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ry

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCE ADVANCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO

POSTGRADUATE

DIPLOMA IN

HUMAN

RESOURCE

ADVANCEMENT (AMENDMENT)

By

LAWS

NO.

!.q.

OF

2009

By Laws made by the Council of the University of Colombo under Section 135 of the Universities Act No.

1*_

16 of 1978 and its subsequent amendments.

BY LAWS

These

by

Laws may

be

cited as.,the

Postgraduate

Diploma

in

Human

Resource Advancement (Amendment) By Laws No.

/*

of 2009

24.

Scheme of Examination:

24.1

The PGDiploma examination shall consist of eight (08) examination papers within two semesters. Each examination paper shall be of three (03) hours duration except the extended essay. Topics of courses and their arrangement within two semesters are given in schedules.

24.3

An Extended Essay

24.3,1 The topic of the Extended Essay to be submitted by each students at the PGDiploma examination should be approved by the Board

24.3.2 The Extended Essay should be prepared under the supervision of a supervisor appointed by

the Board

24.3.3 The Extended Essay should be minimum of 44 size 30 pages and as instructed by the Board. 24.3.4 The maximum marks awarded for the Extended Essay shall be 100%.

25.2 Pass Mark :

The Pass Mark in each paper / Extended Essay shall be 50%. 25

3

Pass

25.3.1 A candidate shall be deemed to have passed the PGDiploma Examination if

a)

s/ he has passed all subjects in both semester examinations; or

s/he has passed at least three subjects and obtain one 'D' grade in

the remaining subjects in each semester examination and

b)

s/he has passed the extended essay

25.4

Conditions for completion of the examination

A candidate who has not passed at least two subjects in one semester examination shall be deemed to have failed that semester examination

25'.4.3

A

referred candidate

is

also eligible

to

retain

one

"D" grade

for

a

subject

in

each semester

exainination except for the Extended Essay" Of the section 24-3

25.6

Merit Pass and Distinction

Merit pass shall be awarded to candidate who satisfies the following minimum conditions

l.

Passes in

all

subjects in the first attempt including the Extended Essay

F

--!EGF

Semester One

PGDHRA 0'l

-

Management Process & Practice (3C)

'

PGDHRA 02

-

Managerial Economics (3C)

PGDHRA 03

-

lndustrial Relations

and

Labour Law (3C)

PGDHRA 04

Business Mathematics & Statistics (3C)

Semester Two

PGDHRA 05

-

Human Resource Management (3C)

PGDHRA 06

-

Organizational Behaviour (3C)

pGDHRA 07 -

Scientific Aspects of Human Behaviour

&

Psychology (3C)

PGDHRA 08

-

Human Resource Accounting (3C)

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCE ADVANCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO

BY LAWS OF THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN HUMAN RESOURCE ADVANCEMENT

By Laws made by the Council of the University of Colombo under Section 135 of the Universities Act No. 16

^( 1978 and its subsequent amendments.

BY LAWS

1.

These By Laws may be cited as the Postgraduate Diploma in Human ResourceAdvancement By Laws No 05 of2007

PART I-GENERAL

2.

Subject

to

these

By

Laws,

a

student may

be

awarded

the

Postgraduate Diploma

in

Human

Resource Advancement (hereinafter referred

as

"PGDiploma")

_{of the}

_University

_of

Colombo (hereinafter referred as "University"),

if

s/he

(a)

has been admitted

to

the

lnstitute

of

Human Resource Advancement, University of Colombo (hereinafter referred to as the "lnstitute") as

a

student under the lnstitute of

Human Resource Advancement Ordinance;

(b)

has been a duly registered student of the lnstitute for the period prescribed for course of

study leading to the PGDiploma and his registration continues to be in force;

(c)

has been selected

to

follow

a

course

of

study leading

to

the

PGDiploma

on

being

*

_{admitted as} permitted by the Admission Criteria described in these By Laws;

(d)

has completed to the satisfaction of the Vice-Chancellor the courses of study for each of

the examinations leading to the final examination for the PGDiploma prescribed by these By Laws and the Regulations and Rules made by the University in respect of each of the examinations leading to the said PGDiploma.

