HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NOTESapproach to managing people in any organisation. People are
considered the key resource in this approach. it is concerned with
the people dimension in management of an organisation. Since an
organisation is a body of people, their acquisition, development of
skills, motivation for higher levels of attainments, as well as
ensuring maintenance of their level of commitment are all
significant activities. These activities fall in the domain of HRM.
Human Resource Management is a process, which consists of
four main activities, namely, acquisition, development, motivation,
as well as maintenance of human resources.
Scott, Clothier and Spriegel have defined Human Resource
Management as that branch of management which is responsible
on a staff basis for concentrating on those aspects of operations
which are primarily concerned with the relationship of management
to employees and employees to employees and with the
development of the individual and the group.
Human Resource Management is responsible for maintaining
good human relations in the organisation. It is also concerned with
development of individuals and achieving integration of goals of the
organisation and those of the individuals.
Northcott considers human resource management as an
extension of general management, that of prompting and stimulating every employee to make his fullest contribution to the
purpose of a business. Human resource management is not
something that could be separated from the basic managerial
function. It is a major component of the broader managerial
function.
French Wendell, defines ―Human resource management as the
recruitment, selection, development, utilisation, compensation and
motivation of human resources by the organisation‖.
According to Edwin B. Flippo, ―Human resource management
is the planning, organising, directing and controlling of the
procurement, development, resources to the end that
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