The Institute of Public Administration Program Prospectus Human Sector: Human General Goal of Program: Prepare students for undertaking management of human resources effectively in both public and private sectors. Objectives of Program: 1. Knowledge of modern management concepts and approaches in human resources management.. Ability to plan and develop human resources in organizations.. Knowledge of rules regulating human resources in both public and private sectors.. Ability to carry out human resources management operations. 5. Ability to utilize human resources technology.. Ability to know and understand human behavior and career ethics. The Jobs for Which the Program gets Students Qualified: 1. Supervisory jobs of employment in government agencies that apply civil service regulations and by-laws.. Supervisory jobs of administrative development.. Supervisory jobs of human resources in government agencies that that apply civil service regulations and by-laws.. Supervisory jobs of human resources in government authorities, establishments and funds that are run by special rules, by-laws and decisions. 5. Supervisory jobs of human resources in organizations of the private sector that apply labor and social insurance laws. Admission Requirements: 1. The candidate should have a bachelor degree in any of the following fields: Public Administration- Business Administration- Regulations, with a GPA not less than Good.. If the candidate is nominated by a government agency, he should meet the enrollment conditions, and he shall be occupying one of the following positions (for employees who meet the general employment scale): Personnel Director General, Personnel Director, Personnel Section Director, Head of Personnel Department, Employment Director General, Employment Director, Employment Section Director, Head of Employment Department, Jobs Classification Director General, Jobs Classification Director, Jobs Classification Section Director, Head of Jobs Classification Department, Training and Scholarship Director General, Training and Scholarship Director, Training and Scholarship Section Director, Manpower Director General, Manpower Director, Manpower Section Director, Work Affairs Director General, Work Affairs Director, Work Affairs Section Director, Work Affairs Section Director, Employment Specialist and Researcher, Employment Controller, Manpower Specialist and Researcher, Laborers Payrolls Specialist, Employment Specialist and Researcher, Payrolls and Awards Specialist and Researcher, Training and Scholarship Specialist and Researcher, Administrative Development Specialist and Researcher, Organizational Specialist and Researcher, Vocational Guidance Specialist and Researcher. As for public agencies, commissions and funds, the candidate shall occupy one of the following positions: Human Director, Head or Supervisor of a unit that caters for human resources such as: Recruitment and employment, payrolls, awards, remunerations, personnel, human resources planning, human resources development.. The candidate should pass the admission exam and personal interview. Duration of Program: Two academic years, the first year is for English language study and eight weeks for field training. 1
English (a full academic year) First Semester Second Semester English Level 1 Eight weeks Credits English Level Eight weeks Credits English Level Eight weeks Credits English Level Eight weeks Credits Semester No. Course Number of Credits Instructional Practical Credit Total No. of Weeks Type of Course Type of Training Method of Evaluation Semester Final Exam 1 151 Fundamentals of Human 0 51 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 management 15 Human Strategic 0 51 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 15 Information Technology 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 15 Career Ethics 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 155 Rules and Regulations 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 Governing Human 15 Jobs Classification 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 Total 1 0 0 157 Salaries, Incentives and 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 Remunerations 15 Recruitment and Employment 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 159 Human 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 Development 10 Job Performance Appraisal 0 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 11 Human By-Laws and Procedures 0 51 17 Theoretical Percentage 70 0 Total 17 9 1-1 Field Training 0 5 0 0 Practical Field Training Total 0 5 0 Pass/Fail
Course Code (151) : Fundamentals of Human 151-1/1 The Concept of Human 151-1/ The Importance of Human in Modern Age 151-1/ Development of Human Ability to understand the concept of human resources management as a modern specialized practice Ability to effectively understand the importance of human resources management for organizations in modern age Effective knowledge about the development of human resources management 151-1/ Terminology of Human Ability to understand the fundamental terminology of human resources management in both Arabic and English as commonly known worldwide 151-1/5 Approaches to Human Study Ability to Understand the various approaches to the study of human resources 1 151-1/ The Organizational Status of Human 151-1/7 The Relationship of Human with other Administrative Units Ability to determine the factors influencing the appropriate organizational relation of human resources management and identify sub-divisions based on standards