(e)

has passed all the examinations leading to

the

PGDiploma.

(f)

has paid such fees as may have been prescribed by the lnstitute and any other dues

payable by her/him

to

the lnstitute; and

(g)

has fulfilled all other conditions and requirements as may have been prescribed

by

these By Laws and the Regulations and the Rules of the University.

3.

There may be a Coordinator appointed by the Director on the recommendation by the Board of

Study on Human Resource Education Programs (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") and the

Academic Syndicate of the lnstitute (hereinafter referred to as the "Syndicate"). lt shall be the duty of the Coordinator to ensure the smooth conduct of the program. S/he shall discharge his/ her functions under the direction and supervision of the Director and sihe shall be responsible to the Director for the due discharge of the functions. S/he shall get the approval of the Director

relating

to

the academic matters relevant

to

the PGDiploma. The Director shall, wherever

appropriate, place such matters before the Board for its concurrence or prior approval.

4.

Applications

to

be considered

for

registration for the Diploma programme shall be invited by

notice in the national newspapers and public

notices.

A

person who whishes

to

become a

candidate for the Diploma programme shall make an application with the payment of prescribed fees to the Registrar of the lnstitute (hereinafter referred to as the "Registrar") when the Diploma

9.

10.

2

I

Applications received by the Registrar shall be referred to the Coordinator of the programme.

The Coordinator, having examined the applications for necessary basic qualifications, shall call the candidates who have basic requirements

for

an admission test and/

or

interview.

The candidates to be enrolled shall be recommended to the Syhdicate for approval. On acceptance

by the institute

a

person shall forthwith register as

a

student of the lnstitute/ University upon payment of the prescribed registration and other fees.

The minimum period

of

registration for the Diploma programme shall be one academic year period

_of

registration.

The

period

of

registration

shall

be

counted

from

the

date

of

commencement of the programme.

A student who is accepted as a candidate for the Diploma programme shall devote his/ her time

to

his/her studies

at the

lnstitute and attend

at,

participate _{and take part}

in at

least such percentage of lectures, discussions, assignments, field programs as prescribed by the lnstitute. No student shall keep away from classes or leave the island, or withdraw from examination or a

classroom/ field program without prior written approval from

the lnstitute.

Any student who

breaches

this

provision

will

be

dealt

with

disciplinarily

and

debarred

from

entering an examination, final and/ or in-course.

The registration for the Diploma programme shall be deemed to have lapsed at the expiry of its

perlod

of validity.

The

candidate whose registration has

so

lapsed

may

renew

his/

her registration for a further period, after making any prescribed payment by the student, provided

that

si

he is considered eligible for such registration by the lnstitute. However, no registration

shall be renewed after

the

expiry

of

two academic years from the end

of

the first year of

registration or such further period as may be decided by the Senate on the recommendation of the Syndicate. Any such candidate shall be required to seek registration for Diploma programme

afresh is

s/

he failed

to

obtain the diploma even after the expiry

of

the permitted period of

registration, in competition with new application with new applicants, under rules in force at the time of seeking such fresh registration

Notwithstanding anything stated

to

the tontrary, the lnstitute shall have

the

right

to

cancel the registration of a candidate at any time for cause assigned.

The eligibility to apply for admission as

a

student to the PGDiploma of the lnstitute rests on the following conditions.

EITHER

a -

Graduate of a recognized university OR

b -

Professional or any other qualification approved by the lnstitute AND

c

-

The candidate should sit an aptitude test and/ or face an interview conducted by

the lnstitute to selection to the PGDiploma and reach the qualifying standards as determined by the lnstitute.

Subject to these By Laws, the minimum period of study for the PGDiploma shall be one academic year.

The PGDiploma shall consist of subjects prescribed by these By Laws, Regulations and Rules of

the University.

The subjects and the syllabuses in each subject and the structure of examination leading to the PGDiploma shall be those set out in the Schedules to these By Laws.

The Senate shall have the authority on the recommendation of the Syndicate, to amend, add

to, vary and repeat the subjects and syllabuses set out in the Schedule by regulations passed for the purpose relating

to

any of

the

examinations leading

to the PGDiploma.

Due notice shall be given to the students of any such amendments, changes or additions.

