Session guide: Human resources management exercise
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Small group exercise |
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OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session participants will be able to:
1. Develop guidelines for management of human resources at a small agricultural research station where staff have residential and non-residential status in the local community.2. Develop guidelines for human resources management in a large international research centre with mixed nationalities and diverse salary scales and loyalties.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND AIDS
Overhead projector, and each small group should have blank transparencies and a flip chart.
The purpose of this group exercise is to have participants develop a set of documents for professional job description, recruitment, orientation and development of personnel for a specific position.
Divide participants into four groups.
Two of the groups should provide the information requested below for a small agricultural research station where staff have residential and non-residential status in the local community. Because of time limitations, ask one of the two groups prepare (i) and (ii), and the other group should prepare (iii) and (iv).
The other two groups should prepare the same information, but for a large international agricultural research centre with mixed nationalities and diverse salary scales and loyalties.
The groups should develop the following documents for presentation:
(i) A professional job description.(ii) A recruitment plan, including a detailed list of methods to be followed for recruiting, plans for interviewing, and selection criteria.
(iii) An orientation plan, i.e., a detailed plan for orienting the new staff member.
(iv) Staff development guidelines, i.e., list the policies for professional development, including incentives, benefits, etc., that will be explained to the new staff member on hiring.
Each group should present the results of their group work during the last 45 minutes of the session.
