This Paper has 24 answerable questions with 0 answered.
| Roll No………… | |
| Time allowed : 3 hours | Maximum marks : 100 |
| Total number of questions : 8 | Total number of printed pages : 2 |
PART—A
(Answer Question No.1 which is compulsory and any two of the rest from this part.) |
| Marks |
| 1. | (a) | "Human resource management policies and principles contribute to the effectiveness, continuity and stability of the organization." Comment. | 10 | (0) |
| | (b) | "As organisations become more global, human resources planning becomes more important and complex." Elucidate. | 10 | (0) |
| 2. | Write notes on any three of the following : | 5each | |
| | (i) | Professionalism in the field of business management | | (0) |
| | (ii) | Career planning vis a vis career development | | (0) |
| | (iii) | Nature of employee benefits | | (0) |
| | (iv) | Training vis–a–vis development. | | (0) |
| 3. | (a) | Critically evaluate the 360 degree feedback system of performance appraisal. | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | Keeping in mind NIIT’s quality club, Colgate Palmolive’s global recognition scheme for encouraging innovation, and Modi Xerox’s annual achievement award, work out an ‘effective’ non–monetary rewards scheme for encouraging employees’ motivation. How would you ensure equity and fairness in implementation of the above scheme ? | 10 | (0) |
| 4. | Devise a 10–point human resource management’s code of ethics that would promote productivity, organisational peace and progress in a dynamic environment. | 15 | (0) |
PART—B
(Answer Question No.5 which is compulsory and any two of the rest from this part.) |
| 5. | (a) | "The consequences of industrial disputes are far reaching as they disturb the economic, social and political fabric of the country." Discuss. | 8 | (0) |
| | (b) | Give your recommendations to improve the present state of industrial relations in India. | 12 | (0) |
| 6. | Discuss any five of the following : | 3each | |
| | (i) | Are educational institutions ‘industry’? | | (0) |
| | (ii) | Are workmen entitled to wages for national holiday falling within the period of illegal strike? | | (0) |
| | (iii) | An adult worker was made to work for 50 hours in a week – even 13 hours a day for some days in the week. Is it permissible under the Factories Act, 1948? | | (0) |
| | (iv) | Is a worker retrenched after working for seven months’ in a factory, entitled to retrenchment compensation ? | | (0) |
| | (v) | Can the scheme of voluntary retirement be made applicable to the employees of a unit only of a company, instead of the entire company ? | | (0) |
| | (vi) | A worker expired during the consideration and adjudication of his claim. Will his heir get compensation claim from the employer ? Can a trade union negotiate in this behalf ? | | (0) |
| 7. | Discuss any three of the following: | 5each | |
| | (i) | Distinction between ’termination’ and ’retrenchment’ in the light of Santosh Gupta vs. VSB Industries; and Gammon India vs. Sriniranjan Dass. | | (0) |
| | (ii) | Appropriate government’s powers to ignore relevant matter while making a reference of a dispute under section 10A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in terms of the ratio decidendi in Sadhu Ram vs. DTC;. A.S. Production Agencies vs. IT, Haryana; and P. D. Singh vs. Presiding Officer. | | (0) |
| | (iii) | Rights of workers under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. | | (0) |
| | (iv) | Rights and obligations of a registered trade union. | | (0) |
| 8. | (a) | Maxwell Ltd. engaged five persons as contract labour through a contractor for carrying out certain processes of a perennial nature. Neither the company had got itself registered nor the contractor had obtained the requisite licence under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. These workers were engaged by the company for 240 days. Thereafter, the company made regular recruitment and these workers were rendered surplus. Can the contract labour move the court for their absorption in the company ? Refer to decided case law. | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | An industrial establishment, having 70–80 workmen on regular pay roll, used to engage 30–40 workmen on temporary basis to meet the exigencies of work. Is it mandatory for the establishment to have its standing orders certified under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 ? Whom should the workmen approach in case their conditions of service are unreasonable ? Refer to relevant provisions of the Act. | 5 | (0) |
| | (c) | Discuss briefly the rationale behind the ‘voluntary retirement scheme’ (VRS). | 5 | (0) |
