People and Organisations: Principles and Practice in Global Context (Human Resource Management)

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Definition of HRM

“Human Resource Management (HRM) is the term used to describe formal systems devised for the management of people within an organization. The responsibilities of a human resource manager fall into three major areas: staffing, employee compensation and benefits, and defining/designing work.”

(https://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/human-resource-management.html, accessed at 12.30 PM on 25/10/2017)

Difference between HRM and Personal Management

HRM is focused on management of the working staff of an organization and contributions towards the success of the organization. Personal management is basically focused on employees, their benefits and low applicable to the employees.

Further HRM is mainly deals with improving of personal management skills. HRM is the fact that develops a successful team or group of employees for the organization.

Personal management is seems to be reactive while HRM seems to be more proactive.

Few of the roles of HRM are;

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HR planning;

Forecasting or planning on how many and what sort of people should the organization must have in the future of the business is known as HR planning. Most suitable people with most suitable skills at the correct time should be selected to drive the organization toward their goals.

Recruitment and selection

Recruitment is selecting the best candidate that the company needs and selecting is the process of deciding which applicant or the candidate should be appointed to the job.

Selection of employees is simply about the whirling of applicant group by using the selection methods such as tests, assessment centers, track records, etc. 

Performance Management;

Creating a work environment or marking in which people are enabled to perform to the best of their capabilities is known as performance management. This is a whole work process that begins when a job is defined as needed and ends when an employee leaves the organization.

Learning and development (L&D);

 L&D is mainly focused to make sure that the employees in the organization are gaining and improving the knowledge, skills and competencies which they require to carry out the routine work of the organization effectively for their own benefit as well as the organization. 

References list:

Armstrong M (2014) Armstrong’s handbook of human resource management practice, 13th edn, UK by Ashford Colour press Ltd

Dessler G. (2013 Human resource management, 13th edn, USA, New Jersey, Pearson Education, Inc

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