Human Resource Management

About the Course

Purpose:  The most critical component of health systems is the health professionals. They are designated as Human Resources for Health (HRH).  Managing these HRH effectively is a prime requirement in building the reputation of your organisation. Every doctor managing the peripheral health facilities must be familiar with the HRH issues, dealt in this unit.

Time: Three hours

Authors: Prof. Shiv Chandra Mathur, Public Health Specialist, EU-ITS, NIHFW, New Delhi; Chair, Asia-Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health; and Dr. Utsuk Datta, Professor, NIHFW, New Delhi

Prerequisite: It may be noted that this unit deals with conceptual issues of human resource management. The PDC in e-learning mode has a separate specific course on Organisation Behaviour (C5_U1; C5_U2; C5_U3; C5_U4); a unit on office procedures (C1_U6) in this course and a unit on IPC (C3_U2) in the course on Health Communication. You are advised to do all these units before starting this unit.