KERALA PSC EXAM SYLLABUS
DETAILED SYLLABUS OF ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICER
(KERALA STATE CASHEW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD)
1. Human Resources
Management
HRM, -Functions of
HR-Advisory, Service functional guidance - Manpower Planning:Demand and Supply
Forecasting, Scheduling - Job Analysis- Job Description, Job Specification, Job
Design, Job Evaluation - Recruitment and Selection Toolsadvantagesand
Limitations- Use of Application Blanks, Weighted Application Blanks,
Interviewing, Psychological Tests. Concepts of learning, training, educationand
development; theories of learning - Principles of learning; Types of Intelligence;Identifying
the training needs, Principles of training and development, PerformanceAppraisal,
Management by Objectives, Types / Methods of Training and Development.Training
Evaluation
2. Industrial Relations
Evolution of industrial
relations and industrial conflicts -Trade Union Movement -
Collective Bargaining;
Concept, approaches, types, perquisites and process-.
Collective agreements -
Conciliation, Arbitration and Adjudication- National
Commission on Labour- Code
of Discipline- principles-code of conduct-Industrial
truce resolution -
Grievance; Concept, Significance, and methods of redressal
3. Organisational
Behaviour
Hawthorne Studies - organizational behaviour approach;
Theoretical framework for OB- Cognitive,
Behaviouristic and Social learning models -Personality, Learningand
Attitudes-Personality- Perception -Groups Behaviour and Group dynamics-Group
Norms - Leadership- Power, sources of power-Conflict and Stress in Organizations;
intra-individual conflict, interpersonal conflict, inter group conflict and
structural conflicts in organizations- Stress, types of stress causes -Organisational
Climate -Job satisfaction
PART-II. SOCIOLOGY
Evolution of Industrial
Society French Revolution, Characteristics of Industrial
Society—Foundations of
Industrial Sociology –Conflict perspectives—Structural
functional Perspective—Industrial
Organisation, Organisational Culture, group
behaviour, Power politics.
Industrial Bureaucracy (Max
Weber), Technocracy, Industrial Social revolution,
Social interaction,
Leadership, Management bonded labour, Child labour.
Indian Industrial Workers—Skilled
and unskilled—Method of Wage Fixation,
unorganized sector,
Collective bargaining, Nature of Industrial Conflict, Growth of Trade Union—Functions
of Trade Unions--Features of Cashew Industry in Kerala, female workers in
cashew factory in Kerala—Social status, Welfare measures.
PART-III. LAW
Origin and Development of
Trade Unionism, Special features of Industrial
Jurisprudence, Social
justice and Industrial Law, Conflict Settlement, Need for state
regulation, Concept of
Collective Bargaining.
Statutes
1.Trade Unions Act, 1926
2.
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Regulation of Service
conditions, Disciplinary matters, Domestic enquiry, Unfair
Labour Practices.
Statutes
Industrial Employment
Standing Orders Act, 1946
Concepts of Social
Security, I.L.O., Social Security measures against Employment
injuries, Social Insurance
and Social Assistance.
Statutes
1. Workmen’s Compensation
Act, 1923
2. Employees State
Insurance Act, 1948
3. Employees Provident Fund
(Family Pension Fund and Deposit Linked
Insurance
Fund) Act, 1952
Maternity Benefits, Retiral benefits, Security of Employment, Economic and Welfare
Measures, Protection of Women and Children.Statutes
1.Maternity Benefit Act, 1972
2. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
3. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
4. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
5. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
6. The factories Act, 1948
Measures, Protection of Women and Children.Statutes
1.Maternity Benefit Act, 1972
2. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
3. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
4. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
5. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
6. The factories Act, 1948
PART-IV. Facts about India
Geography of India- Physical Features- Climate-Soils- Rivers- Famous Sites – Etc
Demography- Economic and Social Development-Poverty Alleviation-Economy and
Planning-Etc
History of India- Period from 1857 to 1947- National Movement- Etc.
PART-V. Facts about Kerala
Geographical Facts- Physical Features- Climate-Soils- Rivers- Famous Sites – Etc
Renaissance of Kerala
Important Events/ Movements/Leaders
Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi, Chattampi Swami, Sree Narayana Guru,
Vagbhatananda, Thycaud Ayya, Ayya Vaikundar, Poikayil Yohannan (Kumara Guru),
Ayyankali, Pandit Karuppan, Mannathu Padmanabhan, V.T.Bhattathirippad, Dr. Palpu,
Kumaranasan, Vakkom Moulavi, Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Etc
