HPSC Manager Syllabus 2026 - Check Subject Knowledge Test Exam Pattern

The Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has released the Subject Knowledge Test exam pattern and syllabus for the post of Manager (Personnel) (Group-A) in Haryana State Warehousing Corporation (HSWC), against Advertisement No. 01/2026 (published 01/01/2026). This article covers the complete exam scheme, marking pattern, qualifying criteria, interview weightage, and unit-wise syllabus as announced by HPSC on 13/08/2026, so candidates can plan their preparation accurately.

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HPSC Manager (Personnel) Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026 - Overview

HPSC Manager (Personnel) Selection Process 2026

As per the official announcement dated 13/08/2026, selection for the post of Manager (Personnel) (Group-A) in HSWC is based on two stages:

1. Subject Knowledge Test: A subjective-type written test of 150 marks, to be attempted in English within a duration of 3 hours. Candidates must secure a minimum of 35% marks to be considered for the interview stage.
2. Interview / Viva-Voce: Candidates who qualify the Subject Knowledge Test are called for an interview. The number of candidates called for interview will be three times the number of advertised posts, along with bracketed candidates (if any), provided they have secured the minimum qualifying marks of 35%.

HPSC Manager (Personnel) Exam Pattern 2026

Subject Knowledge Test Pattern

Interview Pattern

HPSC Manager (Personnel) Syllabus 2026

The syllabus for the Subject Knowledge Test is divided into 10 units, covering core management, HR, finance, marketing, and allied business subjects, as per the official syllabus enclosed with the announcement.

Unit I

• Management - Concept, Process, Theories and Approaches, Management Roles and Skills
• Functions - Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Coordinating and Controlling
• Communication - Types, Process and Barriers
• Decision Making - Concept, Process, Techniques and Tools
• Organisation Structure and Design - Types, Authority, Responsibility, Centralisation, Decentralisation and Span of Control
• Managerial Economics - Concept & Importance
• Demand Analysis - Utility Analysis, Indifference Curve, Elasticity & Forecasting
• Market Structures - Market Classification & Price Determination
• National Income - Concept, Types and Measurement
• Inflation - Concept, Types and Measurement
• Business Ethics & CSR
• Ethical Issues & Dilemma
• Corporate Governance
• Value Based Organisation

Unit II

• Organisational Behaviour - Significance & Theories
• Individual Behaviour - Personality, Perception, Values, Attitude, Learning and Motivation
• Group Behaviour - Team Building, Leadership, Group Dynamics
• Interpersonal Behaviour & Transactional Analysis
• Organizational Culture & Climate
• Work Force Diversity & Cross Culture Organisational Behaviour
• Emotions and Stress Management
• Organisational Justice and Whistle Blowing
• Human Resource Management - Concept, Perspectives, Influences and Recent Trends
• Human Resource Planning, Recruitment and Selection, Induction, Training and Development
• Job Analysis, Job Evaluation and Compensation Management

Unit III

• Strategic Role of Human Resource Management
• Competency Mapping & Balanced Scoreboard
• Career Planning and Development
• Performance Management and Appraisal
• Organization Development, Change & OD Interventions
• Talent Management & Skill Development
• Employee Engagement & Work Life Balance
• Industrial Relations: Disputes & Grievance Management, Labour Welfare and Social Security
• Trade Union & Collective Bargaining
• International Human Resource Management - HR Challenge of International Business
• Green HRM

Unit IV

• Accounting Principles and Standards, Preparation of Financial Statements
• Financial Statement Analysis - Ratio Analysis, Funds Flow and Cash Flow Analysis, DuPont Analysis
• Preparation of Cost Sheet, Marginal Costing, Cost Volume Profit Analysis
• Standard Costing & Variance Analysis
• Financial Management, Concept & Functions
• Capital Structure - Theories, Cost of Capital, Sources and Finance
• Budgeting and Budgetary Control, Types and Process, Zero Base Budgeting
• Leverages - Operating, Financial and Combined Leverages, EBIT-EPS Analysis, Financial Breakeven Point & Indifference Level

Unit V

• Value & Returns - Time Preference for Money, Valuation of Bonds and Shares, Risk and Returns
• Capital Budgeting - Nature of Investment, Evaluation, Comparison of Methods; Risk and Uncertainty Analysis
• Dividend - Theories and Determination
• Mergers and Acquisition - Corporate Restructuring, Value Creation, Merger Negotiations, Leveraged Buyouts, Takeover
• Portfolio Management - CAPM, APT
• Derivatives - Options, Option Payoffs, Option Pricing, Forward Contracts & Future Contracts
• Working Capital Management - Determinants, Cash, Inventory, Receivables and Payables Management, Factoring
• International Financial Management, Foreign Exchange Market

