and its role in bringing organizational
effectiveness.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the process of communication and the barriers that prevent
organisational communication to be effective and what a manager should do
to make his communication effective.
 Compare and contrast different aspects of conflict and to diagnose which
conflict resolution style to use and when.
  Appreciate the various factors impinging upon and the issues involved with the
design of an organisation structure.
 Understand the concept of organisational culture and climate by identifying
the factors that contribute to the uniqueness of each organisation.

201.2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS-II: (CONTEMPORARY ISSUES in IR):

Objectives: To establish the relation between International Labour Organisation and Indian
Industrial Relations. It explores the mechanisms available in organisations to maintain peace
and harmony.It highlights on the recommendations made by the second National Commission
on Labour in India.
Learning Outcomes:
 Know about the International Labour Organisation’s history, evolution, objectives
and its functions especially formulation of the Labour Codes.
 Understand the concept of tripartism with special reference to India. The
Constitutional provisions influencing the labour-management relations at
workplace.
 Gain knowledge about the pattern of trade unionism in India, post globalisation;
the challenges of union recognition and conduct of union activities.
 Understand employee grievances, the origin and redressal mechanisms available
in the organisations. Know in detail about the collective bargaining, quality circles
and legal aspects of grievance redressal.

201.3 LABOUR LEGISLATIONS & CASE LAWS-II

Objectives: To expose the students to the nature of relationship between employer and
employees and the factors influencing the relationship. It also equips the future managers how
to manage the conflicts, negotiations and bargaining which is an essential part of work place
relationship. To familiarize the students with various Labour Laws and their impact on Indian
industries.
Learning Outcomes:
 Help to understand various compensation related labour laws
 Get knowledge on Laws for labour welfare and social security

201.4 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Objectives: To provide an in-depth understanding of the role of performance management in

developing the human base of the organisation and to enable the students to manage
appraisal issues in organisations. The course intends to familiarize the students about the
concept, techniques and issues concerning assessment center with emphasis on developing
and assessing managerial skills.
Learning Outcomes:
 It would help the students to clearly differentiate between performance
management as a business process and performance appraisal.
 It would also enable them to have an intense understanding of the
performance management process, techniques and other appraisal issues.
  It would help the students to develop appraisal forms and develop necessary
skills needed to manage performance of individual and team for organizational
effectiveness.

201.5 LEARNING& DEVELOPMENT

Objectives: To enable the students to understand and design Learning and development
systems. To give the students a sound understanding of career management & their impact on
business effectiveness. The purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth understanding
about the role of training and developing human resources and to manage training system
and process effectiveness.
Learning Outcomes:
 To enable the students with the principles of learning, its theories, its styles and
importance for upskilling and upgrading the abilities of employees.
 To empower the students with the ability to conduct the need assessment, design,
delivery and evaluate the L&D programs needed for the upliftment of the employees
as well as for the organization.
 To make the aware of the importance of transfer of learning which is utmost
important from the context of the workplace.

201.6 SOCIAL SECURITY AND UNORGANISED SECTOR

Objectives: To understand the concept, objective of social security and learn the scope of
social security for unorganized sector in India.
Learning Outcomes:
 Awareness about unorganized sector and unorganized workers ,
 Get to know about various legislations ensuring social security benefits to
unorganized workers in industries.
 It will help for implementing the provisions of various legislations for the
betterment of unorganized sectors.

201.7 SOCIAL RESEARCH AND STATISTICS- II:

Objectives: To introduce the students into the field of research, research process, design and
report writing.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable to understand the importance of research for the organizational excellence
 Make familiarize with basic tools and techniques involved in conducting the research
systematically
 Develop the understanding of writing good research report

201.8 FIELD WORK – REPORT (PREPARATION + PRESENTATION) (This includes

presentation of report by the student in presence of all faculty members and an expert from
industry).
Objectives: To give practical exposure to the students complementing the theoretical
knowledge gained in the classroom.
Learning Outcomes:
 The students can relate the theories with the practices undertaken by the
organisations.
 The students are exposed to real life situations which enable them to learn and
enhance the skills like formal and informal communication, consistency, patience, self
motivation and persuation.

SEMESTER-III

301.1: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Objectives: To develop a conceptual as well as a practical understanding of Human Resource
Development in Organisations. To acquaint the students with the various instruments and
techniques available for measurement of various psychological and behavioral attributes of
Human Being.

Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the concept, significance, scope and evolution of HRD related to both
macro and micro level HRD.
 Give knowledge about the role of line manager and supervisors in HRD Department in
the organization
 Get knowledge about HRD process , HRD process Mapping and Process of
development in India
 Familiarize with the concept of HRD matrix, HRD instruments, HRD Audit and strategic
HRD leading to Organisational effectiveness.

301.2 PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT & TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Objectives: The course is designed to acquaint the students with decision making in planning,
scheduling and controlling of production and operation functions in both manufacturing and
services, productivity improvement in operations through layout engineering and quality
management. This course also aims at exposing the students to various facets of quality, its
relevance to business and its management.
Learning Outcomes:
 Provide the students with the basic understanding of work scheduling, time and
motion study and its implications.
 Help the students to be capable of using methods of productivity analysis and
measurement for operational efficiency and productivity improvement.
 Enables the students to know the basic concept and philosophy of total quality
management, its various approaches, tools, the various decision-making methods and
the international standards for quality assurance and improvement.

301.3 ORGANISATION CHANGE & DEVELOPMENT

Objectives: To understand why organization must change, will gain the knowledge about the
different forces affecting organizational change, Understand the Process of resistance to
change and also able to learn about means of overcoming the resistance to change.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable students to cope and manage the situation in dynamic change environment.
 Provide knowledge how Managers work as catalyst of change,
 Help to adopt students with different cultural setting and also capable enough to
institutionalize the new culture in the organizations.
 Enable to formulate the strategy considering the threats and opportunities coming
from the environment of change.
 Enable to conduct counseling programme for employees and resolve the workplace
related issues by using various counseling skills and strategies.

301.4 FINANCIAL & MARKETING MANAGEMENT:

Objectives: To equip students with basic knowledge about the management of finances in an
organization and the functions carried out by the marketing department.
Learning Outcomes:
 Get to know about the sources and expenditure of finance in an organization,
understand the account keeping and budget making.
 Aware about the activities of marketing department of an organization and its
importance.
 Understand the contribution of finance and marketing functions in the survival and
growth of an organization.

301.5 MIS & HRIS

Objectives: To familiarize the students with the concept of information system, design,
planning, and its applications in various functional areas with special emphasis on HRIS.
Learning Outcomes:
 Appreciate the significance of information systems in organizations and differentiate
between various types and levels of information systems.
 Familiarize with concept of Database Management.
 Understand the mechanism involved in system development life cycle.
 Examine the significance and uses of information system in HRM (HRIS).

301.6 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Objectives: To introduce students the concept of corporate social responsibility, which involves
an examination of whether organizations should expand their focus from serving shareholders
to also considering the impact of the firm's activities on diverse stakeholders. Practicing
corporate social responsibility requires that a corporation meet business goals with societal
expectations. This course highlights the importance business obligations to the societies in
which they operate and the involvement of various stakeholders.

Learning Outcomes:
 Enable the student to the most common theoretical perspectives for understanding
CSR and the role of business in sustainable development.
 Provide the students with a multi-stakeholder perspective in viewing CSR issues
  Establish connections between corporate strategy and CSR and the impact on
foundational organizational principles such as mission and vision
 Provide them insights of the role of governance, stakeholders’ management and
engagement, environmental responsibility in the implementation of CSR.

301.7 ELECTIVE PAPER-I (HRP & D) MAN POWER PLANNING (EC) GROUP-A

Objectives: To develop a conceptual as well as practical understanding of human resource

planning, deployment and maintaining HR information, Preparing report on HR performance,
measuring the value of human resource and evaluating the effectiveness of HR functions.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understanding the process of human resource planning
 Developing the understanding of a human resource planning framework.
 Developing insights to human resource planning practices.

301.8 ELECTIVE PAPER-II (HRP & D)

MAN POWER PLANNING & RESEARCH (HR)(PAPER-II) (EC)GROUP-A

Objectives: To acquaint students to the concept of HR Research, HR Audit and HR Accounting

and its role in Human Resource Planning.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable to understand the significance of HR research and HR research models
 Make familiarize with various approaches and techniques of HR audit and HR
Accounting for organizational development

301.7 ELECTIVE PAPER-I (CER & TU)

COMPARATIVE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (GROUP-B)

Objectives: To make students aware and give a comparative view about the changing
employment relations system, practices and models in developed and developing countries.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable to understand the economic factors, their role in changing the way
business is carried out by organizations and its impact on employee relations.
 Get thorough knowledge about the patterns of trade unionism in developed
economies.
 Understand about the European Unionism and Social Charter in maintaining
successful employee relations.
 Understand the Social dialogue process and its role in securing desirable
employee relations.

