📘 Human Resource Management – Important
Questions
Unit-Wise Important Questions:
Unit 1: Introduction to HRM
1. Define Human Resource Management. Explain its objectives
and importance.
2. Discuss the functions of HRM in modern organizations.
3. Explain the difference between HRM and Personnel
Management.
4. Discuss the role of HR Manager in a large organization.
Unit 2: Human Resource Planning & Job Analysis
5. What is Human Resource Planning? Explain its process.
6. Explain the concept and steps of Job Analysis.
7. Differentiate between Job Description and Job Specification.
8. Discuss the factors affecting Human Resource Planning.
Unit 3: Recruitment, Selection, and Induction
9. Explain the various sources of recruitment.
10. Discuss the steps involved in the selection process.
11. What is induction? Explain its objectives and process.
12. Compare internal and external sources of recruitment.
Unit 4: Training and Development
13. What is training? Explain its methods and importance.
14. Differentiate between training and development.
15. Explain the process of designing a training program.
16. What are the modern methods of employee training?
Unit 5: Performance Appraisal
17. Define performance appraisal. Discuss its objectives
and methods.
18. Explain 360-degree feedback with its advantages and
limitations.
19. What are the common errors in performance appraisal?
20. Discuss the benefits of an effective performance
appraisal system.
Unit 6: Compensation Management (Chapter you’re
currently working on)
21. Define compensation. Discuss its types and
importance.
22. What is fringe benefit? Explain its types with examples.
23. Explain performance-based compensation and its
advantages.
24. Discuss the concept and significance of pay band and
ESOPs.
Unit 7: Industrial Relations and Grievance Handling
25. What do you mean by industrial relations? Explain its
importance.
26. Discuss the causes and consequences of industrial
disputes.
27. Explain the grievance handling procedure in an
organization.
28. What are the features and functions of trade unions?
Unit 8: Emerging Issues in HRM
29. Write a short note on Human Resource Information
System (HRIS).
30. What is Talent Management? Explain its importance in
current times.
31. Explain the concept of Work-Life Balance.
32. Discuss the impact of globalization on HR practices.
Frequently Asked Long Answer Questions:
• Explain the challenges faced by HR managers in the 21st
century.
• Describe the importance of training and development in an
organization.
• "Effective performance appraisal improves employee
morale" – Discuss.
• Explain the steps and significance of human resource
planning.