Unit VI

• Strategic Management - Concept, Process, Decision & Types
• Strategic Analysis - External Analysis, PEST, Porter's Approach to Industry Analysis, Internal Analysis - Resource Based Approach, Value Chain Analysis
• Strategy Formulation - SWOT Analysis, Corporate Strategy - Growth, Stability, Retrenchment, Integration and Diversification, Business Portfolio Analysis - BCG, GE Business Model, Ansoff's Product Market Growth Matrix
• Strategy Implementation - Challenges of Change, Developing Programs, McKinsey 7s Framework
• Marketing - Concept, Orientation, Trends and Tasks, Customer Value and Satisfaction
• Market Segmentation, Positioning and Targeting
• Product and Pricing Decision - Product Mix, Product Life Cycle, New Product Development, Pricing - Types and Strategies
• Place and Promotion Decision - Marketing Channels and Value Networks, VMS, IMC, Advertising and Sales Promotion

Unit VII

• Consumer and Industrial Buying Behaviour: Theories and Models of Consumer Behaviour
• Brand Management - Role of Brands, Brand Equity, Equity Models, Developing a Branding Strategy; Brand Name Decisions, Brand Extensions and Loyalty
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Drivers, Value Creation, Supply Chain Design, Designing and Managing Sales Force, Personal Selling
• Service Marketing - Managing Service Quality and Brands, Marketing Strategies of Service Firms
• Customer Relationship Marketing - Relationship Building, Strategies, Values and Process
• Retail Marketing - Recent Trends in India, Types of Retail Outlets
• Emerging Trends in Marketing - Concept of e-Marketing, Direct Marketing, Digital Marketing and Green Marketing
• International Marketing - Entry Mode Decisions, Planning Marketing Mix for International Markets

Unit VIII

• Statistics for Management: Concept, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Probability Distribution - Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential
• Data Collection & Questionnaire Design
• Sampling - Concept, Process and Techniques
• Hypothesis Testing - Procedure; T, Z, F, Chi-square Tests
• Correlation and Regression Analysis
• Operations Management - Role and Scope
• Facility Location and Layout - Site Selection and Analysis, Layout - Design and Process
• Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP Modules, ERP Implementation
• Scheduling; Loading, Sequencing and Monitoring
• Quality Management and Statistical Quality Control, Quality Circles, Total Quality Management - KAIZEN, Benchmarking, Six Sigma; ISO 9000 Series Standards
• Operation Research - Transportation, Queuing Decision Theory, PERT / CPM

Unit IX

• International Business - Managing Business in Globalization Era; Theories of International Trade; Balance of Payment
• Foreign Direct Investment - Benefits and Costs
• Multilateral Regulation of Trade and Investment under WTO
• International Trade Procedures and Documentation; EXIM Policies
• Role of International Financial Institutions - IMF and World Bank
• Information Technology - Use of Computers in Management Applications; MIS, DSS
• Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
• Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Knowledge Management - Concepts
• Managing Technological Change

Unit X

• Entrepreneurship Development - Concept, Types, Theories and Process, Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies
• Intrapreneurship - Concept and Process
• Women Entrepreneurship and Rural Entrepreneurship
• Innovations in Business - Types of Innovations, Creating and Identifying Opportunities, Screening of Business Ideas
• Business Plan and Feasibility Analysis - Concept and Process of Technical, Market and Financial Analysis
• Micro and Small Scale Industries in India; Role of Government in Promoting SSI
• Sickness in Small Industries - Reasons and Rehabilitation
• Institutional Finance to Small Industries - Financial Institutions, Commercial Banks, Cooperative Banks, Micro Finance

How to Prepare for HPSC Manager (Personnel) Exam 2026

• Since the paper is subjective and covers 10 broad units, prepare unit-wise notes with definitions, models, and diagrams (e.g., BCG matrix, McKinsey 7s, PERT/CPM) that can be reproduced quickly in a 3-hour exam.
• Give equal attention to HR-specific units (II and III) and finance/strategy units (IV, V and VI), as they together form the bulk of the syllabus.
• Practice writing full-length subjective answers within time limits, since the paper is descriptive and not objective-type.
• Revise numerical-based topics separately — Ratio Analysis, Capital Budgeting, Leverages, and Statistics for Management (Units IV, V and VIII) — as these often carry problem-solving questions.
• Since attendance in both the Subject Knowledge Test and Interview is mandatory, prepare HR/management current affairs and be ready to discuss your subject knowledge for the interview stage as well.
• Keep track of the official HPSC website for the exam date, admit card, and any syllabus updates, as these were not specified in the current announcement.

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