Main topics of study:

Individuals & Groups:

• Individual Differences
• Perceptions
• Communications
• Motivation
• Industrial Psychology
• Behavioural Theories
• Research Studies
• Groups
• Group Dynamics
• Personal & Group Goals

Manpower Planning:

• Recruitment & Selection
• Interviewing
• Selection Testing
• Validation of Testing Procedures
• Training
• Systems Approach to Training
• On-Job Vs Off-Job
• Induction Programmes
• Personnel Records
• Use of Computers

Job Analysis:

• Job Description
• Job Specification
• Person Specification
• Job Rotation
• Job Enlargement
• Job Enrichment
• Job Evaluation

Development of a Human Relations Approach:

• Role of Personnel Department
• Nurturing Human Assets in a Business
• Career Development
• Counselling
• Welfare
• Participating in Decision-Making
• Supportive Management Styles

Industrial Relations:

• The Role of the Trade Union
• Moves Toward Industrial Democracy
• Strikes, Cause, Effect & Avoidance

Reading List

Main Text:
Management & Organisational Behaviour - L Mullins (Pitman)

Alternative Texts and Further Reading:
Human Resources Management: Perspectives & Issues - G Ferris & K Rowland (Allyn & Bacon)
Human Resource Planning - John Bramham (l P M)
Personnel Management - S Tyson & A York (Heinemann)
Management & Motivation - Vroom & Deci (Penguin)
People in Organisations - P Armstrong & C Dawson (Elm)