common in administrative organizations Ability to accurately identify the relationship of human resources with other administrative units 1 Total Course Credits 51 Course Code (15) : Human Strategic 15-1/1 Concepts of Human Strategic 15-1/ Importance of Strategic for Human Ability to understand the modern concepts of strategic planning for human resources Ability to determine the importance of strategic planning for human resources 15-1/ Types of Strategic Ability to accurately understand types and different aspects of strategic planning for human resources 15-1/ Fundamentals and Requirements of Human 15-1/5 Steps of Strategic for Human 15-1/ Qualitative Methods of Human 15-1/7 Quantitative Methods of Human 15-1/ Follow Up the Implementation and Assessment of the Strategic Plan of Human Ability to determine the organization>s goals and policies, provide the necessary information on the positions and employees and estimate the resources necessary for the plan and work environment Ability to set up the human resources plan starting by determining the 10 vision through current and future human requirements, up to the details and schedule of the plan according to scientific bases used in strategic planning Ability to use various methods for planning human resources based on qualitative methods Ability to analyze information, predict future changes in human resources 10 based on common mathematical methods, equations and formulae Ability to effectively follow up plans and identify points of weakness Total Course Credits 51 Course Code (15) : Information Technology 15-1/1 The Concept and Importance of Information Technology Ability to understand the concept and importance of information technology as applied on real-world plants 15-1/ Elements of Information Technology Ability to accurately determine the fundamental elements of information technology 15-1/ Plan Implementation Stages of Information Technology in Administrative Work Ability to implement works electronically. Using and developing procedures by using effective technology 15-1/ Barriers of Information Technology Teach the trainee how to identify the barriers facing implementation of technology, in general, and dealing with these barriers effectively 15-1/5 Human Information Technology and Fields of Usage Ability to identify and deal with information of human resources and fields of using them effectively 10 1 Total Course Credits Course Code (15) : Career Ethics 15-1/1 The Concept and Importance of Ability to understand the nature of organizational behavior Organizational Behavior 15-1/ Theories of Human Behavior Ability to know the most prominent human behavior theories effectively 15-1/ Patterns of Human Relations Ability to identify human relations at work accurately 15-1/ Incentives and Behavior Ability to accurately identify the impact of incentives on behavior at work 15-1/5 Communication Skills Ability to communicate positively and effectively with supervisors, colleagues, subordinates and the public 15-1/ Employee s Positive and Negative Behavior Ability to effectively differentiate between a worker>s positive and negative behaviors
15-1/7 Methods of Developing Positive Behavior Ability to identify methods of developing positive behavior and deal with negative one according to scientific methods of behavior development 15-1/ of Work Behavior Ability to effectively know resources of work behavior, regulations and by-laws governing this behavior 15-1/9 Career Ethics Ability to identify and apply career ethics effectively 15-1/10 Promoting Career Ethics at Work Environment Ability to identify methods of creating and promoting positive ethics in the organizations culture Total Course Credits Course Code (155) : Rules and Regulations Governing Human 155-1/1 Civil Service Law Ability to understand the scripts and articles of civil service law that govern and interpret personnel affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 155-1/ Articles and applications of the implementation rules of the civil service 155-1/ General Rules of Labor Law organizing personnel affairs and their applications Ability to effectively understand the articles of civil service regulation and applications that govern personnel affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ability to effectively understand the articles of labor law and their applications that organize employment, training and qualification of human resources at government and private institutions in the Kingdom 155-1/ The Concept and Elements of Job Contracts Ability to accurately determine the concept and basic elements of job contracts 155-1/5 Contract Expiry and Legal Consequences Ability to effectively determine the reasons of contract expiry and legal consequences 155-1/ Employer s Duties and Rights Ability to accurately determine the employer s legal rights and duties 155-1/7 Laborer s Rights and Duties Ability to accurately determine the laborer s rights and duties 1 155-1/ Labor Disputes Settlement Ability to effectively determine the bodies concerned with settlement of labor disputes 155-1/9 Civil Retirement Law and Applications Ability to understand the legal articles related to civil retirement law of government employees and their applications 155-1/10 Social Insurances Law and Applications Ability to effectively determine the scope of application of articles regulating the social insurances of government and private sector employees 155-1/11 Registration of Members Covered by Social Insurances and Terms of Membership Ability to register