Master of Personnel Management is a postgraduate level course related to personal and HR functions of an organization. The course is offered as a 2-year full time course. The course study helps the candidate to gain adequate professional skills and competence to achieve the functions of human resource development and management. The course study offers theoretical and practical training to participants to carry out the conceptual and operational functions of management.

The course study has much relevance in the present era, as human resources act as a vital factor in achieving productivity and profitability. The course study covers every aspect of personnel management, labor welfare, organizational behavior, industrial grievance handling, law, IT, trade unions, industrials relations etc. The course offers practical exposure to Personnel Management through internship programs, industrial visits, project survey, and so on. Those who gain industrial experience can perform well in the role of personal managers or HR managers in HR departments of top-level companies.

Advantages or Benefits of Master of Personnel Management Course

The course study provides the candidates with enough managerial and business skills to plan and manage the employees of the organization. By employing efficient HR strategies, the firm can achieve optimum productivity and improved growth. Interested candidates can go with higher educations programs as well. After completion of the course, the candidate can go with PhD programs in the concerned area of management. The most important benefit of the course study is that candidates can enormous job opportunities with rewarding salary packages in the field of personnel management.

Eligibility required for Master of Personnel Management Course

The candidates who have completed graduation (in any stream) from a reputed institution are eligible for the postgraduate course. Most of the institutions consider candidates with 50% marks for the admission process. Candidates having these much qualifications have to go through the entrance exams conducted by the institute to get qualified for the course study. Those who possess enough score in common entrance exams such as in CAT/MAT/ATMA/ GMAT/MHCET etc are exempted from the written test conducted by the institute. Candidates are short listed on the basis of the marks of the entrance test and will be called for further admission process.

Admission procedure of Master of Personnel Management Course

Notification concerning admission of master of Personnel Management course is published in the official website of the institution /University that offers the course. This covers details regarding the existing number of seats, admission process, the ways to collect and fill the application form, and so on. The candidate has to understand the guidelines given in the advertisement and act accordingly. They have to remit some fee before collecting the form. Once the form is obtained, it must be filled and submitted to the end before deadline date.

How to fill application forms for Master of Personnel Management Course?

The information brochure including details on filling application should be provided at the time of collecting the same or it can be obtained from the official site of the institute. The candidate has to go through and understand the details given in the information booklet before start filling the application. The filled form should be accompanied with relevant documents mentioned in the notification.

Colleges offering Master of Personnel Management Course

• AKI’s Poona Institute of Management Sciences & Entrepreneurship
• Poona College Campus,Pune, Maharashtra
• Arihant Institute of Management Studies (AIMS), (Near Pulgate Bus Stand) Solapur Bazar, Pune, Maharashtra
• Asian Institute of Management Studies, S.No.48/7 at Narhe Tal. Haveli Pune, Maharashtra
• Institute of Business Management & Research, MIDC, Block C, Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra
• MAEER’s MIT School of Management, S.No.123, Saraswati Vishwa Building,”A” Wing, 3rd Floor, MIT Campus, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra
• Neville Wadia Institute of Management Studies & Research, 19, V.K.Joag Path, Pune, Maharashtra
• North Maharashtra University, P.O Box No.80, Umavi Nagar, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
• Pratibha Institute of Management Studies, Block No: D-III Plot No. 3 behind Mehta Hospital off Mumbai-Pune Road Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra
• Prestige College of Management & Technology, Shastri Campus, S. No. 85, NDA Road, Shivane, Pune, Maharashtra
• Sinhgad Business School, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra
• Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Computer Application, Gat No.309/310, Kusgaon(Bk), Lonavala Off Mumbai-Pune Express Way, Taluka Maval Pune, Maharashtra
• Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Research, S.No.40/4A+4B/1,Near PMC Octroi Post, Kondhwa-Saswad Road, Kondhwa, Pune, Maharashtra
• Sinhgad Institute of Management, S.No.44/1, Vadgaon (BK) Off-Sinhgad Road, Pune, Maharashtra
• Sinhgad Institute of Management and Computer Applications, S.No.49, Off Westerly Bypass, Pune-Mumbai Express Way, Narhe Pune, Maharashtra
• Suryadatta Institute of Management & Information Research (SIMIR), Sadashiv Peth, Vijayanagar Colony, Pune, Maharashtra
• University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra
• University of Bangalore, Bangalore

