 Welcome to the MOOC course on Human Resources Management. My name is Aradha Malik. I am an assistant professor in Vinod Gupta School of Management Indian Institute of Technology. And I will be helping you go through this course. Let me tell you what the course is all about. Management of human resources which means the output that human beings produce, the work that they do in any organization is of utmost importance in any organization. So that is the most important function in any organization and it is very essential to achieve a balance between caring for one's employees and getting the maximum output from them or helping them achieve their maximum potential. So, this course is specifically designed to sensitize you, the students of this course to who are preparing to enter the workforce to issues related to workforce management or management of the people and their output and their concerns within any organization. Various topics that we will be covering in this course are staffing and recruitment, performance management and appraisal process, training and development, management of careers, compensation management, performance and incentives, salaries, benefits and services, employee relations and strategic human resources management. And I will try and make myself available to you at least twice during this course. Hopefully, once after the 10th session and once after the 20th session, I hope to be with you live to address any questions that you may have. If more such interactions are required and possible, we will still try and work those out with you. So, welcome to this course. My contact information should be with you in the syllabus or outline that has been provided to you and I hope to interacting more with you and learning from you and also sharing what I know with you. Thank you.