members covered by social insurances and determine membership terms according to the concerned rules 155-1/1 Pension Terms and Beneficiaries Rights Ability to effectively determine pension terms and beneficiaries rights 155-1/1 Laws of Work Risks and the Injured Rights Ability to accurately determine the law of work risks and the injured rights 155-1/1 Reciprocal Benefits between Laws and Applications of Retirement and Insurance Ability to understand the laws and applications of reciprocal benefits between the retirement and insurance systems Total Course Credits Course Code (15) : Jobs Classification 15-1/1 The Concept and Importance of Jobs Classifications Ability to effectively understand the fundamental concepts of civil service on jobs classification 15-1/ Classification Fundamentals Understand the fundamentals and bases of civil service classification and the rules followed by the private sector in this respect 15-1/ Jobs Structure Ability to determine the relationship between the types and numbers of jobs and the organizational structure and effective classification 15-1/ Classifying Data on Jobs Ability to understand the right methods of gathering the necessary data on the jobs based on the common methods of data collection 15-1/5 Jobs Analysis Ability to analyze data on jobs based on the fundamental elements of analysis 15-1/ Job Description Ability to write standard unique description for jobs based on job analysis and on scientific methods of job description 15-1/7 Methods of Jobs Assessment Ability to know various methods of assessing jobs and determine the right method based on the available capabilities and conditions 15-1/ Organizing Jobs Classification Plan Ability to classify jobs into groups and classes based on their description and write characteristics of each group on the basis of civil service rules and guidebook of job classification in the private sector 15-1/9 Jobs Coding Ability to determine the job codes that refer to the rank, level, class and group of the job 1 1 Total Course Credits Course Code (157) : Salaries, Incentives and Remunerations 157-1/1 Fundamentals and Concepts of Salaries, Incentives and Remunerations Ability to understand development in the fundamentals and concepts of salaries, incentives and remunerations, and determine the difference between each one of them accurately
157-1/ Fundamental Factors of Determining Salaries Ability to effectively determine social, legal and economic factors and principles influencing the specification of salaries 157-1/ Salary Scale Ability to create the salary scale based on the common technical standards 157-1/ Jobs and Salary Scale Ability to link job classification with salary scale based on common scientific methods 157-1/5 Manpower s Financial Rights Ability to understand and differentiate between the fundamental financial rights of manpower based on the general rules and regulations 157-1/ Performance Ability to describe and discuss the philosophy of performance management and link it with the policies of salaries and incentives according to the general rules of payment as related to performance 157-1/7 Manpower s Benefits Describe and discuss reasons of providing financial and service benefits for manpower 157-1/ Programs of Benefits and Services Ability to understand programs of financial and non-financial benefits provided for manpower 157-1/9 Manpower s Remuneration Describe and discuss types, restrictions and procedures of manpower s remunerations Total Course Credits Course Code (15) : Recruitment and Employment 15-1/1 Fundamentals of Recruitment, Selection and Employment 15-1/ Economic, Social and Political Factors and their Impact on Recruitment, Selection and Employment 15-1/ Policies of Recruitment, Selection and Employment 15-1/ Laws, By-laws and Government measures regulating recruitment, selection and employment 15-1/5 The Relationship of Recruitment, Selection and Employment with the Human other activities Ability to understand the modern concepts of recruitment, selection and employment Ability to describe and discuss economic, social and political factors and their impact on labor market and the organization on the basis of cause and effect relationship Ability to understand the policies adopted in recruitment, selection and employment based on the state and private sector s policies Ability to understand the laws and by-laws regulating Saudi and non-saudi s recruitment, selection and employment in the government and private sectors Ability to effectively relate job analysis and description with human resources plan, salaries, incentives and appraisals, on one hand, and recruitment, selection and employment, on the other. 15-1/ External Recruitment and Its Ability to know the means of external recruitment and human resources 15-1/7 Internal Recruitment and Its Ability to determine the means and ways of internal recruitment 15-1/ Recruitment Steps Ability to effectively determine recruitment steps 15-1/9 Stages and Methods of Selection Ability to determine the steps, methods of selection and interviews 15-1/10 Employment Steps Ability to effectively determine employment steps 15-1/11 Orienting New Employees Ability to effectively assist new employees in adjusting with the work environment and understanding its policies and regulations 15-1/1 Methods of Human Retention Ability to describe and discuss methods of retaining human resources after employment Total Course Credits Course Code (159) : Human Development 159-1/1 The Concept of Human Ability to understand concepts