People Management

Professor Vasanthi Srinivasan

Welcome to the course People Management-HR101x.

This page will guide you through the course syllabus and provide important
information related to this course.

Every functional manager is a People manager and his/her effectiveness is

determined by how well he understands the people dimension. A major part of
a functional manager’s responsibilities comprises attracting, engaging,
motivating, retaining and developing people.

The course is intended to engage and foster critical thinking among Functional
Managers on their role as people managers in organizations.

The course will provide the participants an enhanced understanding of the

role of people management, enhance your awareness on the alignment
between HR systems & processes and organizational strategy and most
importantly help critically explore your role as people mangers in strategy
implementation.

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COURSE AGENDA

WEEK SECTION NAME TOPIC COVERED Start Date

Week 0 Welcome  Welcome Message 15th March 2018

 Navigating in edX (03:30 UTC)
 Pre-course Survey
 An Overview-Proctored Exam
 Salient Features-Proctored
Exam
 Instructions and Guidelines-
Proctored Exam
 Practice Proctored Exam
 Getting Help-Proctored Exam

Week 1 Being a People  Weekly Overview 15th March 2018

Manager  Basics of People Management (03:30 UTC)
 Understanding Human
Behavior
 Impact of organizational
Factors
 Weekly Insights and Conclusion
 Graded Assessment
 Summary and Additional
Resources
Week 2 Getting Work  Weekly Overview 22nd March 2018
Done  Meeting Multiple Expectations (03:30 UTC)
 Understanding Team Members
Through Others  Defining and Assigning Tasks
 Weekly Insights and Conclusion
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People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
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 Graded Assessment
 Summary and Additional
Resources

Week 3 Assessment and  Weekly Overview 29th March 2018

 Managing Performance (03:30 UTC)
Evaluation  Planning and Goal Setting
Process
 Coaching and Feedback
 Evaluation and Measurement
 Weekly Insights and Conclusion
 Graded Assessment
 Summary and Additional
Resources

Week 4 Building Peer  Weekly Overview 5th April 2018

Networks  Peers as Significant (03:30 UTC)
Stakeholders
 Influencing Peers
 Building Effective Relationship
With Peers
 Weekly Insights and
Conclusion
 Graded Assessment

Week 5 Essentials of  Weekly Overview 12th April 2018

 Communication Process (03:30 UTC)
Communication  Barriers to Communication
 Consequences of ineffective
communication
 Conflict and its Management
 Ways to overcome barriers
 Weekly Insights and Conclusion
 Graded Assessment
 Summary and Additional
Resources

© All Rights Reserved. This document has been authored by Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan and is permitted for use only within the course
People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
illustrations, pictures, scripts, may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the author.
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Week 6 Managing Self  Weekly Overview 19th April 2018

 Knowing Your Strength’s and (03:30 UTC)
Weakness
 Knowing Your contributions
 Managerial Values
 Investing in Self
 Weekly Insights and Conclusion
 Graded Assessment
 Summary and Additional
Resources

Week 7 Course Wrap up Course Wrap up & Final Exam 26th April 2018
& Final Exam (03:30 UTC)

TIME COMMITMENT

Course Length

 6 weeks plus one additional week for final exam

 Each week is released across the globe on Thursday, 03:30 A.M. UTC.

Weekly Commitment
4-5 hours per week. This includes the time spent in going through the course
materials
(videos and reading materials), completing the assessment(s) and
participating in the discussion forums.

© All Rights Reserved. This document has been authored by Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan and is permitted for use only within the course
People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
illustrations, pictures, scripts, may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic,
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GRADING SCHEME

The course follows an objective assessment scheme, which consists of multiple

choice questions and scenario-based questions. There are 4 graded
assessments in this course:

1. One at the end of each week (total of 6 assessments)

2. One final exam at the end of the course
3. Self –assessments
4. Posts on discussion forum

The score from each assessment will contribute to the final score, which you
can track under the Progress tab. The weightage for the assessments is as
shown below:

Weightage Assessment Due Date

03rd May 2018

50% Final Exam (03:30 UTC)

03rd May 2018

35% End of Week Assessment (03:30 UTC)

03rd May 2018

10% Posts on Discussion Form* (03:30 UTC)

03rd May 2018

5% Self-Assessments (03:30 UTC)

Note: The ungraded assessments are interspersed throughout the course to

recall what you have learnt so far. These do not count for final assessments
and will not show up on the Progress tab.
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People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
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The learner will have to attain a final grade of at least 60% to be eligible for a
certificate.

If you are taking a course as a verified track student, and want to be eligible to
pursue the in-campus option at IIM Bangalore with a Micro Masters Credential,
you must take the proctored exam for your final assessment. Anyone who
completes all 6 Business Management MicroMasters Program on or before 5th
Sep 2018, with relevant work experience is eligible to apply for AAMP at IIMB.
To know more about proctored exam visit the Guidelines for Proctored
Exam section.

* Posts on Discussion Form: The primary objective of the course is to engage,

enable and promote learning, through learning from others .Hence we
encourage learners to share their experiences on the discussion forum with
reference to the discussion threads we post in every week. In order to gain
effectively from the 10% weightage allocated to posts on discussion forum,
reply to minimum two discussion threads per week and respond to any two of
your peer. We recommend you to share your experiences and knowledge on
the threads we posts. To exemplify, kindly make sure the sharing should not be
like simply mentioning ‘Yes I agree’ or ‘even I faced similar issues’. It has to be
your own experiential learning that you post.

ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT

Please follow the rules for academic honesty and online conduct for this course
by reading edX Terms of Services.

NOTE

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People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
illustrations, pictures, scripts, may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the author.
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 Many of these dates are dynamic and subject to change during the course run.
Please be sure to visit the Course Home page and refer to your weekly course
email for any change in any of the dates listed above.
 As you work through your course, you’ll see dates and times when new
materials are released and when assignments and exams are due. It’s
important to remember that edX lists all times in Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), 24-hour format.

© All Rights Reserved. This document has been authored by Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan and is permitted for use only within the course
People Management delivered in the online course format by IIM Bangalore. No part of this document, including any logo, data,
illustrations, pictures, scripts, may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the author.