Personnel Management

Personnel Management:
Its Role and Functions

in the organization
Presented By Group 2 Members:
Darapa, Yusairah
Datuali, Sittie Normallah
Manunggal, Hasmin
Mauyag, Bai Lanie
Rasol, Sittie Warda
Personnel Management Defined
By Yusairah D. Darapa
Personnel management
• can be defined as obtaining, using and maintaining a satisfied
workforce. It is a significant part of management concerned
with employees at work and with their relationship within the
organization.
• According to Flippo, “Personnel management is the planning,
organizing, compensation, integration and maintenance of
people for the purpose of contributing to organizational,
individual and societal goals.”
• According to Brech, “Personnel Management is that part

which is primarily concerned with human resource of
organization.”
Nature of Personnel
Management
1. Personnel management includes the function of employment,

development and compensation.
2. Personnel management is an extension to general
management.
3. Personnel management exist to advice and assist the line
managers in personnel matters.
4. Personnel management lays emphasize on action rather than
making lengthy schedules, plans, work methods.
Nature of Personnel Management
5. It is based on human orientation. It tries to help the workers

to develop their potential fully to the concern.
6. It also motivates the employees through it’s effective
incentive plans so that the employees provide fullest co-
operation.
7. Personnel management deals with human resources of a
concern.
Role of Personnel Manager
o Personnel manager provides assistance to top management.
o He/She advices the line manager as a staff specialist.
o As a counsellor.
o Personnel manager acts as a mediator.
o He/She acts as a spokesman.
Functions of Personnel Management
1. Manpower Planning
2. Recruitment
3. Selection
4. Training and Development
Manpower Planning
Recruitment
2 types of Recruitment:
1. Internal recruitment
2. External recruitment
Internal Recruitment
• a recruitment which takes place within the concern or organization. Internal sources of recruitment
are readily available to an organization.
3 primary source of internal receruitment:
1. Transfers
2. Promotions
3. Re-employment of ex-employees
External Recruitment
• External sources of recruitment have to be solicited from outside the organization. External sources
are external to a concern.
The external resources include:

a) Employment at Factory Level
b) Advertisement
c) Employment exchanges
d) Employment agencies
e) Educational institutions
f) Recommendations
g) Labor Contractors
Importance of Manpower Planning
1. Key to managerial functions

2. Efficient utilization
3. Motivation
4. Better human relations
5. Higher productivity
Selection
• is the process of putting right men on right job. It is a procedure of matching organizational
requirements with the skills and qualifications of people. Effective selection can be done only when
there is effective matching.
• By selecting best candidate for the required job, the organization will get quality performance of
employees.
• Selection must be differentiated from recruitment, though these are two phases of employment
process. Recruitment is considered to be a positive process as it motivates more of candidates to
apply for the job. It creates a pool of applicants. It is just sourcing of data.
• While selection is a negative process as the inappropriate candidates are rejected here. Recruitment
precedes selection in staffing process.
• Selection involves choosing the best candidate with best abilities, skills and knowledge for the
required job.
Training of Employees
• Training of employees takes place after orientation takes place.

• Training is the process of enhancing the skills, capabilities and knowledge of employees for doing a
particular job.
• Training process molds the thinking of employees and leads to quality performance of employees.
• It is continuous and never ending in nature.
Importance of Training
• New candidates who join an organization are given training.

-This training familiarize them with the organizational mission, vision, rules and regulations
and the working conditions.
• The existing employees are trained to refresh and enhance their knowledge.
• If any updations and amendments take place in technology, training is given to cope up with those
changes.
• When promotion and career growth becomes important.
Benefits of Training
• Improves morale of employees
• Less supervision
• Fewer accidents
• Chances of promotions
• Increased productivity
Ways of Training
• On the job training- On the job training methods are those which are given to the employees
within the everyday working of a concern. It is a simple and cost-effective training method.
• Off the job training- Off the job training methods are those in which training is provided away
from the actual working condition. It is generally used in case of new employees. Instances of off
the job training methods are workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. Such method is costly and is
effective if and only if large number of employees have to be trained within a short time period.

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Personnel Management:

Its Role and Functions

• According to Brech, “Personnel Management is that part

1. Personnel management includes the function of employment,

5. It is based on human orientation. It tries to help the workers

3 primary source of internal receruitment:

The external resources include:

1. Key to managerial functions

• Training of employees takes place after orientation takes place.

• New candidates who join an organization are given training.

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