11.

12

14.

15.

17. Each of the examinations leading to the PGDiploma shall be held once for each batch of students on the completion of the relevant subjects of the course of study. A student shall not be permitted

to

take an

examination unless

the

Director

of the

lnstitute

shall

have certified

that

s/he

has

completed

the

Course/ Courses

of

study

for the

examination

by

attending such proportions of classes, submitted assignments

and

other forms

of

instructions

in

the

subject matter

of

each subject for that examination as may be prescribed by the Senate of the University.

9. The examinations prescribed by these By Laws shall be conducted by

a

Board of Examiners appointed by

the

Council

of the

University

on the

recommendation

of

the

Senate and the Syndicate of the institute.

The Board of Examiners,

a)

shall have

the

power, if

the

Senate has so decided on

the

recommendation of the Syndicate, to test any candidate in writing and/ or orally or to adopt any other forms af evaluation, and

b)

may

take

into

consideration

the

tutorials, assignments, classroom presentations,

practical

courses/field work done during any course

of

study

by

each student and

prescribed for any of the examinations.

A

candidate shall present him/ herself for each examination leading to

the

PGDiploma on the first occasion on which the examination is held after the completion of the course of study for

that

examination. However,

that

it

shall

be

within

the

power

of

the

Senate,

on

the recommendation of the Syndicate,

to

permit any student to sit on a subsequent occasion rf s/

he has been prevented

tram

sitting

the

examination due

to

illness

or any

other reasonable cause.

A candidate shall be deemed to have sat the scheduled examinations after the completion of the course of study irrespective of the fact whether s/he has actually sat or not, unless the Senate is

satisfied that s/he has been prevented from sitting the examination due

to

illness or any other reasonable cause.

A candidate who fails to complete any"other subjects of the PGDiploma examination in the first attempt shall be eligible to re-sit that component, or the examination Paper/ Papers, as the case may be, on the next two (02) consecutive occasions.

No

candidate

may

forgo

an

attempt unless

s/he

is

exempted

by the

Senate

on

the recommendation of the Syndicate on medical or other grounds. lf however, a candidate forgoes a chance without the permission of the Senate that chance too will be considered as an attempt exhausted.

No candidate shall be considered

to

have passed

the

PGDiploma examination unless s/he has passed the examination

as

prescribed by these By Laws and any other regulations and

Rules made by the University.

19

20.

21.

22.

4

PART

II-

EXAMINATION

24"

Scheme of Examination:

24.1

The PGDiploma examination shall consr'sf of eight (08) subjects within fr#o sernesters.

Each

Replacedby

--

examinatian paper

far

a

subiect except

the

Extended Essay shatl

be

of

three {A3}

hours

_{ffit",||"'":"J,}

\

duratian excepf

the

extended essay.

fopics

of

courses

and their

arrangement witlzin

twa ,ffi "

"^

sernesters are given in scheduJes.

24.2

The maximum marks awarded for each of the above papers shall be 100% and marks will be allocated as follows:

Participation at

lectures

10% ln-course

evaluation

30%

Written

test

60%

24.3

An Extended Fssay

24.3.1

The topic

of

the Extended Essay ta

be

submitted

by

each students

at

the

mt"ffilll""

PGDiplama examinatian should be approved

by

the

Board

laws

no

of 2009

24.3.2 The

Extended

Essay shauld

be

prepared

under

the

supervisian

of

a

supervisor appainted by the Board

24.3.3 The Extended Essay

shauld be

minimum

af

A4

sxe

30

pag€s and

as

instructed by the Board.

,.

24.3.4

The maximum marks awarded for the Extended Essay shall be 1A0%.

25,

Determination of Results 25.1 Grades.

A

candidate's performance in each subject shall be graded according to the following criteria:

A

-

75o/o

lo

100%

B

-

6o0/o to 74o/o

C

-

50% to 59%

D

-

40o/o lo 49o/o

E

-

39Yo or less 25

2

Pass Mark :

The Pass Mark in each paper I Extended Essay shall be

50%.

