Definition of Personnel Management
Personnel Management is a part of management that deals with the recruitment, hiring, staffing, development and compensation of the workforce and their relation with the organization in order to achieve the organizational objectives. The main functions of the personnel management are divided into two categories:
- Operative Functions: The activities that are concerned with procurement, development, compensation, job evaluation, employee welfare, utilization, maintenance and collective bargaining.
- Managerial Function: Planning, Organizing, Directing, Motivation, Control and Coordination are the basic managerial activities performed by Personnel Management.
From the last two decades, as the development in technology has taken place and the humans are replaced by machines. Similarly, this branch of management has also been superseded by Human Resource Management.
Definition of Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management is that specialized and organized branch of management which is concerned with the acquisition, maintenance, development, utilization and coordination of people at work, in such a manner that they will give their best to the enterprise. It refers to a systematic function of planning for the human resource needs and demands, selection, training, compensation and performance appraisal, to meet those requirements.
Human Resource Management is a continuous process of ensuring the availability of eligible and willing workforce i.e. putting the right man at the right job. In a nutshell, it is an art of utilizing the human resources of an organization, in the most efficient and effective way. HRM covers a broad specturm of activities which includes:
- Employment
- Recruitment and Selection
- Training and Development
- Employee Services
- Salary and Wages
- Industrial Relations
- Health and safety
- Education
- Working conditions
- Appraisal and Assessment
Difference Between Personnel Management And Human Resource Management
Human resource management is the new versionof personnel management. There is no any watertight difference between human resource management and personnel management. However, there are some differences in the following matters.
1. Personnel management is a traditional approach of managing people in the organization. Human resource management is a modern approach of managing people and their strengths in the organization.
2. Personnel management focuses on personnel administration, employee welfare and labor relation. Human resource management focuses on acquisition, development, motivation and maintenance of human resources in the organization.
3. Personnel management assumes people as a input for achieving desired output. Human resource management assumes people as an important and valuable resource for achieving desired output.
4. Under personnel management, personnel function is undertaken for employee's satisfaction. Under human resource management, administrative function is undertaken for goal achievement.
5. Under personnel management, job design is done on the basis of division of labor. Under human resource management, job design function is done on the basis of group work/team work.
6. Under personnel management, employees are provided with less training and development opportunities. Under human resource management, employees are provided with more training and development opportunities.
7. In
personnel management, decisions are made by the top management as per the rules and regulation of the organization. In human resource management, decisions are made collectively after considering employee's participation, authority, decentralization, competitive environment etc.
personnel management, decisions are made by the top management as per the rules and regulation of the organization. In human resource management, decisions are made collectively after considering employee's participation, authority, decentralization, competitive environment etc.
8. Personnel management focuses on increased production and satisfied employees. Human resource management focuses on effectiveness, culture, productivity and employee's participation.
9.
Personnel management is concerned with personnel manager. Human resource management is concerned with all level of managers from top to bottom.
Personnel management is concerned with personnel manager. Human resource management is concerned with all level of managers from top to bottom.
10. Personnel management is a routine function. Human resource management is a strategic function
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