Final Exam Briefing

Date: 27 April; Friday;

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm;
Venue: NAC 992;
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The examination is worth 25% of total marks and you will have
one-and-a-half hours for the paper

BUS 601: Human Resource Management is a closed book

examination
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This examination consists of two sections:
Section A
Section B
You are required to answer 3 (three) questions in total.
You answer 1 (one) question (out of two) from Section A (13 marks).
You answer 2 (two) questions (out of three) from Section B ( 6X2=12
Marks).
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Marks allocated to the questions have been indicated on the right

side.
You do not need to provide references for your answers to exam
questions.
Please do not try to memorise answers.
I would like to see the degree of your understanding of Human
Resource Management issues not your capacity to memorise them.
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Read your questions very carefully and provide answers that are
relevant and as far as possible provide examples to demonstrate that
you understand the concepts.
The best source of examples is your prescribed textbook and the
cases you have presented/discussed in lectures.
Use examples from cases as much as you can.
You can also illustrate your answers with cases found in other
textbooks or from your own practical experience.
Make sure that your case references are contextually relevant.
 Human Resources Management
Topics covered

Lecture 7
Defining Training
Training its Aims & Objectives
Advantages & Disadvantages of Training
Issues in Employee Training
Training Methods
Characteristics of Successful Trainers
 Human Resources Management
Topics covered

Lecture 8
Development
Approaches to employee development
Development-related challenges
 Human Resources Management
Topics covered

Lecture 9
Performance management & appraisal
Why appraise performance?
Appraisal methods
Who should do the appraising?
Errors in appraisal
 Human Resources Management
Topics covered

Lecture 10
 Providing Employee Incentives
 Providing Employee Benefits