Replaced by

amendment By

25.3

Pass

_{laws no... ... of}

\*

_{25. 3.1}

_A

_{candidate shatt be deemed to have passed the PGDiptama Examinatisn}

_if

2009

a)

s/ he

ftas

passed

alt

subjects in both semesfer examinations;

ar

'sy'he Jras passed

at

least fhree subjects

and abtain

ene

'D'

grade in

the remaining sublecfs in each seffesfer examinatian

and

b)

s/he ftas passed ffie exfended essay

Replaced by

25.4

Canditions for completian of the

examination

ame'dmenr By

A

candidate

wha

has

nof

passe

d at

teast

two

subjects

in

ore

sernesfer

laws

no

of

25.4.1

A

candidate who has not passed

at

the first sitting shall be allowed

to

repeat on two subsequent attempts within the next two academic years, for the whole examination or the referred subjecV subjects as the case may be.

25.4.2

A

repeat candidate who subsequently satisfies the requirement

of

section 24.3

or

24.4

above on repeating the examination, passes in his referred subject/subjects or the whole examination as the case may be, at a subsequent sitting, shall be deemed to have passed

the PGDiploma Examination.

2$.4.3

A

referred candidate

is

a/so etigible

ta

retain

one

"D"

grade

far

a

subject

in

each semssfer examination excepf far the Extended Essay. Af ffie section 23-S

25.5.

Any student who does not obtain a pass at the PGDiploma Examination within three (03) Academic Years from the date on which s/ he was first registered as a PGDiploma student

shall cease to be

a student

of the lnstitute unless the Senate of the University decided otherwise on a recommendation of the lnstitute.

25

6

Merit Pass and Distinction

Merit pass shall be awarded to candidate who satisfies the following nrrnimum conditicns

l.

Passes in

all

subjeets in tlte finst attempt including the Fxtencied Essay

il.

Passes in all

s*bjects

including the Extended Essay in the

first

attempt ior deemed

first

atten'lpt) with an overall average of 75% or rnore.

Distinction Pass shall be awarded to candidate who satisfies the following minimum conditions.

passes in

all

subjects in the first attempt (or deemed first attempt) with an overall average score of 75o/o or more

PART III _{-.iNTERPRETATION} Unless the context otherwise requires, in these By Laws.

"

University

"

means the University of Colombo established under the Universities Act No.16 of

'1978 _{as amended.}

"Council" means the Council of the University of Colombo constituted by Act No.16

of

1978 as amended.

"Senate" means the Senate of the University of Colombo constituted by the

Universities

Act

No. 16 of 1978 as amended.

"lnstitute" means

the

lnstitute

of

Human Resource Advancement established under the

Ordinance No.1

of

2006

for the

lnstitute

of

Workers' Education established under the Ordinance No.1 1 of 1979 made by Univqrsity Grants Commission.

"Director" means the Director, Acting Director of the lnstitute or any other Officer authorized by the University to perform the duties of the Office of the Director of the lnstitute.

"Registrar" means the Registrar, Acting Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Senior Assistant Registrar,

Assistdnt Registrar or any other Officer authorized to perform the duties of the Office of the Registrar for the lnstitute.

"Syndicate" means the Academic Syndicate of the lnstitute.

"Board" means the "Board of Study on Human Resource Education Programs" of the lnstitute

27.

The "PGDiploma in Human Resource Advancement" is abbreviated as "PGDipHRA"

6

28.

The Vice Chancellor of the University shall have the authority, in consultation of the Director of the

'

_{lnstitute, to take such action or give such direction not inconsistent with the principles underlying}

the provisions of these By Laws, as appears

to

him/ her

to

be necessary

or

expedient for the

purpose of removing any difficulties that may arise in the interpretation of these provisions or for which there is not provision in these By Laws.

29.