of human resources development and training Development 159-1/ Importance and Benefits of Development Ability to effectively understand the importance and benefits of development and training 159-1/ Training Methods Ability to determine various training methods and assess each one on the basis of the requirements and capabilities of the concerned institution 5 159-1/ Fundamental Concepts on Career Paths and Reasons for Increased Interest 159-1/5 Types of career Paths and Importance of Each Type Ability to understand modern concepts of career path, at the individual, institution and supervisors level and determine its importance and future vision for its success Ability to effectively differentiate between general and individual career paths and the importance of each type 159-1/ Career Path Ability to find consistency between the roles of employees, organization and supervisors and work environment in effective management of career path 159-1/7 Skills Inventory Ability to identify skills inventory and link it with career path 159-1/ Career Guidance and Coaching Ability to understand the concept of career guidance and coaching and link them with career path 159-1/9 Identify Training Needs Ability to grasp methods of identifying training needs, calculating production rates, and assessing the organization s performance and requirements on the basis of scientific standards. 159-1/10 Prepare Training Plan Ability to determine training objectives, philosophy and policy and the alternatives of achieving the set objectives and requirements, schedule them and allocate the budget effectively 15 1 5
159-1/11 of the Training and Development Process Ability to prepare the training budget, specify the roles of training parties, see how to implement and follow up the training plan and manage changes effectively 159-1/1 Assess Training Efficiency Ability to assess the impact of training compared to the cost according to general indicators used in training assessment Total Course Credits Course Code (10) : Job Performance Appraisal 10-1/1 The Concept and Importance of Job Appraisal Ability to understand the concept of job performance and its importance for developing the individual and organization s performance 10-1/ Types and Problems of Job Performance Ability to identify the types and problems of job performance appraisal Appraisal 10-1/ Sources of Job Performance Appraisal Ability to understand the most important sources of accurate job performance appraisal 10-1/ Factors and Criteria of Job Performance Ability to identify the most important factors and criteria of employee s Appraisal appraisal 10-1/5 Methods of Job Performance Appraisal Ability to understand various methods of job performance appraisal 10-1/ Civil Service Laws of Job Performance Appraisal 10-1/7 Job Performance Appraisal Forms Applied in Laws of Job Appraisal 10-1/ Job Appraisal in Government Authorities and Private Sector s Agencies and Organizations 10-1/9 Applications of Job Performance Appraisal in Government and Private Sector s Agencies 10-1/10 Types of Job Performance Forms in Government and Private Sector s Agencies and Organizations Ability to understand apply and the civil service laws of job performance appraisal and apply it effectively Ability to identify the factors of job performance appraisal and measure it through various Forms effectively Ability to understand some principles and forms used in job performance appraisal in government and private sector s agencies and organizations Ability to apply types of job performance appraisal in government and private sector s agencies and organizations effectively Ability to identify elements of job performance appraisal and measure them in a sample of other forms of job performance appraisal other than those used by civil service laws 10-1/11 Job Performance Appraisal Interviews Ability to organize and carry out interviews of job performance appraisal 10-1/1 Benefiting from Job Performance Appraisal Ability to benefit from job performance appraisal to solve administrative problems and develop performance 10-1/1 Developing Job Performance Appraisal Form Instruct the trainees on how to develop a selected form of job performance appraisal Total Course Credits Course Code (11) : Human By-Laws and Procedures 11-1/1 Policies of Developing By-Laws Governing Human Affairs 11-1/ Factors Influencing the Policy of Developing of By-Laws Regulating Human Affairs 11-1/ Importance and Objectives of By-Laws Regulating Human 11-1/ Major Elements Comprising the Implementation Rules of Work in Human 11-1/5 Main Procedures of Human in the Organization 11-1/ Forms Used in Human Ability to understand policies governing the Developing of by-laws regulating human resources affairs Ability to identify the factors influencing the policy of Developing by-laws regulating human resources Ability to identify the importance and objectives of by-laws regulating human resources Ability to identify the major factors of the laws regulating work in human resources Ability to apply the main procedures of human resources management in the organization Ability to understand the main forms used in the human resources management effectively 11-1/7 Developing Procedures and Forms Ability to develop procedures and forms used in the human resources management based on the common principles of procedures development Total Course Credits 51 Course Code (1) : Field Training 1-1/1 Field Training Ability to apply knowledge, capabilities and skills acquired in the program 0 Program Total Credits: 75 17