Syllabus of Paper 2 

Total marks: 100.
Number of questions: 100.
Negative marking: There is no negative marking.

1. Principles and Practices of Management:
Development of management Thought
Contributions of Taylor, Fayol, Mayo, Mary Parker Follett and C.I. Barnard
Behavioural Approach
Systems Approach
Quantitative Approach
Contingency Approach
Functions of Management:
Planning and Decision Making
Organising
Staffing
Directing
Controlling
Coordinating
Communication

2. HRM:
Human Resource Management: Conceptual framework
Line and Staff
Human Resource Planning
Job Analysis
Recruitment, Selection
Placement, Induction
Training and Development
Performance Management
Job Evaluation
Compensation Management
Employee Benefits and Incentives
Wage and Salary Administration
Methods of Wage payment linking wages with productivity
Managing Career
Grievance handling and Disciplinary action
New Trends in HRM: Changing environment of HRM and contemporary challenges, Emerging HRM Concepts
Potential Assessment
Employee Engagement

3. HRD and International HRM:
Human Resource Development (HRD): Concepts, Assumptions, Values
HRD Mechanisms, Action – research Model
HRD Culture and Climate
HRD Interventions
HR Accounting and Audit
Knowledge Management
Human Resource Information System
International Human Resource Management (IHRM): Organisational context of IHRM
IHRM and Sustainable Business
Functions of IHRM
Cross – Cultural Studies, Cultural Diversity
Training and Development
Quality of work life, Career planning
Quality circles, Training programmes for workers, Management Development Programmes
Evaluation of training
Training Need assessment

4. Organizational Behaviour:
Organisational Behaviour: Concept, Scope, Nature of human behaviour
Personality
Perception
Learning
Attitude
Motivation
Interpersonal Behaviour
Group Dynamics
Leadership
Communication
Power and Authority
Stress
Job satisfaction, Morale, fatigue and monotony
Organisational Change and Development
Organisational effectiveness

5. Industrial Relations and Trade Unions:
Industrial Relations: Concept, Scope, Evolution, Approaches, Actors and Models
Conflict and cooperation, Bi-partitism, Tri-partitism
Collective Bargaining
Workers’ Participation in Management
Grievance Handling and Disciplinary Action
Code of Conduct
Industrial Relations in changing scenario
Employers’ organisations
Trade Unions: Concepts, Evolution
Problems of trade unions in India, Recognition
The Trade Unions Act, 1926
Union Politics, Inter and Intra Union Rivalry
Emerging role of trade unions in India, Industrial relations and the new economic reforms

6. Industrial Disputes:
Concept, Scope, Approaches, Industrial Relations system
Causes, Effects, Trends, Prevention and Settlement
Methods and Machinery for the settlement of Industrial Disputes
Role of State and Central Labour Administration
Strike and Lockout
The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

7. Labour Laws:
Labour Legislation: Objectives, Principles, Classification and Evolution
International Labour Organisation
Social Justice and Labour Legislation
Indian Constitution and Labour Laws
The Factories Act, 1948
The Mines Act, 1952
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Employee Compensation Act 1923
RPwD Act-2016
Maternity Benefit Act 1961
ESIC Act 1948
Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, RTI Act 2005
CSR under Section 135 of Companies Act

8. Labour Laws regarding Wages:
Wages: Concept, Types, Factors influencing wages, Wage Theories and Wage Differentials
The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948

9. Labour Welfare:
Labour Welfare: Concept, Scope, Types, Theories, Principles and approaches
Industrial Health and Hygiene
Statutory and Non-statutory labour welfare: Intra-mural and extra-mural welfare
Industrial Accidents and Safety
Occupational Diseases
Social Security: Concept and Scope, Social Assistance and Social assurance
Agencies of Labour Welfare: State, Employer, Trade Unions, Voluntary Agencies

10. Wage Code:
New Wage Code, The Code on Wages, 2019; the Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020; and the Code on Social Security, 2020.