Human Resource Management. History, Practices and Personnel Management (PDF)

Document from the year 2022 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Leadership, Nile Valley University (Faculty of Engineering and Technology), language: English, abstract: The textbook presents a brief outline of human resource management. The study has been taken from the point of view of introduction, history, practice, and essential features in personnel management. Personnel management also known as human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets are the people working there whom individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations. In simple sense, HRM means employing people, developing their resources, utilizing, maintaining and compensating their services in tune with the job and organizational requirement.

Personnel management is defined as an administrative specialization that focuses on hiring and developing employees to become more valuable to the company. It is sometimes considered a sub-category of human resources that only focuses on administration. The overall purpose of human resources (HR) is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people. HR professionals manage the human capital of an organization and focus on implementing policies and processes. They can specialize in finding, recruiting, selecting, training, and developing employees, as well as maintaining employee relations or benefits. Training and development professionals ensure that employees are trained and have continuous development. This is done through training programs, performance evaluations, and reward programs. Employee relations deals with the concerns of employees when policies are broken, such as cases involving harassment or discrimination. Managing employee benefits includes developing compensation structures, parental leave programs, discounts, and other benefits for employees. On the other side of the field are HR generalists or business partners. These HR professionals could work in all areas or be labor relations representatives working with unionized employees.