Course Curriculum of Master of Personnel Management Course

Semester-I

• Principles & Practices of Management & Organizational Behavior
• Industrial & Labor Economics
• Human Resource Management
• Industrial Psychology
• Labor Laws
• Field Work Report (Internal)

Semester-II

• Labor Welfare & Industrial Hygiene
• Statistical Techniques & Research Methodology
• Industrial Relations & Trade Union
• Personnel Administration & System Procedures
• Labor Laws – II
• Basics of IT (Internal)

Semester-III

• Training & Development
• Industrial Safety
• Labor Costing & Compensation Management
• Project Report (Viva) External
• Labor Laws – III
• Global HR (Internal)

Semester-IV

• Organization Development & Quality Management System
• Strategic HRM & Corporate Planning
• Cases in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations
• Marketing Management
• Labor Laws – IV
• Current Trends in HRM (Internal)

Text Books on Master of Personnel Management Course

• A Text Book of Business Communication, by Chappel R.T and Red W.L. Macdonald
• Accounting For Human Resources, by Rakesh Chandra Katiyar
• Cases in Human Resource Management by M.N. Rudrabasavaraj,
• Communications in Business, by P. Littele
• Excellence in Business Communication, by John V. Thill and Court Land L. Bovee
• Executive Business Communication, by Hetra Murphy, Herbest W. Hilde
• Human Resource Accounting, by D. Prabhakar Rao
• Human Resource Accounting by M.V. Hodrigues
• Human Resources Management and Human Relations, by Michael V.P
• Management Theory and Practice, by Emest Dale
• Managing Organizational Behavior, by Schermerhorn, Hunt and Osborn
• Principles and Practices of management by shejwalkar
• Essential of management by Koontz H and Weitrich
• Principles and practices of Management by T. N. Chabra
• Management by Stomen and Jane
• Organizational behavior by Stephen Robbins
• Organizational behavior by Keith & Davis
• Organizational behavior by Fred and Luthans
• Organizational Behavior by K. A. Ashwatthapa
• Performance Appraisal: Assessing Human behavior At Work, by H. John Bernardin and Richard W. Betty
• Personnel / Human Resource Management - A Diagnostic Approach, by George T. Milkoviah and John W. Bourdeau
• Practice of Management, by Peter Drucker
• Principles of Management, by George R. Ter R Y and Franklin
• Principles of Management, by Harold D. Koontz
• Reengineering the Corporation, by Michael Hammer and James Champy
• The Age of the Smart Machine, by Shoshana Zuboff
• Windows into Organizations, by John W. Newstorm and Jhon L. Pierce

Job and Career Opportunities after Master of Personnel Management Course

The main responsibility of the Personal Managers is the efficient and productive use of the skills and talents of the employees of the organization. These professionals can get employed in HR section of multinational companies, public and private industries, financial sector, IT sector, and so on. They can also find opportunities as HR consultants serving the employee needs of the client organization. The main employment areas for personal managers are mentioned here.

• Academics
• Career Counseling
• Corporate HRM
• Cross-cultural Management
• HR consulting
• International HRM
• Recruitment consulting
• Training & Development

Remuneration after Master of Personnel Management Course

Upon completion of MPM course, the candidate can get in to junior level profiles in any of the firms mentioned above. The candidate can’t expect much salary at the initial level. The salary packages depend on the reputation of the employing organization and the job profile assigned to the individual. The candidate can expect a salary package with in the range of Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 12, 000/- per month at the initial level. This may rise to the level of Rs.20, 000/- to Rs. 25,000/- per month with in one year in established organizations.