UNIT – I Lesson 1 HRM – AN OVERVIEW Lesson Outline Nature of ...

UNIT – III
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT AND RETIREMENT
3.1 Lesson Outline and Topics to be focused:
1. The concept of and approaches to training and development
2. Types, contexts, methods and outcomes of training and development of employees
3. Design of training and development programs
4. Need for and outcomes of impartial evaluation of training programs
5. Five major levels of assessment of the effectiveness of training programs
6. Methods used for securing information and opinions necessary for the scientific
evaluation of training
7. The concept of Career, Career Progression and Development and its implications
to employees
8. Career Planning and Implementation Process
9. Career Anchors that shape employees’ work lives
10. Career Stages, Career Plateau and Mid-career crises
11. Promotions and Transfers as Internal Mobility as administrative actions and
motivators-developers.
12. The concept of Power and the Process of Personnel Empowerment
13. Delegation of Authority and Responsibility to facilitate Personnel Development
14. Retirement on superannuation, Premature retirements, Resignations and other
separation Processes.
15. The interdependence and inter-linkages of the human resource processes of an
organization.
16. Concise and comprehensive description of key words and phrases being used in
the context of Personnel development
3.2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
a. Understanding the conceptual differences between training and development
b. To Compare and contrast different types and methods of training
c. To become aware of the numerous issues involved while designing a training
program
d. To identify the various levels of measuring training effectiveness
e. To know the methods used for evaluation of training
f. To describe the various stages of Career Planning and Development