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Emerging HRM issues

Unit 12: Part II - Unit 12: Employee Maintenance and Emerging Issues in HRMTopic 3 of 4
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What the syllabus expects

  • Employee empowerment
  • Downsizing
  • Work-life balance
  • Technology in HRM
  • e-HRM
  • Green HRM
  • HRM outsourcing
  • Ethics: surveillance versus privacy

Emerging HRM issues

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Second Year

Subject: Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management (MGT 223)

Part II - Unit 12: Employee Maintenance and Emerging Issues in HRM

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of emerging hrm issues.
  • Explain the behavioral or human-resource concepts and assess their application in organizational situations.

Curriculum Scope

  • Employee empowerment
  • Downsizing
  • Work-life balance
  • Technology in HRM
  • e-HRM
  • Green HRM
  • HRM outsourcing
  • Ethics: surveillance versus privacy

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Workforce and work design

    1. Empowerment, downsizing and work-life balance.
    2. Employee and organizational consequences.
    3. Responsible implementation.
  2. Technology and emerging practices

    1. Technology, e-HRM and HRM outsourcing.
    2. Green HRM and environmental objectives.
    3. Ethical balance between workplace surveillance and privacy.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 44-46.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.