Human Resource Management Concept

Download as docx, pdf, or txt
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 8

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CONCEPT
HRM is concerned with the human beings in an organization. “The management of man”

is a very important and challenging job because of the dynamic nature of the people. No

two people are similar in mental abilities, tacticians, sentiments, and behaviors; they

differ widely also as a group and are subject to many varied influences. People are

responsive, they feel, think and act therefore they can not be operated like a machine or

shifted and altered like template in a room layout. They therefore need a tactful handing

by management personnel.”

HRM is the process of managing people of an organization with a human approach.

Human resources approach to manpower enables the manager to view the people as an

important resource. It is the approach through which organization can utilize the

manpower not only for the benefits of the organization but for the growth, development

and self satisfaction of the concerned people. Thus, HRM is a system that focuses on

human resources development on one hand and effective management of people on the

other hand so that people will enjoy human dignity in their employment.

Definition.

The first definition of HRM is that “It is the process of managing people in organizations in a
structured and thorough manner.

The second definition of HRM encompasses “The management of people in

organizations from a macro perspective, i.e. managing people in the form of a collective

relationship between management and employees.”

NATURE OF HRM

HRM is a management function that helps managers to recmit, select, train and develop

members for an organization. HRM is concerned with people’s dimension in

organizations. The following aspects constitute the core of HRM:


1. HRM Involves the Application of Management Functions and Principles. The functions
and principles are applied for acquiring, developing, maintaining and providing remuneration
to employees in organization.

2. Decision Relating to Employees must be integrated. Decisions on different aspects of

employees must be consistent with other human resource (HR) decisions.

3. Decisions Made Influence the Effectiveness of an Organization. Effectiveness of an

organization will result in betterment of services to customers in the form of high quality

products supplied at reasonable costs.

4. HRM Functions are not confined to Business Establishments Only but applicable to

non-business organizations such as education, health care, recreation and like.

HRM refers to a set of programmes, functions and activities designed and carried out in

order to maximize both employee as well as organizational effectiveness.

OBJECTIVES OF HRM

The primary objective of HRM is to ensure the availability of competent and willing

workforce for an organization. Beyond this, there are other objectives too. Specifically,

HRM objectives are four fold: Societal, Organization, Functional and personal.

• Personal Objectives:

To assist Employees in achieving their personal goals, at least in so far as these goals

enhance the individual’s contribution to the organization. Personal objectives of

employees must be maintained, retained and motivated.

Functional Objectives:

To maintain the contribution of department at an appropriate level organization should

fulfill the needs. Resources are wasted when HRM is either more or less sophisticated to

suit the organizations demands.

• Organizational Objectives:

To recognize the role of HRM in bringing about organizational effectiveness, HRM is not

an end in itself but it is only a mean to assist the organization with its primary objectives

organization.
• Societal Objectives:

To be ethically & socially responsible for the needs and challenges of society while \
minimizing the negative impact of such demands upon the organization to use their resources
for society’s benefits in ethical ways may lead to restriction.

SCOPE OF HRM

The scope of HRM is indeed vast. All major activities in the working life of a
worker from the time of his or her entry into an organization until he or she leaves the
organization comes under the preview of HRM.

The major HRM activities include HR planning, job analysis, job design, employee

hiring, employee and executive remuneration, employee motivation, employee

maintenance, industrial relations and prospects of HRM.

The scope of Human Resources Management extends to:

> All the decisions, strategies, factors, principles, operations, practices, functions,

activities and methods related to the management of people as employees in any

type of organization.

> All the dimensions related to people in their employment relationships and all the

dynamics that flow from it.

These are given below:

❖ Human Resource Planning

❖ Design of the Organization and Job

❖ Selection and Staffing

❖ Training and Development

❖ Organizational Development

❖ Compensation and Benefits

❖ Employee Assistance

❖ Union/Labour Relations

❖ Personnel Research and Information System


IMPORTANCE OF HRM

The importance of human resource management can be discussed by Yodder,


Heneman

and others, from three standpoints, viz., social, professional and individual enterprise.

1. Social Significance:

Proper management of personnel enhances their dignity by

satisfying their social needs. This is done by:

(i) maintaining a balance between

the jobs available and the jobseekers, according to the qualifications and needs;

(ii) Providing suitable and most productive employment, which might bring them

psychological satisfaction.

(iii) making maximum utilization of the resources in

an effective manner and paying the employee a reasonable compensation in

proportion to the contribution made by him.

(iv) eliminating waste or improper

use of human resource, through conservation of their normal energy and health,

(v) by helping people make their own decisions, that are in their interests.

2. Professional Significance-. By providing healthy working environment it

promotes team work in the employees. This is done by:

(i) maintaining the dignity

of the employee as a ‘human-being’

(ii) providing maximum opportunity for

personal development

3. providing healthy relationship between different work

groups so that work is effectively performed

(iv) improving the employees’

working skill and capacity


(v) correcting the errors of wrong postings and proper

reallocation of work.

3. Significance for Individual Enterprise: It can help the organization in

accomplishing its goals by: (i) creating right attitude among the employees

through effective motivation; (ii) utilizing effectively the available goals of the

enterprise and fulfilling their own social and other psychological needs of

recognition, love, affection, belongingness, esteem and self-actualization.

You might also like