This document provides an overview of human resource management (HRM). It defines HRM as the process of acquiring, retaining, terminating, developing and using human resources to achieve organizational objectives. The document outlines the meaning, definitions, objectives, nature, features, importance, process, recent trends, roles, duties, scope and functions of HRM. It also discusses the qualifications needed for a human resource manager.
2. Contents
MEANING OF HRM
DEFINITIONS
OBJECTIVES of HRM
NATURE OF HRM
FEATURES OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
IMPORTANCE OF HRM
PROCESS OF HRM
RECENT TRENDS IN HRM
ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES of HRM
SCOPE OF HRM
FUNCTIONS OF HRM
OPERATIVE FUNCTION
QUALIFICATIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
3. MEANING OF HRM
It is the process of accomplishing organizational objectives by acquiring,
retaining, terminating, developing and properly using human resource in the
organization. This means human resources adopted to work should remain in
the organization for fairly a long time. Developing involves education training
and makes the human resource to accept any type of current or future work.
DEFINITION
“It is that phase of management which deals with the effective control
and use of manpower as distinguished from other sources of power”.
4. OBJECTIVES of HRM
To make the organization people acquire power to perform the different types of work
To develop the inner hidden talent of individual workers
To develop team work among the workers of any organization culture
to grow and strengthen management and professional teams in all the areas of the
organization.
To train new employee to their level required by the organization to perform their task
effectively.
To make existing employee to be trained to take up more responsibilities.
The main objectives of HRM are training and development of employees of an organization
at all the levels of work.
To increase co-operation and trust and to involve employees actively in the company’s
affairs.
To make the organization dynamic and vibrant so that it will adjust to competitive and fast
changing environment.
Other subsidiary objectives are:
a)Manpower planning.
b)Recruitment.
c)Promotion.
d)Career planning.
5. NATURE OF HRM
It is pervasive in nature as it is present in all enterprises.
Its focus is on results rather than on rules.
It tries to help employees develop their potential fully.
It encourages employees to give their best to the organization.
It is all about people at work, both as individual and groups.
It tries to put people on assigned jobs in order to produce good results.
It helps an organization to meet its goal in future by providing for competent
and well- motivated employees.
It tries to build and maintain cordial relations between people working at
various levels in the organization.
6. FEATURES OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Human Resource Planning
Job analysis
Recruitment and selection
Orientation and placement
Training and Development
Performance appraisal
Employee and Executive Remuneration
Motivation and Communication
Welfare, Safety and Healthy Measures
Better Industrial Relations
7. IMPORTANCE OF HRM
Objective
Facilities Professional Growth
Better relations between union and management
Helps an individual to work in a team/group
Identifies person for the future
Allocating the jobs to the right person
Improves the economy
8. Recruitment
Goal setting
Training and development
Compensation and benefit
Leadership development
Career management
Performance management
PROCESS OF HRM
Process refers to identifying flow of inter-related events and goals.
Recruitment
Goal setting
Training and development
Compensation and benefits
performance management
Career management
Leadership management
9. RECENT TRENDS IN HRM
Globalization and its implications
Work force diversity
Employee involvement
Changing skill requirements
Decentralized work sites
10. ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
The conscience role
The counselor
The mediator
The spokesman
The problem solver
The change agent
11. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES of HRM
Preparing, modifying and updating job analysis, including job description and
job specification as desired by various line managers.
Advising the line managers regarding the latest development in Job analysis
like role analysis broad jobs, de-jobbing and the like.
Helping the lie managers in planning for human resource and finalizing the
human resource plans submitted by various line mangers.
Helping the line managers in identifying the training needs of employees and
placing the employees in right jobs.
Administering employee benefit programs.
12. SCOPE OF HRM
Human resource planning
Job analysis design
Recruitment and selection
Orientation and induction
Training and development
Performance appraisal
13. Beliefs and assumption Personnel manager HRM
Contracts Careful destination of
written contract
It aims at beyond the
contract
Rule Important and clear rules Rules based on business
needs
Nature of relation Monitoring Nurturing
Strategic aspects
Key relation Labour management Customer relation
Speed of decision Marginal or slow Fast
Line management
Management role It is transactional Transformational relation
Communication Indirect Direct
Labour management Collective bargaining
contract
Towards individual
contract
Job category Many Few
Communication flow Restricted Increased
Job design Diversion of labour Team work
HRM Personnel management
It is the management of employee’s skill,
knowledge abilities and talents.
It is the management of people
employed
Employee in HRM is treated not only as
economic man but also a social and
psychological man
Employee in personnel management is
treated as an economic man as his
services are exchanged for wage and
salaries.
Employees are treated as a profit center
therefore invests capital for human
resource and future utility.
Employees are treated cost center
therefore management controls cost of
labour.
Employees are used for the multiple
mutual benefits of the organization
employee and their family members
Employees are used mostly for
organizational benefit.
14. FUNCTIONS OF HRM
MANAGERIAL FUNCTION
Planning
Organizing
Directing
Coordinating
Controlling
OPERATIVE FUNCTION
Procurement Functions
Compensation Function
Maintenance Function
Development Function
Integration Function
15. QUALIFICATIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER
Intelligence
Educational Skills
Discriminating Skills
Executing Skills
Experiences and Training
Professional Attitudes
Qualification