Any question regarding

the

interpretation of these By Laws shall be referred

to

the Council

l*

whose decision thereon shall be final

The

Schedule

fSublects)

Management Process & Practice (3C) Managerial Ecanomics (3C)

lndustrilil

Relations

and

Labaur Law (3C) Business Mathematics & Sfafisfics (3C)

Human Resource Management (3C)

A rgan izatio nal Beh av io u r (3C)

Scientific Aspecfs of Human Eehaviour

&

Psycholagy (3C)

Human Resource Accounting (3C)

SYLLABI

PGDHRA 01 - Management Process & Practice

Definitions

of

Management, Key concepts, Managerial Process, Managers, Managerial Levels. Roles and skills of Managers. Planning and Decision Making, Decision making and problem solving

techniques and models of decision-making, The basics of Planning, planning process, Planning

tools

and

techniques, Organizing Function Organization principles,

Formal

and

informal

organizations, Organizational structure, Centralization Vs decentralization, Delegation of authority

departmentalization. Leading - The concept of leadership and leadership theories, Motivation, The

motivation process, Theories

of

motivation, Strategies for increasing motivation, The Controlling

Function, Foundations of control, Types of control, Financial Vs non financial

control,

Social

Responsibility

and

Managerial Ethics,

The

concept

of

social responsibility, Managerial ethics,

Current issues in Management, Total quality management, Japanese management systems and other current issues.

PGDHRA 02 - Managerial Economics

lntroduction

to

managerial economics, _{_,Firm} and its objectives, Alternative theories of the firm,

Profit maximization process, Demand analysis, Demand estimation and forecasting

_,

Business

applications

of

production and cost

analysis,

Market structure analysis, Pricing practices and strategies, lnvestment decision making, agency theory, transaction cost

analysis,

Government regulations, Sri Lankan and World economic and business environment.

PGDHRA 03 - lndustrial Relations and Labour Law

lntroduction, The employer

_-

employee relationship,

The

relationship between

the

parties,

Terms

&

conditions

of

contract

of

employment

relationship,

Termination

of

employment,

Dispute settlement mechanism, Legal framework

of

Union organization and labour relations,

Enforcement

of

Legal provisions, Changing nature and scope

of the

employment Law with special emphasis on the recent economics reforms and globalization, Role of the law and state in shaping labour laws in the present economic and social context.

PGDHRA 04 - Business Mathematics and Statistics

Fundamental concepts of algebra, Mathematical operations, Factors, indices, Equations, Arithmetic

and geometric series, Mathematics

of

finance, Scope and nature

of

Statistics, Data Collection, Sampling methods, Data Organizing and presentation, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of

Dispersion, Regression and correlation Analysis.

'_

_{DHRA 05}

_-

_{Human Resource Management}

The foundation for understanding the relationship between HRM and Overall business, Role of

HRM,

Organization

of

HR

function, organizational

climate

and

culture,

framework for understanding HRM, Functional/technical domain of HRD, lnfrastructure for HRM, HR Planning and Sourcing Human Talent, Performance Management, Human Resource Development or

HRD, Compensation

and

Benefits, Environment, Health

and

safety

or

EHS, System and

information Management, Employee Relations.

New

Paradigms

of

HRM,

Labour market institutions in Transition and Wrap-up

PGDHRA

06

- Organizational Behaviour

The Foundation of Studying Organizational Behaviour, Components of an organization, formal

and informal organization, what

is

OB and explain challenges and opportunities for the OB,

Human behavior

_,

improving people skills, helping employees balance work/life conflicts and

8

system

perspective,

the

contingency perspective,

and

internationalism.

Organizational Behaviour at lndividual Level , Foundation of individual behavior, dimensions and levels of self,

attitudes, organizational application of attitudes perceptions and learning, motivation meaning

and organizational applications

of

motivation concepts and managing stress, Organizational

Behaviour

at

Group Level, Group

dynamics,

formal

and

informal

group

behavior and organizational communication.

-GDHRA ₀₇

_-

_{Scientific Aspects of Human Behaviour, Bioethics & Psychology} Scientific Aspects of Human Behaviour

lntroduction, Human development through embryo, Status

of

Homo sapience

in the

animal

kingdom, Genes

and

genetic inheritance

of

characters, lnfluence

of

inheritance

and

social environment on behaviour, Human-nature and man as a social animal, Darwin's theory of evolution

and human evolution, lmportance of family and monogamy in human civilization, Stabilization of

behavioral patterns through generations, Male-female nature

and

reproduction, Male-female behaviour in society, Childcare and life long education, Psychosocial study of different age groups

of

man,

A

balanced person

and

social

health, Diversity

in

human

race,

Developed and underdeveloped status of nations/ man.