301.8 ELECTIVE PAPER-II (CER & TU)

COMPARATIVE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (GROUP-B)
Objectives: To provide information on the employment relations scenario prevailing in various
countries. To discuss the challenges faced by the international business organizations, the role
played by Social Dialogue to maintain employee relations.
Learning Outcomes:
 Help the students to manage the multinational corporations
 Give knowledge of labour laws of different nations will enable to cope with different
legal and political environment.
 Enable to manage atypical and the contingent workforce.
 Enhance knowledge on the different models of employment relations they can apply
in in decision making process in the organizations.

SEMESTER-IV

401.1 COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT

Objectives: To learn all the aspects essential for designing a compensation structure for
attracting, retaining and motivating human resources for individual performance management
and organizational performance.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the concept and context of compensation management and aware about
the framework of wage and Salary Administration.
 Compensation Structure and differentials.
 Reward system, incentives and pay restructuring
 Emerging issues and trends.

401.2: STRATEGIC HRM

Objectives: To enhance the decision-making skills and abilities of students for formulating HR
Strategies under uncertainty condition in the ever changing business landscape of today.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the importance of business strategies and integrating HR
strategies with it.
 Acquaint the cultural aspect of a successful business strategy & value addition
to business by HR functions.

401.3 INTERNATIONAL HRM:

Objectives: To give an in-depth & analytical view of Multi National Corporations in

international markets, its operations and comparative HRM Practices.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the environment of international human resource management and know
the HRM practices in international context.
 Enable to enhance knowledge about Behaviourial Dynamics of IHRM, IHRM relations
issues and Challenges.

401.4 LABOUR ADMINISTRATION:

Objectives: To understand the meaning, scope and fields of labor administrations in the center
as state level ,Be able to understand the salient features of labour administration in India prior
to the adaptation of the Indian Constitution, Explain the organization for labour administration
of the central government, learn about different state labour machineries.
Learning Outcomes:
 Know the various concepts about labour administration they can apply in the practical
field.
 Enable to enforce various labour laws in the industries as an enforcement officer.
 Develop awareness about various welfare and social security schemes.

401.5 TALENT & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT:

Objectives: To gain insights in concepts and application of talent and knowledge management
in organisations. This course aims at understanding basic elements, processes, approaches and
strategies of managing talent and knowledge in organisations.
Learning Outcomes:
 Enable students with the concept of knowledge, types of knowledge, knowledge
worker, knowledge society, knowledge management and its implications in the
present context for organizational performance.
 Understand the importance, design and relevance of building talent reservoir,
attraction, acquisition, engagement and retention of talent in organisations.
 Provide an insight on the alignment of the talent management process with business
strategy and integrate it with the knowledge management practices adopted in the
organization.

401.6 ETHICS & MANAGEMENT

Objectives: To acquaint the students with the concept of Business Ethics and its relevance in
today business organizations.
Learning Outcomes:
 Understand the concept , views and approaches to Business Ethics and how ethical
behaviour leading ethical performance
 Develop awareness about workplace ethics, environment ethics and consumer ethics.
 Enable to know role of ethics in corporate governance leading to corporate
excellence.
 Familiarize with the concept of Indian ethos in management and its application in
modern business organisation.

401.7 COMPREHENSIVE VIVA & GROUP PRESENTATION

Objectives: To develop skill to comprehend all the subjects learned and establish its
interrelationships.
Learning Outcomes:
 Prepares the students for job interviews.
 Enhances communication and team building skills of the students.
 Students get 360 degree inputs from the experts to improve themselves.

401.8 DISSERTATION
Objectives: To acquaint the students with project report writing by applying the
research methodology tools and techniques.

Learning Outcomes:
 The students learn about the social research methodology. They can formulate
research objective, prepare research design, utilise sampling techniques.
 It helps the students to explore a particular topic in detail.
 This allows students to take decisions at workplace with proper assessment of
the available information.