Bioethics

lntroduction, Human Rights and Bioethics

_-

Unesco declaration, Relationship

of

bioethics to

philosophy and science, Historical developments and use of the terms ethics and bioethics, Relationship of moral and ethical values, Western and oriental concepts, basic concepts of right

& wrong, cultural and social influence on the basic concept, Code of ethics, difference from

rules & regulations and self imposed nature, Relationship to religions and traditions, Current

applications

in

modern sciences

and

related areas,

As an

indication

of

advanced human resource.

Psychology & Counselling

lntroduction

to Psychology,

lntroduction to Counselling, Understanding Common Psychological Disorders, Miscellan ies topics,

PGDHRA

_-

08 Human Resource Accounting

lntroduction

to

HRA

for

managerial planning

and

control: lmportance

and

needs

of

HRA;

Development

of

HRA; HRA

for

effective HRM, Accumulation, Allocation

and

Analysis of Recruitment cost

of

Human Resources, Accumulation, Allocation and Analysis

of

Training and Development cost of Human Resources, Cost of Remunerating organizational Human Resources;

Service cost

of

employees, Bonus and lncentive payments, Gratuity payment, Profit sharing ,

Welfare

investments, lnvestments

in

organizational

Human

Resources;

HR

lnvestments,

Replacement

cost,

Return

on

HR

lnvestments, Relevant

cost

of

decisions

in

managing organizational HR, Controlling organizational HR, Measurements and Reporting of HR

Amended

sections

of

the By

Laws

of

the

Postgraduate

Diploma

in

Human

Resource Advancement.

23.

t1 I

Scheme of Examination:

Ylt* FG}ipfarna

examination

sfia/l

cansrsf

sf

eisht

(48)

exaninatiofi

pape{s

within

twa serncsfers. Facfu

exarninati*n paper

shall

he

af

three

_{03}

hours

durati*n exc*pf

ffte exf*nc/ed e$say. ?-opics of courses and their arrange{nent within fw# sernesfers are given ir.t

.scn*du/cs.

An Extended Essay

23.3.1

The topic af the Extended Essay to be submitted by each sfudenfs af fhe PGDiplama examination should be approved by the Eaard

25.4.3 The Extended Essay

should

be prepared under fhe supervrsion

of

a

supenvfsor appainted by the Baard

25.4.4 The Extended Essay should be minirnum of

A4

si4e 30 pages and

as

instructed by

the

9oard.

25.4.5

The rnaxirnum marks awarded for the Extended Essay shatt be 10A%.

24.

Determination of Results

24.3

Pass

24. 3.1 A candidate shall be deemed to have passed the PGDiploma Examination

\--

"

u) sl

he

has

passed

alt

subjecfs

in

both

serne$fer examinatians;

'br

s/he has passed af /easf three subjecfs and obtain ene ,D,

grade in

the

remaining

subjects

in

each

semesfer examination

and

b)

s/he has passed the extended essay

24.4

Conditions for completion of the examination

,4

candidate

wha

has

nof

passed

at

least

fwo

subjecfs

fn

one

semesfar examination shallbe deemed ta have faited that semester examinatian

24.4.3

A

referred candidate l's

also

eligible

to

retain

one

"D"

grade

far

a

subjeet

in

eaclt seffesfer examination except for the Extended Essay. Of the section 23-3

29.

Any question regarding the interpretation

of

these

8y

Laws shall be referred to the Councit whose deeision thereon shall be final

Ifie

Schedule

SemesfelQ4e

PGDHRA m

-

Management Process & Practice {3C)

PGfrHRA A2 -

Managerial Econamics _{3C)

PGDfIRA

A3 -

hdustrialRelafions and

Labour Law (3C)

P#DHRA

A4 -

Eusiness Mathematics & Sfafisfics _f3Cl Semeslgr IVfo

PGDHRA AS -

Hurnan Resource Management (3C)

PGOF/RA 06

-

Organizatianal Behaviour (3C)

PGDHRA A7 -

Sclentifie Aspecfs of Human Behaviaur

&

Psychology {3C}

PGDHRA 08

-

Human Resource Accounting _{3C)